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Page 8 - Wednesday, August 9, 2023
The Jenkins County Times
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"I don’t wear these if it rains.
Only if it suns.”
Today is the 221st day of 2023 and the
50th day of summer.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1842, the Webster-Ashburton
Treaty was signed by the United States and Great Britain,
delineating the eastern section of the United States and the
region that became Canada.
In 1945, the United States dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear
bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
In 1969, followers of Charles Manson murdered actress
Sharon Tate and four others at Tate's Los Angeles home.
In 1974, Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 38th U.S.
president following Richard Nixon's resignation.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: John Dryden (1631-1700), poet/
dramatist/critic; Bob Cousy (1928-), basketball player; Rod
Laver (1938-), tennis player; Sam Elliott (1944-), actor;
Whitney Houston (1963-2012), singer; Brett Hull (1964-),
hockey player; Hoda Kotb (1964-), news anchor; Deion
Sanders (1967-), football and baseball player; Gillian
Anderson (1968-), actress; Eric Bana (1968-), actor; Chris
Cuomo (1970-), journalist; Chamique Holdsclaw (1977-),
basketball player; Anna Kendrick (1985-), actress.
TODAY'S FACT: U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson
persuaded the Target Committee to take Kyoto, Japan, off
the short list of possible nuclear targets during World War
II because of its cultural and religious significance to the
people of Japan.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1988, 27-year-old Wayne Gretzky,
already considered among the greatest players in the history
of hockey, was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los
Angeles Kings.
TODAY'S QUOTE: " Bold knaves thrive without one grain
of sense, / But good men starve for want of impudence." —
John Dryden, "Epilogue to Constantine the Great"
TODAY'S NUMBER: 4 — gold medals claimed by Jesse
Owens at the Berlin Olympics. He won the fourth in the
4x100 meter relay on this day in 1936, becoming the first
American to win four track-and-field gold medals in one
Olympiad.
TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Aug. 8)
and new moon (Aug. 16).
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contact Josh Peres atjperes@amuniversal.com.)
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7 MS polishers
10 Zip
11 Noshery
13 Wild
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14 Landers or
Sothern
15 Baker’s need
16 Lazy
17 Patois
19 Honk
20 Tax form ID
21 Raises, as
kids
23 Also starring
26 Snarl
28 “Foucault’s
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29 “Yo!”
30 Works on a
manuscript
34 Oar pin
36 Situp targets
38 Hawaii’s
Mauna —
39 Fridge maker
41 Dogs, slangily
42 Soft drink
choice
44 Beam of light
46 Trickery
47 Oil rig feature
51 Squashed
circle
52 Q.E.D. part
53 Gaze at
55 Composts
56 Really likes
57 Metal source
58 Summer in
Savoie
59 Essential
60 — Tome
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1 Water-power
org.
2 Variety
3 Old Dodge
model
4 Superstars
5 Retaliation
6 A Baldwin
7 Diving duck
8 Parcels out
9 Footfall
12 Lead-in
13 Bawdy
18 Pale blond
22 Fleecy
animals
23 Rainy
24 German
pronoun
25 Unduly
27 Meg or Nolan
29 Finished
edges
31 Land in
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32 Finger
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33 Perched
35 Suit coat
features
37 Artillery fire
40 Lent a hand
41 Memo abbr.
42 Fulcrum
43 Make glad
45 craftsy
46 Showed use
48 Estrada or
Satie
49 Execs
50 Actress
Sedgwick
54 Want-ad
letters
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