Smoking in the Soviet Union Faces a Dimming Ashtray Dilemma
In Moscow the Health Ministry shows a no ashtray table while officials push anti smoking measures. Despite bans in public spaces and schools, smoking remains widespread with 60 percent of men and rising teen use. Production fell 5 billion cigarettes in 1976, yet consumption may grow. The Literary Gazette argues for warnings and a central anti smoking agency, while kovshilo notes weak enforcement and stock control measures.
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Ministry of Health
Central Institute of Health Education
Literary Gazette
Cosmos
United States
Health Ministry
Hygeniest
U.S.S.R
Vsevelod Kovshilo
State Sports Committee
Education Ministry
Dr. Kovshilo
The rubber stamp machine in Senate confirmations
A Common Cause study blasts the Senate confirmation process as a rubber stamp. It cites Bert Lance and 11 criteria tests, urging a uniform disclosure standard, a new Office of Nominations, and more deliberate hearings to prevent another Lance affair and restore accountability.
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Charles H. Percy
Lance
Carter
Bob Bergland
House of Representatives
Bergland
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ribicoff- Percy
Ribicoff, Percy
Letter from Lillian Beck on grain glut and policy
The Banner prints a sister letter by Lillian Beck, who shares Socialist Labor Party ties with the writer. It discusses United States agriculture facing a grain glut and frames two solutions the capitalist and socialist approaches.
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Lillian Beck
Socialist Labor Party
United States
Capitalist and Socialist Views on Food Supply Dilemma
Nathan Pressman argues capitalism worsens hunger by lowering grain supply to boost prices, while the Socialist Labor Party promotes production for use to meet human needs. He cites Robert Lewis of the National Farmers Union criticizing set asides, urging Americans to reject capitalism. Ellenville, N.Y. Letter requests include signer address. 200 words max.
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Robert Lewis
National Farmers Union
Socialist Labor Party
Chinese Shadows Review Reveals China’s Hidden Realities
Roscoe Drummond praises Simon Leys for a candid, timely critique of Maoist China drawn from years in Hong Kong and travels in 1972 and 1974. The book, originally French, shows how officialdom banishes bold observers while exposing bureaucratic cruelties, cultural shifts, and the resilience of ordinary Chinese amid political control.
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Pierre Ryckmans
Simon Leys
China
Hong Kong
Holiday Book Bonanza Opens With Fresh Stock
It's Tuesday again and new shipments arrive including Mother Earth News No 48 Superhoroscopes Nancy Drew Hardy Boys best sellers and Silmarillion. Outlet delivers hundreds of sale books this week featuring obscure Thomas Hardy novels poetry by Williams Updike Solzhenitsyn and others along with books on Schwartz London Tolkien Frost. Joan Kimball former librarian and teacher holds English andLibrary Science degrees.
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Mother Earth News
Thomas Hardy
Tennessee Williams
John Updike
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Laura Gilpin
Delmore Schwartz
Jack London
J.R. Tolkien
Robert Frost
Radio Nightline and Old Bennington Fire Briefs
Looking Back from 40 years ago notes radio programs Fibber McGee and Molly Amos and Andy and Burns and Allen. A chimney fire brings Old Bennington firefighters to Mrs James Eddy's home. a servant phones the alarm. Warrants issued for five at two Bellows Falls theaters for Sunday movie showing.
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Amos and Andy
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