DDT Use Curbed as U S Council Moves to Ban
The President's Environmental Quality Council begins a 30 day transition to ban DDT against tobacco, garden, shade tree, and aquatic pests. Secretary Finch and the Agriculture Department back the order. Most uses account for about 35 percent of national DDT use. Further reductions to end 1970 with exceptions for public health needs and lack of alternatives.
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Environmental Quality Council
Robert H. Finch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Agriculture
Maryland Censors Keep Watch Over State Films
Maryland maintains a three woman State Motion Picture Censor Board appointed by the governor to approve or ban films shown in the state. Three inspectors enforce the seal on screenings and seize nonconforming titles. By mid November the board had screened nearly 550 films this year shielding Maryland residents, including some in government roles, from what they deem unsuitable.
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Maryland
Theirs
Motion Picture Censor Board
Board of Censors
Fea
Washington
Vietnam
Adrian Juestice
Helsinki talks ride on arms limits and political silence
William F Buckley Jr argues that U S negotiators in Helsinki are pressured to avoid political issues while pursuing strategic arms limits. He notes Soviet refusals to discuss politics, calls for unilateral U S concessions, and suggests the talks may yield nothing.
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Helsinki
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Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
Dominican Republic
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White House
Truman
Kremlin
Jimmy Durante
Hubert Humphrey
Tokyo
Russia
Quemoy
China
Geneva
The Wishing Cork Tree Legend Travels Across Oceans
A Plymouth newspaper shares the Combe-in-Teignhead Cork Tree legend from Devon England. Folklore says walking around the tree three times while making a wish brings luck, a ritual spread by letters requesting cork pieces for home use.
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Combe-in- Teignhead
Newton Abbot
Devon
England
London
South Devon
Agnew Remarks Useful Despite Media Debate
John P Roche argues that Agnew's Des Moines speech, while flawed, raises valid points about bias in news coverage. He says censorship is unacceptable but calls for more opinion competition and diverse objective treatment across networks to curb a single, insulated press culture.
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David Broder
Broder
Lyndon Johnson
Spiro Agnew
Des Moines
Agnew
Oval Office
New York
Network TV
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates
The Middletown Journal lists daily and Sunday edition prices. Rates include 10 cents per weekday, 20 cents Sunday, 70 cents weekly, 321.00 per year in trading area, 300.00 outside trading area, and 3800.00 outside USA, all payable in advance.
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USA
Madison school spirit praised by an eighth grader
An eighth grade student credits Coach Bear Eugene Brindise with building unity and pride at Madison, urging support for a levy to maintain pride. The letter also contends protests against Vietnam era actions and campus drug issues reflect broader societal tensions.
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Eugene Brindise
Coach Bear
Madison
Editor Replies To Stevens Letter On Good Must Suffer
The editor comments on Stevens letter asserting that moral action remains essential and questions the claim that the good must suffer for the evil. The exchange frames duty, justice, and public conscience in a pointed local critique.
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Stevens
Parents urged to support Cub Scouts and lead by example
A letter from a concerned parent criticizes busy schedules and lack of volunteer leaders for Cub Scouts ages 8 to 10. The writer argues parents must dedicate time for den activities, monthly group events, and listening to their children to teach right from wrong and prevent insecurity at home.
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