Buick 1969 Line Debuts Revolutionary Suspension Change
Buick introduces a revolutionary new suspension for its full sized cars aimed at easier straight tracking and reduced tail wagging. The changes include pivot point shifts on control arms optional variable ratio steering in Electra and Riviera, two inch length reduction on Wildcat, new grilles bumpers and tail lights plus GM safety features like side door beams head restraints and an anti theft steering lock.
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Detroit
Buick
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Burned Up Over Cancelled Wedding and Advice Columns
A reader laments paying for wedding attire after a bride canceled. Abby cautions reimbursement is unlikely and urges cooling off. A widow seeks guidance on telling children about her late husband’s illness and death, with Abby advising silence. A niece warns against paid publishing scams, advising lawyers and agents.
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Chicago Tribune-M. V. Mews Synd., Inc
Abby
On This Date 1968 Highlights and History Bits
The notice reviews key dates and figures tied to Sept 13, including Congress' 1789 election plan, New York as capital in 1788, Pershing’s birth in 1860, and Chiang Kai-shek’s 1943 rise. It also recalls Nixon’s 1960 stance, Eisenhower’s Khrushchev letter, and recent bipartisan remarks shaping the 1968 race.
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Associated Press
U. Ss. Congress
Plains of Abraham
Quebec
Congress
New York
John J. Pershing
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Extension Course Opens Sept 24 at 1st Baptist
The University of Richmond offers an 18 week extension course in The Religion of The Hebrew Prophets at First Baptist Church. Rev. Julian Orrell of Berryville Baptist Church will teach, with options for certificate or college credit. Open to all, registration is $20 with $5 for textbooks.
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1St Baptist
The
University of Richmond
First Baptist Church
Julian Orrell
Berryville Baptist Church
Orrell
William and Mary College
Aiken reports higher campaign costs for re election
U S Senator George D Aiken of Vermont says his 1964 campaign expenses rose to 17 069 for victory in both Republican and Democratic nominations He notes postal rate increases as the main factor and 76 year old Aiken who first won a Senate seat in 1941 defeated Bethel teacher William K Tufts on the Republican ballot and won the Democratic nomination by write in votes
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Montpelier
U.S
George D. Aiken
R.vt
Aiken
Bethel
William K. Tufts
Virginia Declares National Highway Week Theme
Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. designates September 22 to 28 as National Highway Week in Virginia with the theme Highways Are for People. The proclamation emphasizes road use and safety and urges civic participation in highway planning.
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Richmond
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Virginia
Delaware Battle at Cooch's Bridge
The only American Revolution battle on Delaware soil was at Cooch's Bridge where historians say the Stars and Stripes first faced enemy fire.
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Delaware
Cooch’s Bridge
RMA Adds 14 Members To Faculty
Randolph-Macon Academy at Front Royal announces four new faculty members. Capt Arvid Czarnitzki, Capt Ronald Harvey, Capt Charles L McGlothlin, and Capt N Hartley Shearer Jr join with degrees from Newberry College University of South Carolina Lynchburg College Hampden-Sydney College and Hampden-Sydney to teach subjects including geography physics Latin and to assist in athletics and the library. The appointees come from Front Royal Warren Amherst Havertown and other locales.
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Randolph - Macon Academy
Front Royal
Robert P. Parker
Academy
Arvid Czarnitzki
FMC Corp
Will Jtead Ween Des Se
Ronald G. Harvey
Warren County
Mars Hill College
Harvey
Culpeper County
AMA
Charles L. McGlothlin
Amherst
Lynchburg College
N. Hartley Shearer, Jr
Havertown
Hampden-Sydney College
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