Vasectomy and medical ethics stir personal questions
A reader recounts a 1963 prostate operation during which a surgeon allegedly performed a vasectomy without consent, causing lasting sexual issues. Dr. Lamb advises vasectomy at prostate surgery is common but does not affect ejaculation, and there may be psychological factors. malpractice suit unlikely. The column also includes reader letters praising arthritis stretch gloves and a daily horoscope page from July 24, 1973, with TV listings and program notes.
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Dr. Lamb
Texarkana College Broadcast Schedule Snapshot
A Tuesday television schedule lists Texarkana College at 6:30 and 6:45 paces, with programs such as Your Pastor Devotional Colorful World and Country Music Time. Evening lineups include Dinah Shore, a film "Stranger in My Arms," Jokers Wild, and game shows plus News and soap operas.
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Texarkana College
Arkansas A.M
Bikini Beach
Arkansas
Afternoon Daytime TV Schedule from a 1973 Arkansas Card
A fragment lists a dense slate of daytime shows and classic reruns with times, channel blocks, and titles such as All My Children, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, Sesame Street, Mister Rogers, Bonanza, and Hawaii Five-O. It resembles a TV guide snippet from Little Rock in 1973.
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All My Children
Little Rock Today
Eye On Arkansas
Benzal Bridge Set to Close Three Days for Replacement
The U S Coast Guard announced three days of Arkansas River navigation shutdown beginning 6 a m August 2 at Benzal Bridge near Little Rock to remove the swing span and install a new one. The new span will be inoperable about five months, hindering traffic during high water. James Walden of Helena, waterways commissioner and barge line owner, urged swift work to minimize disruption.
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Little Rock
U.S. Coast Guard
Missouri Pacific Lines
Benzal
Arkansas River
Arkansas Roadside Events and Historic Impeachment Note
A fragmented snippet lists annual fishing derby and rodeo events in Arkansas towns Bentonville Camden Mt. View Paragould Harrisburg Mt. Home and Mt. View including cavern tours and folklore society activities. It also notes Senator Edmund G. Ross of Kansas casting the deciding vote to clear President Andrew Johnson of impeachment charges in 1868.
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Bentonville
Camden
Berryville
Prescott
Blanchard Caverns
Mt. View
Edmund G. Ross
Kansas
Andrew Johnson
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