Obscenity Commission Faces Tough Defined Boundaries
The presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography is tasked with defining obscenity and distinguishing it from First Amendment protected expression. It will also assess research on social effects and consider recommendations, possibly including constitutional amendments, to curb such materials. The group aims to study a widespread trade in questionable printed matter.
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Ombudsman Help Sparks U K Claimant Compensation Debate
Britain’s parliamentary ombudsman exposes a harsh Foreign Office rejection of WWII Nazi camp escapees seeking compensation. Twelve men, two dead, faced denial with insults from Foreign Secretary George Brown. Review ordered. survivors may finally receive recompense. The episode boosts calls to adopt ombudsman systems elsewhere.
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Why Is McCarthy Running Why Is McCarthy Running
Senator Eugene McCarthy pursues a solitary crusade against President Johnson seeking to purify the party and energize alienated voters while skeptics label him Johnson’s rival or a dissenter. He shows cautious campaigning style and professes intellectual motives over personal power, leaving the core question of his bid unresolved.
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Unemployment Up Not Off Despite December Drop
Washington report notes unemployment fell to a nine month low in December but the total number of unemployed rose from 2,875,000 in 1966 to 2,975,000 in 1967. The piece analyzes forces behind job creation, regional shifts, and policy implications.
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Unemployment trends in wartime and postwar U S
The article notes wartime prosperity with a 1944 unemployment low of 1.2 percent. It cites the 1953 postwar peak relative to Korea at 2.9 percent, and mentions 1958 as a further point in the trend. It discusses jobs abundance during war years and the subsequent shifts in the postwar period.
Problems Of The Alcoholic Radio Sermons Warn Of Illness
Jim Bishop presents a critical look at alcoholism including speakers warning about millions affected and the dangers of drinking. The piece notes that medical scientists know little about its origin and cure and suggests professionals like psychologists or psychiatrists as proper practitioners.
Hungry world and coming food crisis warned by Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey warns that three billion remain undernourished and another three billion may join them by decade's end. He notes only 3 percent of land is food productive and farm lands have grown little in 25 years while America's gold supply declines unnoticed.
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Tech optimism in the postwar era and looming food crisis
The speaker praises American ingenuity and technological progress from atomic energy to satellites and jet travel while noting a growing food crisis. He forecasts thousands of yearly inventions, calls for increased productivity with fertilizers, irrigation, and desalination, and warns time is short with billions awaiting dinner.
Prodded to Produce More Farm Food Yet Forced to Delay
A passage notes that many people worldwide urged to increase farm output are urged to postpone action. The message highlights a conflict between needing greater production and delaying measures.
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