Hawaii's mixed progress and housing woes noted
L A C reflects on Hawaii during a vacation visit, praising new subdivisions hotels and luxury developments while warning of rising costs and housing shortages for low income residents. He contrasts Oahu with Kauai Maui and the Big Island noting strict limits on future building and the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel as a highlight.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
U.S
Washington, D.C
Oahu
Waikiki
Atlantic City
Kauia
Maui
Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea Beach
Laurence Rockefeller
Hilo
Kona
Kamuela
Long Beach
Press critique on drug naming Methedrine versus methamphetamine
William F. Dowling Jr. argues reporters misuse drug names by calling all illicit methamphetamine Methedrine, a Burroughs Wellcome trademark. He explains methamphetamine hydrochloride has many trade names and stresses that trade names are capitalized while generic names stay lowercase, with examples including Seconal and Nembutal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pharmaceutical Industry
William F. Dowling Jr
Burroughs Wellcome & Co., Inc
Tuckahoe
N. Y
Burroughs Wellcome
World Order and the early effort to form international bodies
World Order reviews Warren F. Kuehl’s Seeking World Order a readable history of U.S. pursuit of an international organization ending with the Senate defeat of the Versailles Treaty in 1920. The volume surveys key debates and figures shaping early 20th century diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States and International Organization
Warren F. Kuehl
Vanderbilt University Press
Kuehl
U.S
Senate
Arrangement in Gray and Black condemned then praised now
In 1870s London critics rejected the famous painting Arrangement in Gray and Black as a crude arrangement. It later became a prized Louvre treasure, known as an iconic yet controversial work praised for its realism and modern edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Academy
London
Whistler's Mother Reconsidered Across Generations
A columnist urges restraint in judging contemporary art arguing that each generation cannot fairly assess its peers. He notes the need to suspend final judgment and adopt new viewing perspectives before praising or dismissing what is new and different.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
Justice Grommet Named For Supreme Court After Humorous Mixup
A fictional tale imagines Justice Hamilcar Grommet of Chipaway County receiving a presidential offer to join the Supreme Court. The scene unfolds with neighbors and associates joking about the unlikely nomination and the sources of political influence. The piece satirizes the confirmation process and public curiosity about judges.
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Hamilcar Grommet
Justice Grommet
Supreme Court
Ham
Ed Pursenacker
Elks Club
Reappointed postmaster amid courtroom farce
In a comic tale Justice Grommet faces bribery whispers from banker Swinburne McNab while a vendamatic stock inquiry riles the court. Grommet contemplates serving the country but fears for his reputation as pressure grows from the President and public scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick and Vendamatic
Justice Grommet
Mrs. Grommet
Witch doctors and sealed juvenile records in Long Beach
In Long Beach discourse, a business club member pushes for witch doctors to be represented as a historic profession, while others doubt the idea. The column also discusses a local airman’s mistaken arrest and court-m martial implications, plus California’s sealing of uncharged juvenile records and ongoing FBI-police teletype links.
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Long Beach
California
FBI
Max Wisot
Police
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John Y. Simon
Southern Illinois University Press
Grant
Elizabeth Warnock
Fernea
Doubleday Anchor Books
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Iraq
Henry James
H. Montgomery Hyde
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Africa
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Philadelphia
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America
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Haynsworth
Fortas
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Virgil
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Swinburne McNab
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Griselda
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George Robeson
Washington
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