Let's Protect Children from History's Violence
A discussion on TV violence and its impact on children, noting the abundance of shootings knifings and fights in long running series and agreeing with anti violence campaigners on potential harm.
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1968
Page
13
Hal’s Happy History aims to shield children from violence
A writer proposes a kid friendly history book that avoids terms like war and massacre. He cites reframing Custer and Pearl Harbor incidents to emphasize nonviolence and urges TV leaders to adopt peaceful messaging or risk confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal
U.S
Cause of Chinese Restaurant Syndrome Reported
Medical researchers propose monosodium glutamate as the trigger for Chinese Restaurant Syndrome. Dr. Kwok and others report numbness neck and arms dizziness headaches and heart- like sensations after northern Chinese meals, with no such effects from home meals or in the Far East or Europe. Two teams from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and New York University School of Medicine publish NEJM findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ho Man Kwok
United States
New England Journal of Medicine
Kwok
Far East
Europe
Martin E. Gordon
Yale University Health Department
New Haven
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx
N.Y
New York University School of Medicine
Ambition's consuming toll on youth and soul
Means and ends claim unborn life will draw nourishment from the mother if starved. The passage warns that plans and ambitions can devour a person who harbors them, with a deep consuming ambition potentially eating away the substance of the soul. It notes how young people are urged to be ambi fielding caution about overreaching desires.
Means and ends in the life of the ambitious person
The text warns that chasing fame, fortune, or power can erode humanity. It argues the whole person must be valued over any single drive and questions whether pleasure or profit should be the life's proper aim. It stresses studying means and ends to avoid turning means into ends.
Candidate with Smallest Vote Could Win Election
The piece argues the 1960s era three-way race with Wallace risks a minority president and calls for reform toward direct popular vote or congressional district voting. It critiques the electoral college and favors majority preferential systems while noting complexity and confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Rutherford Hayes
Samuel Tilden
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
House of Representatives
Adams
Jackson
House
Congress
Gallup
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Harris
Nixon
Humphrey
George Wallace
Opinion on voter freedom and true representation
The excerpt argues that a voter should freely express his order of preference to reflect true representation and democracy. It stresses that guessing others' choices pressures a voter and that broader freedom reduces distorting strategic voting.
Pine Avenue Art Festival favors representational works over abstracts
Reports from Long Beach describe a sidewalk show where most passersby preferred clear landscape and seascape scenes to abstract pieces. Artists note prizes tended toward abstract work, judged by professors and a modern artist, while many visitors bought little but exchanged business cards. A nine year old summed up the sentiment: the landscapes simply make him think of trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Welk
Long Beach
Pine Avenue
Hill and Vale
Normandie
Senator Tilly’s ally accused of recipe theft and upgrade
Returned travelers find higher gross and taxes than before. Democrats may gain from Republicans’ convention errors, but parties rarely learn from past mistakes.
Also Mentioned on This Page
General Custer
Custer
Pearl Harbor
New York Times
Sydney Harris
Cooley
Henry
Hazlitt
George Robeson
Martha
George C. Wallace
Arts Council
Long Beach Man-On-The-Street
Senate
Senator Soaper
Tilly
Lal
Carlton
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