Russian medical care judged by American standards
A U.S. medical delegation led by Russell Roth, M D, toured Soviet facilities and found care reasonably accessible but largely mediocre by American criteria. He notes low wages for new doctors, modest living costs, and long work hours in the U.S. system as factors distinguishing the two regimes. He warns against copying centralized Soviet methods, saying Americans would view them as inadequate.
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Soviet Union
United States
Russell Roth
M. D
U.S
Roth
Russia
Dr. Roth
U. S
Dr Roth
Service Men Deserve Better War Records Say Critics
A columnist argues that popular views of the Vietnam War distort history and minimize North Vietnamese and Viet Cong atrocities. He asserts U S service members sacrificed for freedom and honors and urges a fairer historical record.
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U.S
U. S
Capitalist ideals praised by Friar Branch Riley to Oregon businessmen
A former lawyer and lecturer, Friar Branch Riley, told Oregon businessmen that saving makes one a capitalist and that thrift allows sharing in African enterprise. He argues the capitalist system has raised living standards and wealth distribution unlike any other nation, while noting antiestablishment extremists seek utopia in anarchism.
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Friar Branch Riley
Oregon
Joe Doak
Calendar notes on drive-in groceries and rail rules
Bank of America reports suggest drive-in grocery stations could transform food retailing with car side service, automatic totaling, and delivery to the car. The piece cites safety cautions on icy roads and notes railroads still operate under old monopoly-era rules.
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Bank of America
Was Station
Frank E. Barnett
Union Pacific Railroad
Catfish Branding Study Shows Cold Iron Marking Feasible
Biologists from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department test cold branding on channel catfish using a cooled copper tool held on the side for one second. The resulting dark marks persist for years with little adverse effect and sometimes higher growth rates versus tagged fish. Costs align with conventional tagging when marks aren’t repeated. FRANKFORT KY AP Five former Kentucky governors are named as holders of two terms.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
David L. Pritchard
Wiest
Pritchard
Frankfort, Ky
Kentucky
Isaic Snelby
James Garrard
John L. Helm
James B. McCreary
Albert B. Chandler
Easy Rider in Diboll Brought Cash Packed to Inheritance
A 22 year old cyclist stopped for a traffic violation in Diboll carried more than 28000 dollars strapped to his stomach in a money belt. Police and Texas Ranger Charlie Neal investigated with the FBI, confirming the man from Cleveland Ohio was en route to Houston with the money as part of an inheritance. He claimed to have shipped trunks of belongings and another cash roll was found in Houston.
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Diboll Free Press
Diboll
Dewey Wolf
Ira Miller
City Hall
Jim Kinser
Doug Robinson
Texas
Charlie Neal
FBI
Black Panther Party
SDS
Robinson
Cleveland
Ohio
Houston
Greyhound Bus
Ranger Neal
Pye
Swazi Air's Language Hurdles Stall Ticket Rollout
A Swaziland national airline struggles to issue vernacular tickets as translations clash with officialese. The story notes a committee impasse and ongoing translation issues while quoting officials and reporting a separate local cash seizure and a suspect's guilty plea in Diboll, with plans to donate funds to an unidentified worthy cause.
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Swazi Air
Rene Lion-Cachet
Howdy Neighbor and Notes on Noise
A column by J. Carlat Sr reflects on factory noise harming millions of industrial workers in the United States. It urges practical warnings about hubris and hints at social observations about marriage, truth, and work.
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D'dja
United States
Notable New Novels and a Local Library Note
The Pendleton author of The Iron Orchard returns with The Seventh Girl a Texas frontier tale featuring the Chandler brothers and Kate McKenzie amid Civil War echoes. Jesse Stuart writes Mr Gallion’s School about Kensington High School’s princip al and an aging reformer clinging to teaching. John Keats offers You Might As Well Live a lively Dorothy Parker biography.
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Pendleton
Gladewater
Texas
Chandler Brothers
Kate McKenzie
Kate
Jesse Stuart
Mr. Gallion
Kensington High School
John Keats
Dorothy Parker
Health clubs threaten fat fate of the land and economy
A satirical warning about the rise of health clubs and the obesity panic they provoke. The author ridicules girdles, fat rail ideas, and the jogging craze while predicting social and economic upheaval from everyone becoming too thin. The piece ends with a note of stubborn resistance and a nod to fat nostalgia.
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Flab Liberation Movement
Canada
Selective Service Questions Answers on Classification Change
Editor notes changes in the lottery system. Lt. Col. Charles M. Duncan explains that registrants may request canceling deferments to convert to 41 A. Affects high school college occupational agricultural paternity hardship deferments. Local boards may reopen classification on written request. If not reached, 165-170 numbers may shift to Second Priority in 1971.
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Charles M. Duncan
State Selective Service
9Th St
Austin
Texas
Selective Service
Director of
Hodgepodge memories and Camp Fire tale in Gray's store
The piece recalls old fun from rolling tires and makeshift toys, mentions Camp Fire Girls at the Louisiana State Fair and Ice Capades, then shifts to a humorous diary voice about desk cleanliness and personal morals, ending with a note on striving for a cleaner life.
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Fred Moore
Gray
Jimmy Brown
Fred
Harriett
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