Roads that lead nowhere and back at year’s end
The piece reflects on Stewart Udall’s 1976 agenda, contrasting vast highway and space programs with urban renewal failures. It cites the 41,000 mile interstate system and a $60 billion cost, then argues the nation must use science and social knowledge to repair urban blight and bridge racial divides, proposing civilizing cities as policy.
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Stewart Udall
Udall
U.S
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New York Times
Manhattan
Los Angeles
Nixon on right track on electoral reforms
Nixon outlines three favored reforms for congressional action as part of presidential election reform efforts. He argues any single reform among direct popular election proposals would advance the electoral system.
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Nixon
Congress
Richard Nixon
Nixon Proportional Plan Could Improve Presidential Elections
Henry Hazlitt argues the proportional electoral plan, favored by Nixon, offers a superior path to electing a president by distributing a state's electoral votes in line with its popular vote. He notes risks of runoffs, supports alternative voting methods, and stresses urgency to reform the defective system despite political hurdles.
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Nixon
Mr. Nixon
Beverly Hills Lawyer Specializes in Draft Counseling
A young Beverly Hills attorney Dennis Shapiro opens a one man office to advise 1-A draft selectees on selective service law with a focus on legitimate avoidance. He claims virtually 100 percent success by concentrating on valid exemptions and proper counseling before deadlines while criticizing draft boards and medical examiners as misinformed or apathetic. The fees largely come from clients’ fathers, many veterans, including a Medal of Honor recipient whose son seeks to avoid service rather than repeat a war.
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Beverly Hills
Dennis Shapiro
Shapiro
State Board
Nixon
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C.O
Korea
Wayward Servants The Two Worlds of the African Pygmies
A review of Colin M Turnbulls Wayward Servants The Two Worlds of the African Pygmies from Natural History Press examines the Mbuti pygmies of the Ituri forest Congo and outlines their hunter gatherer society facing external social and religious pressure. The book is praised as an outstanding ethnology work by H Tolstoy.
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Colin M. Turnbull
Natural History Press
Doubleday
South Africa
Andaman Islands
India
Malay Peninsula
Philippines
New Guinea
Congo Basin
Ituri
Congo
H.tolstoy
George Rappal Noyes
Tolstoy
Columnists Represent Diverse Viewpoints On Opinion Pages
The newspaper notes that opinion columnists are selected to reflect a range of perspectives and not the paper’s official stance. Readers are urged to consider multiple voices, including guest writers, as part of a broader public dialogue.
Livingston Lysate Shows Promise In Arthritis Treatment
Doctors report a new drug Livingston Lysate derived from placental tissue can ease pain and reduce disability in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. In 109 patients, many resumed work or stayed employed, with minimal adverse effects noted when dosed correctly.
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Pillsbury
Nabisco
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Bradshaw
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