Rev Coffin and the cost of conscience
New Haven report on Rev William Sloane Coffin tackling conscience in draft resistance and amnesty debates. It discusses his Alabama visit, protection by guards, and his work opposing nuclear arms and Vietnam service bans. It contrasts legal, moral, and political angles with historical amnesty precedents from Washington Jackson Gaulle and potential Nixon policy implications.
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Conn
William Sloane Coffin
Yale
Alabama
Auburn
Wallace
Coffin
Vietnam
Sweden
Hershey
Washington
Bill Coffin
United States
George Washington
Pennsylvania
Andrew Jackson
de Gaulle
Algeria
Harvard Doctors Say Shorter Hospital Stay For Heart Attacks
Harvard surgeons Bernard Lown and Victor Siden argue that for uncomplicated heart attack patients a 10 to 12 day hospital stay suffices. They estimate this could save hundreds of millions annually and free beds, noting regional variations and the need for further study.
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Harvard University
Bernard Lown
Victor W. Siden
American Journal of Cardiology
Harvard
Michigan
Ontario
Canada
United States
Mail Through Time: Postcard Reunites Long Beach Lawyer
A 29 year delay brings Duke Simmons of Long Beach a postcard from his late mother mailed in 1940 from Detroit. Lost at Eldorado post office, it surfaced during office redecorating and was handed to a former neighbor who knew Simmons’s address. The note’s content remains unknown.
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Nixon
Duke Simmons
Long Beach
Detroit
Duke
Eldorado
Ill
Eldorado Post Office
Simmons
Humility After Moon Orbit Sparks Outlooks Abroad
After the Moon landing success a friend hoped the venture would teach humility before the vast universe. He said realizing outer space's scale could help people see how small Earth is and temper ambition.
Moon project risks and ethics warned by Sydney Harris
Sydney Harris argues space exploration could widen earthly greed and rivalry rather than unite humanity. He warns of planetary contamination risks and compares colonization to past abuses, urging a moral leap before venturing beyond Earth.
The Double Helix by James D Watson
Review notes the book offers an inside account of the discovery of DNA structure by a Nobel Prize winning scientist. It portrays the researchers as intensely human, facing rivalries and jealousy during the search for heredity’s blueprint.
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the Double Helix
James D. Watson
Signet Books
You
Tax and Tooth Fairy Deductions Query Confusion
A taxpayer asks if payments to the tooth fairy can be deducted as a medical expense. The second item notes a college boy mailing a brick to his home, a quirky mention of a school affectionately.
Incentive concerns over guaranteed income proposals
The piece discusses a 3 000 to 4 000 dollar annual guaranteed income and its work incentives. It cites Roger A. Freeman of the Hoover Institution warning that generous benefits could deter take up of jobs, end some occupations, and shift labor across southern states and agriculture. It also notes analyses of negative income tax and universal family allowances.
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Rep
Thomas B. Curtis
Roger A. Freeman
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Freeman
South
Welfare costs rise while crime and unemployment grow
Henry Hazlitt argues welfare expansion increases costs to 112 billion in 1968 across federal state and local levels. He cites New York City data showing 100 000 to 120 000 unfilled jobs monthly with 40 000 open to the poor regardless of education. He warns welfare creates a new leisure class as the jobless depend on public funds.
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Congress
New York City
Human Resources Administration
Freeman
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Tom Wicker
Lyndon Johnson
Daniel Webster
American Statesman
George Robeson
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Solar System
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Belmont Shore
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Fire Department
Building Department
Police Department
Santa Barbara
Belmont
Cosa Nostra
Miami
Anthony Civella
Angelo DeLuna
Mannie Cervelo
Jack de Bennedetto
Paul Varaselona
Joe CaVallo
Patrick O’brien
Fred Wilson
Long Beach Boulevard
Fred
Bradford Chambers
Mentor Books
Frederick Douglass
David Walker
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Martin Luther King
Nat Turner
By Bill Vaughan
Henry Hazlitt
Financial Federation
Community Savings
Atlantic Avenue
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Compton Boulevard
Paramount Boulevard
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Community Savings and Loan Association
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