No reasons for living for America
A 75-year-old man in New York, found dead in his apartment, killed himself with pills after a week of isolation. The piece surveys elder suicide in America, citing rising rates among men 65 and older and discussing societal neglect, loss of engagement, and the difficulty of helping the elderly. It includes expert views from Farberow, Kastenbaum, and Butler, noting retirement pressures and youth-centric culture as factors.
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NEW York
NEA
America
World Almanac
Norman Farberow
Los Angeles
Robert Kastenbaum
American Association of Suicidology
Farberow
Harry Warren
National Save A Life League
Ogden Nash
L. A
S Farberow
Kastenbaum
H. L. Mencken
Robert Butler
White House
W. Somerset Maugham
UNDP spends 274 million in 1972 on 6000 projects in 135 countries
The United Nations Development Program reported 1972 expenditures of 274 million dollars for over 6,000 projects in 135 countries and territories. Rudolph A. Peterson, former Bank of America president, heads the program and noted a 13 million rise from 1971 funded by government contributions.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Rudolph A. Peterson
Bank of America
TV Watergate Coverage Shifts to One-Day-per-Network Basis
New York AP reports Watergate hearings return on a one day per network trial basis with NBC CBS and ABC each taking coverage on different days. The piece quizzes readers on which game show stars align with Watergate figures while noting Wyoming and Colorado form true rectangles.
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New York
NBC
CBS
ABC
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Search For Tomorrow
E. Howard Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
Maxwell Smart
Washington
John Dean III
Amarillo Slim
CIA
FBI
Jack Anderson
Watergate
Republican National Committee
Democratic National Committee
Orlando
Fla
Haircuts and weddings by a Tennessee barber minister
Dyersburg barber Guy Merryman, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, offers quiet wedding ceremonies in his shop next to haircuts. About three couples weekly seek nuptials here, with witnesses drawn from the barber or beauty shop staff. Haircuts cost two dollars, and Merryman says he sets a symbolic donation for the ceremony.
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Robert Morgan
State Gazette
Dyersburg
Tenn
Guy Merryman
Merryman
Princess Anne selects Susan Small for wedding gown
London AP reports Princess Anne has chosen Susan Small, a young British designer known for ready wear, over traditional haute couture. The choice signals a shift from Norman Hartnell's regal gowns. No style or color decided yet. wedding with Lt. Mark Phillips planned for November.
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London
Anne
Norman Hartnell
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Buckingham Palace
Susan Small
Haute Couture
Paris
Rome
Maureen Baker
Cavalry
Mark Phillips
Bronze statues along Reforma in Mexico City celebrate reform era heroes
In downtown Mexico City Paseo de la Reforma is lined with 36 life size statues honoring war of reform and French intervention figures. Two statues represent each state, with 18 states and 12 urns visible as many pedestals remain empty. The figures endure pollution, some nude Diana once wore a bronze bikini bottom, and the patriotic display reflects Porfirio Diaz era Europeanization aims.
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Mexico City
Reforma
Mexico
United States
U.S
Francisco Sosa
Yucatan
Porfirio Diaz
Passing squad claims five more victims in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro police report five more deaths over the weekend linked to a revival of the passing squad. Victims were struck repeatedly, killed with a headshot, bound, and dumped on remote roads as the off duty policemen’s vigilante group again returns to crime cleanups following a crackdown and arrests in several cities.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
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