L A C SAYS Not a Poor Boy's War
L A C argues that statistics rebut claims Viet Nam is a poor boys war. Draft and Army figures show 60,000 draftees among 3.2 million armed forces, with most personnel volunteers. Negroes and college dropouts appear in drafts at higher rates. McNamara plans to enroll 100,000 rejected youths yearly to improve training and draft readiness.
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Free speech ban on Pine Avenue alarms readers
George Robeson reports on a municipal ban that blocks public meetings and preaching along Pine Avenue and surrounding streets near Rainbow Pier and the Municipal Auditorium. The piece notes the broad prohibited area and mocks enforcement, while surveying local figures like Beans Reardon and potential beer distributorship changes involving Frank Sinatra. It also covers FDA action against Figuretone weight devices, the injunction issued, and lingering distribution in Los Angeles.
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Rainbow Pier
Municipal Auditorium
Book review on Johnson power and the Senate
A Nat Honig review of Evans and Novak's New American Library study details Lyndon B. Johnson's rise in Washington, his control of the Senate, and the Johnson System. It highlights bipartisan coalitions, minimal debate, and the 1957 civil rights bill as the system's peak.
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Robert Novak
New American Library
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Gorden
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Novak
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Nat Honig
Cadmium Ties to Hypertension and Air Pollutants
A Dartmouth Medical School researcher links trace cadmium to essential hypertension in rats. A study of 28 American cities shows higher cadmium air levels aligning with increased death rates from hypertension and arteriosclerosis. Also, amantadine, branded Symmetrel, targets Asian flu prevention awaiting year‑start availability after FDA approval. Nitrogen dioxide is claimed to lower infection resistance in animals, with human effects uncertain. reported in JAMA.
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Dartmouth Medical School
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