Massachusetts plans broad health promotion campaign against risky behaviors
Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health Jonathan Fielding unveils a three year program to shift resources toward prevention. The effort targets alcohol tobacco and drug use nutrition exercise and safety with media campaigns nutritionist outreach and legislation to curb advertising and smoking. Fielding argues prevention offers better returns than costly medical treatment and emphasizes noncoercive, evidence monitored tactics.
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Boston
Mass
Jonathan Fielding
Massachusetts
State Department of Public Health
DPH
Fielding
James Hyde
Harvard Medical School
OPH
U.S
The
Boston Phoenix
Senators Dining Debacle Behind Budgeted Bites
The piece lampoons U.S. Senators spending on Senate restaurants with prices and subsidies highlighted. It notes a 1975 restaurant loss of 240000 and an eight hundred thousand deficit for the Senate, implying a culinary subsidy of eight thousand dollars per senator yearly. The satire shifts to a dining scene and a mock future showing Senator Kennedy's hair styling and shoe shining costs.
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U.S
Senate
House
Sen. Kennedy
TV Crime On NBC Networks Sparks Penalty Totals
The National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting says aired crimes on NBC CBS and ABC during Feb 28 to Mar 6 would incur 3433 years in prison under California penalties. NBC showed the most crimes, including 135 assaults, 17 kidnappings, 11 first-degree and 3 second-degree murders, according to law students tracking all three networks.
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Washington
NBC
National Citizens Committee For Broadcasting
CBS
ABC
Education and language standards echo through time
Walter Lippmann argues that despite urging universal education, many schools still fail to impart essential knowledge. He suggests curricula emphasize coherent, goal directed learning including literature and good English, while recognizing English as a second language for many students. Edward T. Hall notes Platonic ideals decline in focus.
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Studnets
Botswana
Richard Livinstone
Oxford
Edward T. Hall
Carter plan aims to fix Social Security financing
The Carter administration unveiled an eight point plan to shore up Social Security finances by 1982 and reduce long term deficits. It shifts some funding from general revenues to Social Security, raises employer taxes on all wages, and increases the wage base taxed for workers. The plan faces opposition from business groups and some lawmakers who warn it could harm economic recovery and set a precedent for using general revenues to pay benefits.
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Carter
Russell Long
Louisiana
Senate Finance Committee
Oregon
al Altman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Andrew Melgard
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Robert Tifove
Marfin & Segal
New York
Tilove
Social Security
Robert Tilove
Gas company estimates punish late payers
A follow up letter to The Journal criticizes the gas company for bi monthly estimates that overcharge customers. When actual meters read next month the excess is corrected but penalties were charged for overdue amounts. The writers urge accurate estimates or no estimation to avoid penalties. Names listed include Gerald L. Krasa Dean Mosher Virginia Stockton R. Brown Ron Hamilton D Cone.
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Gerald L. Krasadean Mosher
Hall
Weaver
Virginia Stockton
Weidner
R. Brown Brown
Downer
Ron Hamilton
Cone
Unclear PennDOT contact list for local road concerns
A reader provides a shaky contact list claiming to reach PennDOT and lawmakers by phone or mail. The garbled text includes names, addresses, and phone numbers in Harrisburg and nearby areas, with faulty spellings and inconsistent formatting, making exact details hard to verify.
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Penndot
Dory Capel
Public libraries use automated information retrieval services
A 1977 WSJ piece notes public library telephone reference centers handle growing query loads and increasingly use computerized data banks to retrieve abstracts from multiple sources. The system can compile subject bibliographies, with programs tailoring searches by period, publications, and context. Free access exists at many libraries, with costs varying per institution.
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Wall Street Journal
New York Library Telephone Reference Service
Library Service
The
Journal Notes
Journal
iDrarian
New York Times
Parsippany
N.J
System Development Corp
Santa Monica
Calif
Lockheed Missiles
Space
Philadelphia Free Library
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