Insurance executive urges prevention over rehabilitation in alcoholism fight
William Plymat, a top insurance executive, argues for a shift in federal alcohol policy from rehabilitation to prevention. He proposes warnings on alcohol ads, a ban on radio TV advertising, label warnings, and more extensive studies into alcoholism causes, aiming to reduce new cases and balance preventive and rehabilitative efforts.
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William Plymat
Iowa
Plymat
U.S
Institute of Scientific Studies On
Andrews University
Berrien Springs
Mich
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Plymar
Congress
Nixon action against subversives praised by James J. Kilpatrick
Washington Star Syndicate reviews President Nixon's executive order reviving the Subversive Activities Control Board to update the attorney general's list of subversive organizations. The piece notes liberal fears, the potential advisory role for SACB, and the need to balance due process with national security in a dangerous political climate.
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Ashington
Nixon
SACB
FBI
Attorney General
Tion
Ku Klux Klan
Abraham Lincoln Brigade
ACLU
Joe Rauh
Rauh
Americans For Democratic Action
United
Agnew and Calhoun show path to vice presidency
The column compares past vice presidents who were dumped by presidents with Spiro Agnew facing a potential exit after Nixon’s Red China trip. It notes Calhoun’s history of switching presidents and hints Agnew might seek his own exit strategy by backing George Wallace in 1972 to gain the vice presidency and outpace rivals.
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Colfax
Hamlin
Grant
Lincoln
John Nance Garner
Henry A. Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Agnew
Nixon
Red
China
White House
Garner
Wallace
Dumpee
John C. Calhoun
Calhoun
South
John Quincy Adams
Adams
Andrew Jackson
Old Hickory
Martin van Buren
Spiro Agnew
Richard Nixon
Andy Jackson
Dixie
George Wallace
Pondering Our Primordial Problem Will U S Go the Way of Ancient Rome
C L Sulzberger analyzes Nixon remarks on Rome’s decline and U S decadence, arguing leadership and virtue govern national fate. He traces Rome’s fall to public virtue loss and links it to America’s current moral challenges and fears of decline. The piece frames decadence as a disease of prosperity and asks if the United States will remain healthy.
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U.S
Rome
Nixon
United States
Greece
Edward Gibbon
Decius
Carinus
Roman Republic
Vietnam
Asia
Africa
America
A Great Moral Crusade NAACP Strength Reviewed
The 62nd NAACP convention in Minneapolis showcased a family like network with 1700 chapters across 50 states. Roy Wilkins credits 1909 as key to black aspirations while leaders defend Great Society gains and critique Nixon housing and court appointments. The group, with about 400000 dues payers, operates from Washington lobbying to local chapters, budgets about 6 million, and contrasts with the Urban League’s 36 million in annual spending.
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York
America
Association
Minneapolis
NAACP
Mitchells
Maryland
Alexanders
North Carolina
Henry Lee Moon
Roy Wilkins
Christopher Columbus Jones
Carbondale
Ill
Lucious Woods
Chattanooga
Tenn
Thomas M. Kelly, Jr
Davenport
Iowa
United States
Johnson
Thurgood Marshall
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc
Supreme Court
Nixon
Stephen Gill Spottswood
Washington
Manhattan dreamers and the art of fishing
Carl Riblet Jr comments on New York as a city clinging to lost content and wary of future costs. He contrasts the old with the Indians, cites Saltus and Herford, and ponders fishing as a metaphor for chasing bigger catches than exist.
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New York
Manhattan
Edgar Saltus
Oliver Herford
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Media liberal criticisms and bank check handling debate
A letter contends media liberals distort news including Vietnam coverage and urges readers to seek more reliable sources. It shifts to a local Cedar Rapids bank perspective on check cashing, forgery risk, teller responsibility, and suggests opening savings accounts for children to teach prudent financial habits.
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Vietnam
Kennedy
Johnson
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Forum Letters Policy Emphasis in The Gazette
The Gazette editorial page invites readers to submit letters on issues or events rather than personalities. Letters should stay to one topic, attract readers, and roughly fit a 400 word limit. Each writer is limited to one monthly letter, with name address signature and phone number, and submissions may be shortened.
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Machiavelli
New York Times Service
Gk Sulzberger
Thomas A. Johnson
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