Health care crisis spotlighted in Cleveland hearing
A crowded Senate subcommittee hearing in Cleveland spotlighted rising health care costs and inadequate services. Testimonies described long waits for care, doctor shortages, and hospital burdens, with personal stories of debt and death underscoring the need for broad health insurance reform. Ted Kennedy leads the push, framing health care as a national priority.
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Dirty Words Stall Eye Contact on Akron Campus Study
University of Akron psychology student Ted Speroff tested 10 male undergraduates. In a controlled room they answered neutral questions after reciting the alphabet. A hidden timer tracked eye contact while a recorder logged response times for each prompt. They were then asked to recite five dirty words, which took longer to conjure than the alphabet, indicating unease and occasional stuttering.
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New Peasantry Emerges Among America’s College Youth
Robert Rodale of Organic Gardening & Farming says college-age Americans show growing interest in soil and simpler living, forming a new peasantry. He notes they are well educated and seek freedom in honest manual labor, contrasting with machine-dominant previous generations.
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Robert Rodale
Organic Gardening & Farming Magazine
The Organic Peasantry and a Quiet Exit
Edwin A. Roberts Jr. argues in the National Observer that the poor and lower middle class youth are choosing practical paths within the system rather than fleeing to utopia. He notes urban enclaves pressuring a new organic peasantry, while many privileged peers abandon the field, potentially benefiting society by moving aside.
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National Observer
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Micronesia seeks plebiscite amid U S control questions
Scattered Micronesian islands drift between idealized pacific life and power politics as nationalists circulate a document urging a vote on self determination. Washington weighs independence against permanent ties, with DOD and State wary of retreat near Okinawa while UN observers potential.
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Sterling-Rock Falls Jaycees Back Whiteside Voc High
Jaycees voted to contribute 1000 dollars to Whiteside County Vocational High School. The state will match dollar for dollar all local funds raised for the project, effectively doubling the aid. Weather permitting, Sauk Valley Parachute Team will perform a benefit jump to aid Judy Schick, severely burned last September, as she faces costly operations.
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Editorial on a New Sterling Rock Falls Bridge
The May 18 1961 editorial argues that progress is desired but unity is lacking in planning a new river bridge. It notes crossing needs, factions opposing any bridge unless placed at the east end, and the high cost of three to four million dollars, making a timely bridge unlikely.
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Sterling Schools Election Yields Landslide Board Choices
Betty Jo Ingold of Merrill School in Rock Falls earned a first superior rating on bassoon in the Northwest district grade school band contest held in Sterling. Sterling Consolidated voters approved four offices with heavy turnout and minimal opposition. Henry Ward was elected president, Sterling Carter to a three year term on the board, Scott Hitchcock to the other three year seat, and Willard Thomas to finish Ward’s term.
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Wanderlust of ex servicemen challenge for Red Cross chapter
Irene Chapman home service secretary notes transient ex servicemen apply daily for aid. Many seek work or meals or transportation to another town. Red Cross will not encourage roaming by supplying free transport, despite roving spirit formed in service.
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Ann Landers urges letters to senators on cancer bill S34
Dear Ann Landers thanks readers for mass mail urging support of S34 the Cancer Conquest Bill. She highlights mixed views from physicians and officials about a National Cancer Authority, and urges a united national effort. A second reader asks about a pregnant coworker and Landers praises the supportive male response while advising open mindset.
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Highlights in History for May 18, 1971
On this date in 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed emperor of France. In 1860 a Republican convention in Chicago nominated Abraham Lincoln for president. Other items note Civil War events, The Hague conference, TVA creation, Italian actions in Ethiopia, UN HQ move, RCA satellite venture, McNamara two-year service proposal, and a 1970s proxy near Phnom Penh.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Sketches BEN Koundinea life at the edge of faith
A 1971 Sketches piece by Gen. Fea. Corp reflects on life as a sequence of pitfalls and trials. It notes that progress is paired with loss, faith sustains forward steps, and trouble arrives without warning. The essay presents life as rugged, with moments of peace interspersed, a human journey shaped by trial and error.
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Soldier Writes About RFHS Bus Contract
SP4 Thomas J. Detorrice criticizes the Rock Falls High School Board for awarding a bus contract to Themeway Lines over the lower bid from R. C. Smith. He questions the bidding process, cites a $2100 higher annual cost, and urges cost-cutting and a focus on RFHS’s future from his Brunnsum Netherlands posting.
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Thomas J. Detorrice
Brunnsum
Netherlands
Commends Parents For Prom Party Effort
Editor notes the Rock Falls Post Prom at Emerald Hill Country Club on May 15 and praises parents for staying up all night as chaperones servers and kitchen helpers. Thanks Rock Falls High School students and guests for well behaved conduct. signed by Mr and Mrs Barry Tompkins Sr chairmen.
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Glad To See Parents At Promotion Exercises
Mrs Charles Mitchell expresses joy at Challand Junior High School inviting parents to graduation. She notes parental attendance can motivate students to pursue high school, acknowledges potential challenges, and emphasizes children as future leaders.
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Strength For The Day By Early Conscience And Morality
A brief meditation on the Bible view of conscience. It contrasts healthy conscience with a cranky or missing one, noting conscience as the inner voice of morality and God. It warns that harming conscience leads to eternal rue, urging attention to its moral guidance.
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