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A single page from the publication, typed in blue ink. Notable article includes the "Tear Drops For" section, which reads as follows:

Mrs. Geraldine Marity who was for several years a staff member of H.Q.B. We miss her cheerful smile and tolerant personality. Mrs. Ella Cork, Bill Dickerson's pal, who departed from us carrying her cheerfulness and cooperative spirit. She has for many months been sorely missed.

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Blue and gray brochure for Anraham Lincoln's tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: "People usually forget the older folks," Ray Wells said Sunday afternoon. "They just tend to take grandma and grandpa for granted." But the older generation was not being forgetten by Wells and other residents of north Minneapolis yesterday. More than 500 Twin Cities senior citizens were walking around his backyard attending the 3rd annual Elderly Picnic sponsored by residents along the 1000 block of...

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An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows:

It was the affair of the year for the GOlden Agers of Hallie Q. Brown Community House, 553 Aurora Ave., Tuesday afternoon. Choosing to offer a display of craft work and "then and now" fashions, the senior citizens' group topped off a laughter-filled afternoon with tea and a delicious array of crumpets and tidbits.

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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An excerpt from the newspaper clippping reads as follows:

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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An excerpt from the newspaper clippping reads as follows:

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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An excerpt from the newspaper clippping reads as follows:

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...