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1 ‘‘Planet of the ...’’

5 Arrests

9 ‘*...and Peace’’
12 Do a jackknife —
13 Racetrack shape
14 Part of ‘‘to be’’ .
15 Action

16 Sets free

18 Bitterly cold

20 Bamboo

21 ...last!

22 Southwest (abbr.)
24 Tidings

26 Upper part

28 Towel pronoun
30 Evens the score
32 Etiquette expert.

35 Van Gogn, for one’
37 Mailbox item ~...

39 Dinner course
40 To-do.

42 ...of Tranquillity |

43 Recsive

' 45 Eve’s mate

47 ‘*...Fair Lady’’
48 Indefinite articie
50 Navy food

52 Dear ....

54 Retax .

’ 57 Not on time

60 ....overboard!

61 Paper source
62 Level

63 Pigpen

‘64 Pepper’s partner

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7 Total

2 ...in the sky
. 3 At all times

4 Family car

5 Nelther’s correlative

6 Disincilned
7 Large budle

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Take as one’s own
Moistens
Pretense
Telegram —
Humorists —
Coffee.makers _

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Examinations
Capt. Standish.

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TV assembly .

‘Hamilton. bill”

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answer. Se ,

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wisdom. selected a “Back
Porch’’.. story . from the
bottom of the stack. It was

. story No. 87, for which I have .
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years. It concerned Pete and
Hardhat, | ‘who ‘share these

stories | with. me, ; and “a

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On such simple themes are _
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ed .which -(for reasons that
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a responsive “Chord among :

many readers. This one, as I

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printed i in many other néws-
papers and read by thous- -
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reaction has been incredible, |.
with ‘‘Thank | You’’ notes |
_ even from the U.S.A. - :

ands of people

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- the Editor in his infinite

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to line the

day’s ‘‘News’”’
garbage can under the sink,

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best way he could, to offer up
a short. ‘prayer for the little
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the Jeep. To.end it, Hardhat:
was. .on very. unfamiliar.
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Amen things’’

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- the frustration:

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seems headed for Hell in a

‘ bucket, with violence at.
every. turn,

so do the
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headed for oblivion. Every

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me. for three. years: ,

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every church publication in. WITH THE PEOPLE?

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