Hazardous summer risks for barefoot children in parks
Public safety experts warn that hot coals from barbecues, broken glass, metal can strips, and discarded cans pose severe burns and cuts to children during summer outings. Park agencies install steel drum burn dumps and impose fines to deter careless disposal. Parents should supervise and ensure tetanus immunizations and prompt treatment for injuries to prevent lasting harm.
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Fremont
Union City
Newark
Weight loss project sparks calls at University of Washington
The university floods with inquiries after seeking overweight women for a six week weight loss program. A volunteer notes the irony as talk shifts to heavy rates and gifts while Jackie receives Apollo mission earrings for her 40th birthday. Her husband’s wealth is teased as if he could give the moon.
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R.B.V.P
Do-It-Yourself Doctrine Faces Middle East Fallout
President Nixon signals a do-it-yourself approach but keeps Middle East risks unsaid while US public opinion veers against troop or arms involvement. The White House estimates Soviet arms to Nasser and allies, notes a strategic balance in the region, and questions how this doctrine can bridge public restraint with global security without provoking a wider conflict.
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Ready Made Excuses: Society Never Takes the Rap
Essay argues modern culture shifts blame away from individuals onto society, family, and environment. It catalogs scapegoats from Mom and Dad to environment, noting ready made excuses excuse criminals and failures. The piece satirically critiques the habit of avoiding personal responsibility.
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Don MacLean Great Rotten Joke Contest Proceedings
The Great Rotten Joke Contest opens with entries from readers. Herman H. Diers Sr. delivers a string of groan worthy lines about libraries buses and misheard phrases. Alan Prince Stan Felder and others send in further pun heavy jesting snippets. The crowd is treated to a parade of deliberately bad humor.
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Alan Prince
Stan Felder
England
Flounder
Will Nixon Follow Words With Action
Washington observers debate whether President Nixon will turn his Asia words into deeds in Vietnam and elsewhere. The piece weighs dis engagement, potential deals with the Soviet Union, and Senate limits on foreign commitments while predicting that Nixon intends concrete steps rather than mere talk.
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Paris
Nixon
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Russia
Mr. Nixon
Maclean's Microscoops and Moon Photo Costs
The cartoonish note jokes about astro nauts moon photos costs and returns from a drugstore. It also ridicules politicians, foreign affairs quips, and a joke about parking as a motivator for a goodwill tour, reflecting light editorial humor.
This Day In History Highlights From 1940 to 1958
A chronicle of events notes Luftwaffe raids on Britain in 1940, Trumans 1945 UN charter ratification, Russia’s 1945 war on Japan, a 1958 US Republic of Korea pact, and a 1903 British mail train robbery. Mann muses on time’s clarity.
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Truman
U.N
Russia
Japan
United States
Ty Republic of
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Thomas Mann
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