Editorial on FCC ruling forcing anti smoking ads on air
The piece denounces the FCC order that cigarette ads must be countered with anti smoking messages by the same station. It argues the fairness doctrine now applies to paid ads, making stations provide free time, and mocks government overreach and regulatory dictatorship. The author claims Congress did not intend such requirements and warns of creeping control.
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Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Congress
No Witch Hunt Needed Congress Addresses Gas Safety Rules
Congress reviews safety regulations for the natural gas industry amid claims of a witch hunt by critics. The industry notes strict state regulation, supports existing federal salary and safety standards, cites low historical fatalities, and urges cooperation to improve safety rather than pursue hysteria.
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Congress
Federal Power Mission
National Safety Council
Who Is Paying for Campus Rioters and Sit-Ins
The piece laments student activists and campus cutups who travel and protest, noting they appear to have time and money for sit-ins, demonstrations, and vacations while questioning who funds their ability to stay in school.
Investment Advice From Roger Spear For Young Investors
A reader asks how to balance growth and risk at a young age and which stocks to favor. Spear suggests Consolidated Foods, Baxter Laboratories, and Litton Industries for stronger growth, recommends switching Westinghouse Electric to Green Giant, and endorses retaining other stocks. He also advises a risk-averse housewife to save rather than invest with $200, noting most stocks pay quarterly dividends and monthly income is unlikely. suggests a savings institution for secure, accessible funds and offers his guide for $1.00 via the newspaper.
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Portialig
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FMC
Honeywell
Consolidated Foods
Baxter Laboratories
Litton Industries
Westing
R. G
Roger Spear
Roger E. Spear
Grand Central Station
New York
N.Y
Fea. Corp
U S Role in Congo War Sparks Critics at Johnson Policy
A columnist rails at State Department advisers for pushing U S military help into Congo and Nigeria, arguing intervention serves dictators, not American interests. He cites Dean Rusk, George Kennan, Hans Morgenthau, and Gen. Fea, noting past flawed Congo involvement and questioning presidential policy.
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Johnson
Africa
Mobutu Sietalorstin
Ben
U Atgress
Mireed
America
Congo
Nigeria
Lagos
Biafra
Mr. McClosky
Europe
Siobutu
Mobutu
Kalanga
Moise Tshombe
Nigera
Gowon
H. R. Gross
Iowa
United States
The
Joseph Nobutu
Dean Rusk
George Kennan
Hans Morganthau
Ulcer Complex Diet and Diary Reflections From Kentucky Reader
A Kentucky reader discusses ulcer diagnosis accuracy and dietary management. He questions reliance on drugs and acid alkalis, sharing a typhoid case warning about liquid diets and perforated ulcers, and suggests using simple discs from the pamphlet Yankee Stomach for quick relief with minimal metabolic disturbance.
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Kentucky
Moore
Toynbee compares U S to ailing patient and warns on state power
British historian Arnold Toynbee, returning from the United States, diagnoses America as sliding toward semi socialism with a growing public sector. He says taxpayers lose track of spending and distrust the administration while a hidden hand shapes policy. He urges collective will to curb inflation and expansive government.
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Arnold Toynbee
Britain
United States
U.S
Gressmen
America
Memory and People Skills in The Worry Clinic
Dr. Crane argues memory and social recall boost popularity and business success more than machines. A veterinary tale shows greeting clients by pet name aids rapport. readers are urged to mail for memory improvement booklets and tests with stamped envelopes.
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Tos
Periines
Heey
Crane
Folklore And Folk Sayings From American Wit And Wisdom
A collection of humorous maxims and anecdotes. A Midwest resident visits St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York and a playful exchange reveals the line between awe and trickery. A landowner fires a dishonest gardener over a wife's admonition, then pens a baffling certificate. A driver asks a correct road to Greenfield, warned to turn around. Josh Billings quips about downhill luck. An American Saying defines a sinner as someone found out due to stupidity.
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Bannel
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Wade
Greenfield
Josh Billings
Three Peoples Live as One in Valley of the Sun
Paul Harvey recalls a visit to Tanaco in southwestern Colorado where Shoshone, Mexican, and Anglo communities coexist. He praises their cooperation, self help and rejection of dependence on government funds, noting parallel to Americanism as diverse groups share a common future. The piece highlights civic councils, mutual respect, and practical steps toward education and employment.
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Tarvey
Colorado
Trar Pers
Valley of the Sun
Cable feats mark voyage of vast Atlantic links
In a James B. Martin column, the Atlantic cable history unfolds from Queen Victoria’s 1840s telegraph to 1866 Great Eastern efforts, the 1927 radio telephony era, and the push toward undersea cables and satellites, noting key ships and milestones shaping global communication.
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Queen Victoria
United States
Buchanan
Martin
Great Eastern
Wetuman
Atlantic
New York
London
Central
South America
Pacific
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