Political envoys a casualty of reform ships passing?
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to limit ambassador appointments to 15 percent from outside the Foreign Service and ban nominees who donated more than 10 000 to campaigns. The piece argues reform could end the old system where rich contributors funded embassies, noting Congress underfunds diplomacy and comparing defense spending to space research advocated by Carl Sagan.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Foreign Service
Congress
Department of Entertainment
Undescended testicles and paraplegia questions answered
In letters to Dr Lawrence E Lamb readers ask about treatment for undescended testicles and the effects on fertility and sex life. The doctor notes early treatment is crucial and explains fertility outcomes and testosterone remain normal if one or both testicles descend. He also addresses heredity and polio in children of affected parents, stating polio is not inherited and paraplegia is not transmitted.
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Carl Sagan
Laboratory For Planetary Studies
Cornell University
U.S.S.R
Sagan
Soviet Union
Lawrence E. Lamb
M.D
Dr. Lamb
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Newman film shoots TV to train new Hollywood talent
The forthcoming feature Newman stars George Peppard with Roger Robinson. Richard Irving produces and Richard Heffron directs. ex-LAPD sergeant Dick Reed serves as technical adviser, recounting Peppard on a bank raid to illustrate authentic police work. Robinson hails from Bellevue Washington and credits Marcus Nelson with his rising career.
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Hollywood
NBA
Newman
Richard Heffron
Toma
Heffron
George
Roger Robinson
Peppard
Robinson
Navy
Admirals
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York
Telly Savalas
Los Angeles Police Department
Dick Reed
Reed
Worry Clinic column reshapes views on sex and marriage
Dr George W Crane recalls how progressive papers carried his Sex Problems in Marriage column. He cites a reader Lucy T and her mother to illustrate how discreet terms and public dialogue reduced divorce risk and improved understanding of male and female erotic hungers. He recounts censorship battles and urges readers to request his booklet.
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Lucy
Lucy T
Dr. Crane
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
the Tribune
Dr. Freud
Dear Ann Landers letters on parenting and weight
A reader urges mothers to guard children while another writes about a 15 year old daughter who is 30 pounds overweight. Ann Landers advises addressing emotional issues, suggests medical checkup and counseling, and promotes her new booklet Straight Dope On Drugs.
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Ann Landers
Ann
I.C
Chicago
Illinois
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