Editorials And Featuresé Interest Wanes In Space Probes
The piece argues public interest fell at Apollo 14 compared with Apollo 11 while defending continued space exploration. It notes 45 million viewers versus 100 million for 1969 and counters critics who value other spending or fear failure of the mission. It asserts the vast costs justify continued exploration to avoid greater losses by not racing the Soviet Union.
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Alan Shephard
Ed Mitchell
United States
Russia
America
Earth
Bell offices try first names to greet callers
Michigan Bell reports mixed results as information operators begin introducing themselves by first names like Mary. Some callers hang up thinking they misdial, others react angrily saying they only want numbers, while many respond well. The shift aims to add a personal touch to telephone service.
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Central
Bell
Mary Speaking
Michigan Bell
Mary
Nader allies push FDA to require cola caffeine warnings
James Turner of the Ralph Nader center and George Washington University law students led by Prof. John Banzhaf plan to petition the FDA for caffeine warnings on cola labels and for ingredient disclosures. They also seek notices on mayonnaise cholesterol content. The groups, LABEL and supporters, cite risks for heart patients and children. The Army plans to classify a batch of military manuals.
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Washington
Nader
Raiders
John Banzhaf
Food and Drug Administration
James Turner
Ralph Nader Center
George Washington University Law Students
Prof
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Food and Drug
Food and Cola Companies
Boobytraps Manual Sold Directly by Mail Order
A Field Manual 5-31 titled Boobytraps was offered at three fifty from Normount Technical Publication in Forest Grove Oregon. Officials consider classifying other manuals on explosives and guerrilla warfare to block do it yourself revolutionaries. About 20 documents may be added to a secret list. Sheriff Vernon Smith of Lorain County Ohio obtained a copy after failed requests.
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Normount
Forest Grove
Ore
Lorain County
Ohio
Vernon Smith
Ohio Adjutant General’s Office
Pentagon
Baytown Sun Editorial and News Briefs Digest
Baytown Sun headline and column items note Air Force gala airlift plan for New York march 6 and a strong ICC response plan. It covers a confidential Air Force memo inviting attendees, the gala charity ball, and ICC chair George Stafford authorizing white papers on freight cars, rates, train cuts, and mergers.
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Air Force
New York City
Washington Area
ICC
Interstate Commerce Commission
George Stafford
Congress
Bridge by Oswald and Jacoby 2 back in print
Bridge column recalls Oswald and James Jacoby 2 with Y and Z as key bidders and A and B in defense. Y's opening and Z's play lead to strategic choices including a potential diamond and club sequence, with emphasis on dummy play and heart ruffing. The writer notes a historic variation and discusses line of play versus overcaller holdings, citing a 1923 reference by R. F. Foster.
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West
East
R. F. Foster
Dummy
Bridge bidding problem with four hearts response
In a four hearts overcall sequence after West North East South 1Dble 2NT Pass 3NT Pass, South holds 487432 Y7 Q98 SK1063 and chose Pass. The puzzle asks what to do next as partner’s decisive bid is respected. Tomorrow’s question considers East leaping to four hearts over the double and asks for the best action.
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Easit
East
How's Your Vocabulary Seafarers Down 1
A cryptic crossword style grid clue set. Across and down entries blend nautical terms with general vocabulary hints. The puzzle asks to reduce phrases to constituent parts and identify missing letters or prefixes.
White House sees Laos push as political boon for Nixon
High White House officials say most Democratic hopefuls risk a shaky stance on Laos as Nixon plans more U.S. troop withdrawals in April. They argue the military goal is to cut the Ho Chi Minh trail and allow Thieu to face an election without heavy Communist pressure, boosting Republican prospects at home.
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Washington
White House
Laos
Nixon
U.S
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Henry M. Jackson
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Cambodia
Senate
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Indochina
Melvin R. Laird
Wild horses and planets and milk facts in quiz form
A reader quiz cites the tarpan as the last true wild horse and notes Venus and Mercury as morning and evening stars. It states tape worms range from fractions of an inch to 30 feet, explains Coast Guard status peacetime as a Transportation Department branch and wartime as Navy, and compares fresh to dried milk by fifty quarts fresh equaling six quarts dried.
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Mongolia
United States Coast Guards
de Ep of Transportation
U.S. Navy
Best Oils to Use In Your Cooking
Dear Reader asks about fats and oils and why nutrition guidance changes. The article lists oils by polyunsaturated and saturated content, names safflower corn and soybean as top in polyunsaturated fat, and notes hardened oils are hydrogenated fats. It explains whipping shortening adds air, not chemistry, and quotes Yale researcher Dr. Brenner on unemployment and heart attack links, concluding with practical cereal advice.
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Dr. Lamb
Verse on God and Christ Jesus from I Timothy 2 5
A concise Bible quote notes that there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ. It emphasizes the divine singularity and Jesus as intercessor between divinity and humanity.
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Man Christ
Jesus
I Timothy
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