Public skeptical on smoking risks despite rising taxes
The public shows little concern over the link between cigarette smoking and cancer. Commerce Clearing House reports cigarette taxes rose to 2.069 billion for the year, up 93 million, while the FTC warning is seen as likely to waste ink and paper as "John Toe" remains unconvinced.
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Where Money Goes After Betsy Hit Florida Crops
The hurricane Betsy damaged avocado and mango groves in southern Florida, a key agricultural sector in the region. The U S Labor Department refused to approve importing workers to aid harvests, with Florida Agriculture Commissioner Doyle Conner criticising the decision. Meanwhile a federal agency approved a large loan to the Dominican Republic to boost tropical fruit production for competing in U S markets.
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Countdown to new phone ban and social shifts
Dr Paul Dudley White opposes home extension phones arguing they deprive housewives of exercise while others joke about extra jaw exercise. Applications to the Naval Academy fall ten percent as youth feel at sea amid a tight labor market. John Gronouski arrives as U S ambassador to Poland and Luci Johnson gives away hamsters in lieu of a presidential pet program. The Great Society plans a hamster in every home as the President’s Council on Physical Fitness reports improved youth fitness versus five years ago.
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This Day In Review: Washington’s Death to MacArthur Quote
A compact historical snapshot notes Washington’s death in 1799, Alabama’s 1819 statehood, the Silvertown cableship voyage in 1902, a 1961 Colorado school bus tragedy, and Douglas MacArthur’s war will to win remark. Entities include Mount Vernon, Alabama, San Francisco, Honolulu, Greeley, Colo.
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Citizens question police power and consistency in San Leandro
A San Leandro resident writes to The Daily Review doubting police uniformity and accountability. He recounts two noninjury accidents where officers issued or withheld citations based on personal judgment and paperwork concerns, arguing laws should apply evenly to all and questioning whether officers’ personal discretion erodes public safety and respect.
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San Leandro
Tam
One Source Of Happiness Editor Letter Notice
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Prayer for Victory and a Bearish Parable
A reader recalls a childhood song about a hunting preacher who climbs a tree to pray during a bear encounter and, invoking biblical figures, asks God not to help the bear. The piece parallels GE clergymen’s opposition to a President's Day of Prayer for victory over communism in Viet Nam and ends by asking whether one should pray for the Russian or Chinese bear.
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Viet Nam
Barbecue Coverage Earns Praise from Editor
An editor thanks The Daily Review for excellent barbecue coverage. The note credits the publication with helping the barbecue's success and expresses appreciation for the cooperation and support received.
A Prayer For Today Gracious Father We Seek Quiet Mind
A prayer asks for guidance to calm a worn mind and resist haste and vice. The supplicant pleads for strength to keep lips pure and to do the best things in the best way for Thy name’s sake.
Washing The Face Of An Ugly America
Russell Kirk argues that pollution, urban sprawl, and waste threaten open spaces and air in America. He cites California’s Land Conservation Act as a hopeful model, notes federal and state moves toward open space and urban renewal, and stresses costly but essential public education and planning to curb indifference as a new conservation era begins.
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America
Karl J. Besler
Santa Clara County
Was Hot Line Blanked During Northeast Blackout Report
Investigators question a temporary loss of the Washington Moscow hot line during the Northeast blackout of Nov 9. Government officials consider an emergency alert drill to test back up procedures, potentially staged in 1985.
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Moscow
De Gaulle’s mellowing amid Paris talks and NATO rethink
In Washington and Paris, officials view Charles de Gaulle’s public softening as cautious. Senator Mansfield reported Johnson’s wish for talks, though no formal diplomacy occurred. De Gaulle faces a runoff loss to Mitterrand and presses reforms to NATO and Europe, while some see a restrained openness to public opinion guiding his European plan.
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Mike Mansfield
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Montana Democrat
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After Mao and Long March era debate on China’s future
The article weighs whether Communist China will mellow or harden after Mao's death as experts find scant reliable intelligence. It notes Clark Clifford’s Far East mission to assess intelligence efforts, with Clifford as former Truman aide and Johnson confidant steering the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
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Mao Tee-tung
Peking
Clark Clifford
Far East
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Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
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