Are We Happier As Population Reaches Two Hundred Million
A Saul Pett column reflects on the United States reaching 200 million people in 1967. It weighs lifespan, wars, economics, and social change since 1915, noting longer life, higher wealth, and greater anonymity. The piece asks if greater affluence equals happiness as it contrasts past and present.
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Saul Pett
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United States
Census Bureau
America
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Army
Abe Lincoln
Lyndon Johnson
Cambridge first woman president of the Union debaters
Ann Mallalieu, 21, becomes the Cambridge Union’s first woman president in its 152 year history. She wins 190 to 104 over Robert Jarman amid lingering tradition. Her rise highlighted by peers and former presidents who welcomed a female leader in Britain’s oldest debating society.
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Ann Mallalieu
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Jockey Club
Oxford University Debating Society
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Miss Mallalieu
Board of Trade
Joseph Mallalieu
Varsity
Suzy Menkes
Mallalieu
Robert Jarman
16 000 Tyke Aspirin Swallowing Cases Reported
In 1965 more than 16 000 children under age five accidentally swallowed aspirin or salicylates. Over 10 000 of these incidents involved flavored children's aspirin, per a House subcommittee.
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Washington
House
WISHING WELL 4 Registered U S Patent Office
A compact daily puzzle game from 1967 uses your first name length to produce a key number. Subtract 4 if six or more, else add 3, then read a message from letters under marked figures in a rectangle read left to right. King Features Syndicate.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Monster Train Rolls Through Portsmouth Port
A four mile long monster freight train billed as the longest and heaviest in railroad history arrived in Portsmouth, Ohio. The 500 cars weighed 48,157 tons and were pulled by six diesel engines on a 159 mile run from Jaeger, West Virginia. Most of the load was coal.
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