Prohibition on Travel Abroad Sparks Debate Over Costs
An editorial argues that travel restrictions and taxes on overseas trips could worsen problems rather than fix them. It notes the US deficit balance, questions enforcement, and warns that taxes would hit teachers and students hardest. It urges reducing foreign aid and stresses seeing America first.
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America
Johnson
U.S
United States
Western Hemisphere
Canada
Europe
New York Times
James Reston
Washington
Air pillow protection for auto crashes gains traction
Ford Motors and Eaton Yale Towne described a protective air pillow system at a Detroit SAE convention. The cushions inflate in two to four hundredths of a second, protecting passengers in crashes. Tests show feasible results though the project remains experimental and ongoing developments are awaited.
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Society of Automotive Engineers
Detroit
Ford Motors
Eaton Yale & Towne
Tures
Successful Investing for a Widow and an Elderly Woman
Readers share two cases on securing income and growth. A young widow with $23,000 cash and $11,000 life insurance seeks growth ideas and a duplex buy to hedge inflation while continuing teaching and supporting her infant daughter. An elderly divorced woman with $6,000 asks for added income. the adviser recommends a straight life annuity with $4,000 exposure and $2,000 cash reserve, noting estate plans are not a concern.
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Housband
Vietnam
A. W. Spear
R.W. A
Gen
Fea, Corp
Preamble of the United States Constitution
The text declares forming a stronger union with goals to establish justice ensure domestic tranquility provide for common defense promote general welfare and secure liberty for current and future generations through a formal constitution.
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United States
United States of America
Worry Clinic advises on left handed children
Peter, seven, and other left handed youngsters are discussed in this 1950s era column arguing that most desks and instruments favor right handed users. It suggests gentle, nonshaming methods to encourage right handed writing while allowing left handed throwing or batting, citing lefty athletes like Mickey Mantle and a biblical reference.
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Peter
Judy
Mickey Mantle
Americans Fortify Homes as Crime Powers Rise
Paul Harvey argues Americans face rising crime and chooses to fortify houses with new frontier style security. He notes Phoenix crime rates, police strain, and shifts to smaller windows and steel shields, likening it to frontier defense and warning that surrender is not an option.
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Paul Harvey
Supreme Court
Tucson
New York City
Phoenix
Ariz
FBI
Paul Blabaum
Europe
North Africa
Understanding the misuse of medical disease names in public discourse
Dr William Brady critiques the overuse of illness endings like itis and arthritis, arguing many so called conditions are functional bowel derangements or chronic degenerative issues. He urges studying physiology and cites his booklet on constipation and colon hygiene, offering copies for a fee.
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Howell
Starling
Brady
William Brady
el Camino
Beverly Hills
California
Anothers View Words On Protest Corrupting Meaning
A Lafayatte Journal-Courier letter argues that the term protest has been misused to justify violence and obstruction. The writer warns that redefining protest erodes its legitimate purpose and shields protesters from accountability.
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Laflayette
Corn Tales From A Summer Table
A family with three children watches three ears of sweet corn age to eating stage. The youngest grabs all three and bites them, sparking a light quarrel over sharing. In a second tale a minister hosts dinner where a boy, last served, ends with the preacher taking the final ear saying hogs eat corn. An American Saying follows.
Bureaucracy in Education and Its Perils in Universities
The piece argues Parkin son’s Law applies to education with oversized admin staffs in Missouri and New York City schools versus Europe. It cites St Andrews in 10th century admin simplicity, cites Dr Herbert Stroup on inevitable bureaucracy, warns against power lust among administrators, and notes Nazi party membership among German teachers as a cautionary parallel.
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University of Missouri
Missouri
California
Michigan State
Columbia
New York City
France
Manhattan
World Council of Churches
Salvation of Souls
St. Andrews University
Scotland
St. Andrews
Herbert Stroup
Brooklyn College
Free Press
Stroup
Moonship Fleet Supports Apollo Missions
A Navy letter to Ship Wise discusses an offprint of the 1967 Surveyor article on Moonships. It describes the Moonship fleet built as seaborne support for Mission Apollo and mentions USNS Mercury. The author touts twenty two spacecraft operating in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and invites reprint permission.
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Department of the Navy Military Sea Transportation Service Atlantic
Surveyor Magazine
American Bureau of Shipping
Surveyor
Navy
Military Sea Transportation Service
United States
Moonfleet
USNS
Mercury
Indian Oceans
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THE
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Charles W. Laughlin
Raymond A. Reed
Anderson
Indiana
Madison
Herald
Associated Press
Worry Clinic
J. George W
Paul Harvey News
Harvey
Gen. Fea. Corp
Brady's Health Service
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Hitler
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