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Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clippping reads as follows: The Golden Agers of Hallie Q. Brown Community Center elects new officers and King and Queen. The newly elected king of the Golden Agers of Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, is Mr. Charles Bradley, Jr., his queen is Mrs. Bernice Pauley. Mr. Bradley was chosen among Twenty-Four city-wide Senior male contestants, to become "Prince of the Four Winds". They Royal Couple and the president were honored with a dinner...

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Miss Ethelwyn Bailey, 611 Sherburne Ave., sat on the tree-bedecked stage all through the "now" fashion show. Dressed in "then" fashion, Miss Bailey pursed her lips and shook her head in mock dismay at pants dresses and short skirts. But when 11-year-old Yolande Bruce, 652 Iglehart Ave., materialized in ankle-length white dimity, Miss Bailey dissolved in rapturous approval.

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Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Thierry were chosen the State of Minnesota outstanding senior citizens. Al and Eva have been two tireless workers for the St. Paul Senior Citizens activites. Mr. Thierry just recently passed away. He will be missed by many.

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Philip Padden and his wife Katherine were crowned Winter Carnival Senior Citizen King and Queen at the St. Paul Winter Carnival. Padden retired in 1959 after 25 years in the employ of Ford Motor Co. and has since been active on behalf of legislation to make life better for the elderly. Mr. and Mrs. Padden have been delegates to NCSC conventions.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clippping reads as follows: On Aug. 29, 1973, Judge John J. Sirica ordered President Nixon to turn over the Watergate tapes for his private inspection. Sirica belived he was striking a compromise between the president's right to privacy and the principle that no one, not even the president, is above the law. But it wasn't until December, after a ruling by the Supreme Court, that Sirica began listening to the tapes. In this excerpt from his book,...

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: The tape not only gave the lie to the president's public cotention that after the March 21 meeting with Dean he had begun to try to root out the conspirators in the White House, it put Nixon at the head of the conspiracy to obstruct justice, as far as I was concerned. I had heard for myself the president of the United States order a pay-off to a criminal defendant to buy his silence. The tapes provided indisputable...

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: Dr. Charles H. Williams, a prominent Twin Citian who practiced dentistry for more than 50 years, died Saturday of a heart attack at the age of 78. Dr. Williams was born in Hodges, So. Carolina, and was a resident of St. Paul since 1934. He was a graduate of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio and received his degree in dentistry from Northwestern Dental School, Chicago, IL., in 1928. He was a member of the St....

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A two page newletter, written in cursive-pencil on plain paper. The writing is heavily faded, making it hard to read. Topics of note mentioned in the article include Mrs. Patton returning from a Carribean Cruise and Mrs. Alice Onque returning to St. Paul after attending the wedding of her son, Earl Onque Jr. to Dr. Gloria Onque. Newsletter contains three metal staples, attaching it to the pages of the scrapbook, which have rusted.

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He had just been crowned king of the seniors of the St. Paul Winter Carnival. Not unknown to senior citizens groups, Brennan, 328 13th Ave. N., a retired NSP buildings department worker, belongs to four such organizations. The 1977 queen of the Senior Royal Court, Mrs. Eloma Brown, 882 Dayton Ave., a slender woman, sprang from her throne to the dance floor minutes after being crowned.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper reads as follows: Inside the parish house of St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, however, religious leaders representing momre than a dozen denominations were making their fall general assembly and annual meeting memorable by electing the first woman ever to head the St. Paul Area Council of Churches. For Mrs. Janabelle Taylor, the nominating committee's unanimous choice for the top job, the election was a triumph on two scores: besides...