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The Jenkins County Times
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THE FIRST PARROT-TO-PARROT
PHONE CALL GOES HORRIBLY
WRONG
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SOME BELIEVE WILLIAM TELL WAS
ABLE TO DELAY NEWTON'S THEORY
OF GRAVITY BY SEVERAL YEARS
GOURMET PANCAKE
RESTAURANTS
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bottled or 'tap'?
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ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC
Today is the 179th day of 2023 and the eighth day of summer.
TODAY'S HISTORY:
In 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist,
sparking World War I.
In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed, ending World War I.
In 1950, North Korean troops captured Seoul.
In 1965, the United States launched its first major military offensive in Vietnam.
In 2004, the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq transferred sovereignty to an interim Iraqi
government.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), painter; Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778),
philosopher; Joseph Joachim (1831-1907), violinist; Richard Rodgers (1902-1979),
composer; Mel Brooks (1926-), actor/filmmaker; Kathy Bates (1948-), actress; John
Elway (1960-), football player/executive; John Cusack (1966-), actor; Mary Stuart
Masterson (1966-), actress; Mike White (1970-), filmmaker; Elon Musk (1971-),
business magnate/inventor; Rob Dyrdek (1974-), skateboarder/actor.
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ACROSS
1 Eye signal
5 Murmur of
content
8 Posed for
an artist
11 Not mature
13Mineral
spring
14 Emma in
“The
Avengers”
15 External
16 Kind of
cycle
17Spoil
18 Imported
car
20“The
Castle”
author
22 Sidekick
24 Not their
25 To date
26 Annoying
insect
28This, in
Tijuana
32“The
Greatest”
33 Per person
34 Highest
point
35 Candle
part
37 Overly
submissive
39 Issa of
“Insecure”
40 Animal that
barks
41 Speck on a
globe
421040 org.
43 Handy
abbr.
45 Like a foal
47 Superior
50 Kind of
model
51 Poet’s
before
52 Fish roe
54 Key in data
58Tijuana
aunt
59— of the
iceberg
60 Big Dipper
neighbor
61 Psychic
power, for
short
62 Stockholm
carrier
63 Poet’s
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1 Casper’s
st.
2 Unlucky
gambler’s
note
3 Pistachio
4 Make
bread
5 Italian wine
city
6 Aries mo.
7 Zen poem
8 Catch a
wave
9 Running
wild
10 “Cheerio!”
(hyph.)
12 III will
19 Forceful
21 Length
times
width
22 Prove false
23 New York
city
24 Desdemo-
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25 Fishtails
27 Holes in
one
29 New shoot
30 Misty-eyed
31 Wood
choppers
36 “Fish
Magic”
artist
38— over
(fainted)
44 Horses’
gaits
46 Sci-fi or
romance
47 Big party
48 Spring
bloom
49 Lowest
high tide
50 Chats,
slangily
53 Through
55 Dinner
check
56 Italian
writer
57 Guitarist
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TODAY'S FACT:
President Woodrow Wilson was the first of the leaders at Versailles to sign the treaty
ending World War I.
TODAY'S SPORTS:
In 1997, Mike Tyson was disqualified from a heavyweight title fight when the former
champion twice bit titleholder Evander Holyfield's ears in the third round.
TODAY'S QUOTE:
"It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living." — Jean-Jacques
Rousseau, "Confessions"
TODAY'S NUMBER:
1
Academy Award given to Mel Brooks (for the screenplay of "The Producers" in 1969)
over his more than half-century-long career.
TODAY'S MOON:
Between first quarter moon (June 26) and full moon (July 3). **
(EDITORS: For editorial questions, please contact Josh Peres at jperes@amuniversal.
com.) COPYRIGHT 2023 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION
