Precaution Advances Reduce dentist X ray Use
The American Dental Association urges dentists to curb routine X rays for every visit. Dentists previously exposed patients to cancer and genetic risks by frequent imaging. New guidance supports X rays only when gum disease or cavities warrant, marking a step toward safer dental care.
Tax Break Or Vote Bribe In Senator Petris Plan
Column attacks Nick Petris for proposing a $50 property tax credit that benefits rich and poor unevenly. The author argues the plan disguises a voter bribe in an election year and cites AB 80 as precedent, warning it will fail to balance the tax burden fairly.
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Countdown Castro Promotes Unique Communist Brand
Castro declares his political line the only true Leninist Marxist path while others drift away. He says he did not seek to be kingmaker but to wear the crown himself. Rudy Vallee indicates a possible Los Angeles mayoral bid, citing his long running campaign song My Time It Your Time.
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Customs Traditions Shape A Young Man's Rebellion
A reflective piece recalls youth in spring, questioning customs and traditions. The narrator remembers a rainy afternoon turning to insight as he and a companion walk a dusty beach road by the China Sea, the world’s rules clashing with burgeoning independence.
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Laughs From Europe and the Etiquette of Tea in a Thatched Hut
An English speaker recalls meeting a European visitor with an embroidered shirt and a red fez. They discuss Eastern and Western thought, share Lea at a thatch-roof hut, and navigate cultural etiquette about a Chinese wife present during tea. The narrator reflects on customs as the cement of civilization and the mental freedom that familiarity with tradition provides.
Patriotism in Textbooks Sparks National Debate
Paul Harvey laments diluting patriotism in modern history books arguing 14 older texts contained key quotes from Henry Hale and Jones not found in newer editions. He warns against denationalizing education and overemphasizing globalism at the expense of American allegiance and heritage.
Don MacLean Travel Tax Idea Provokes Gloom
A Washington columnist ridicules President Johnson talk of a $100 head tax on Americans traveling overseas. He notes Humphrey and lawmakers would resist such a plan, given Congressmen’ s own foreign travel and business ties. He dismisses the scheme as remote probability.
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Rockefeller Statistics Unreliable in GOP 1960s Outlook
The piece argues that Rockefeller polling shows low voter support and questions the validity of polls and press “statistics.” It cites 1958 to 1966 results, notes Rockefeller’s weak showing in New York, the rise of the Conservative Party, and suggests unity is needed for the GOP. It favors Nixon or Reagan as unifying figures likely to influence November races.
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This Day In History Highlights From UPI Briefs
Highlights include Robert E. Lee born at Stratford in 1807, Georgia secession in 1861, Franco Nationalist air raids on Barcelona and Valencia in 1938 killing 700, Eisenhower’s 1955 presidential press conference, and a Wilde thought about war.
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