Entertainer William Bendix Percy Kilbride remembered in 1964 year-end piece
A 1964 year end note recalls the deaths of William Bendix and Percy Kilbride. Bendix, known for The Life of Riley and Never Too Late stage run, and Kilbride, Marjorie Main’s husband on The Kettles, are noted as sad losses to the world of humor.
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Harpo Marx
Eddie Cantor
William Bendix
Percy Kilbride
Riley
Percy ‘Kilbride
Marjorie Main
Gold on the Ocean Floor a Vast Soviet Claim
Soviet scientist Prof L Zenkevitch says International Geophysical Year data show oceans hold immense riches including 10 billion tons of gold 260 million tons of uranium and 150 billion tons of magnesium. He argues future drilling could reach mantle minerals, suggesting a larger treasure beyond current exploration.
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L. Zenkevitch
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Outer Space
Eight Million Voters Could Have Won Barry Goldwater
Analysis notes the 1964 election would have swung to Goldwater if eight million voters had switched sides. It highlights the Electoral College quirks, state unit voting, and the surprising regional shifts, with Mississippi showing strong Goldwater support and Byrd surpassing Johnson in Virginia.
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Barry Goldwater
Washington
Johnson
District of Columbia
United States
Goldwater
Republican Party
Mississippi
Senator Goldwater
Harry Byrd
Virginia
America
Miss Sue Whittaker Weds James DeHaven at Nain
Miss Sue Whittaker daughter of Mr and Mrs E T Whittaker of Nain married James Edgar DeHaven son of Mrs Mae Clark of Nain The event followed by a visit from Mr and Mrs Owen Whetzel and Mrs Ruth Cochran of Roanoke and by Stewart Bell as Holiday guest plus a 50th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Andrew Lewis Spurr formerly Miss Mary Shull A boarding house taFFy pulling party on North Market street wrapped the social notes.
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Sue Whittaker
E. T. Whittaker
Nain
James Edgar DeHaven
Mae Clark
James Sawyer
Owen Whetzel
Ruth Cochran
Roanoke
Stewart Bell
The
University of Virginia
Andrew Lewis Spurr
Spurr
Mary Shull
Jerry Clem
North Market Street
Reflections on Christianity and Its Christ Centered Life
Noting quotes about Christianity as a faith system and moral guide, the text emphasizes Christ as the personal center of theology. It argues that true happiness comes from living under Christ and pursuing self improvement through Christian schooling of the heart.
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Christ
Fat Man Rules Christmas Season as Santa’s Shadow
HAL BOYLE notes the fat man enjoys the holiday spotlight as Christmas cheer spreads through diners and shoppers. The public adores the jovial figure, yet the man inside weighs the cost, performing for crowds until January when the season of excess ends.
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New York
Santa Claus
Frostbite prevention and cat bite questions answered
Doctor explains preventing frostbite with proper footwear and warns about nerve cutting risks. He discusses bursitis causes and treatment including possible tendon or joint manipulation. He notes cats rarely carry rabies but can cause cat scratch fever. emphasizes proper care and humane pet handling.
How's Your I Q Scoring Guide for Daily Questions
A 10 day IQ based test grades memory by daily correct answer rates from 9 to 10 as Memory Genius down to 4 as Good. It asks ten questions covering geography history government and language with a prompt to turn to page two for answers. The source ends with garbled trailing text.
America and Africa in a high stakes Cold War contest
William S. White argues the United States leads the West in Africa amid a clash with Communist forces over Stanleyville. He says Africa faces a choice between supporting mass murder and upholding self-determination, praising Stevenson and Spaak for signaling a decisive U.S. policy turn. He notes six African states resist an all-African bloc backing Tshombe and external aggression.
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Washington
Africa
United States
United Nations
New Africa
Europe
Stanleyville
Congo
Johnson
U.N
Adlai E. Stevenson
Paul Henri Spaak
Stout
Stevenson
West
Common Humanity
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Red China
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Richard Nixon
Mr. Kennedy
Congress
John Elmer Hershberger, Jr
Hershbergers
South Washington Street
Earl L. Douglas
Jesus Christ
Hal Boyle
Wayne Brandstadt, M.D
Wayne G. Brandstadt
M.D
Dr. Brandstadt
I.Q
Herbert Hoover
New Orleans
Berne
Department of the Army
William S. White
Biowa
United Arab Republic
Nasser
American State Department
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