Non-smokers push for air free of cigarette pollution
Non-smokers argue the majority should breathe air free of smoke and cite eye irritation, headaches, and cardiovascular risks from tobacco. They point to Surgeon General findings and note rising efforts to segregate smokers in public spaces, from Arizona restaurants to non-smoking sections on flights and trains. HEW Secretary Richardson says 10 million Americans quit in five years, urging recognition of nonsmokers' rights while acknowledging smokers' individual right to smoke.
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Jesse L. Steinfeld
U. S
Arizona
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Elliot L. Richardson
Nixon faces new realities in Asia
Nixon’s Peking policy is debated as to whether Taiwan is betrayed by withdrawal plans. The piece argues withdrawal of logistics forces aligns with Vietnam winding down, not abandonment, while noting the broader shift toward US China normalization changes Taiwan’s future. It cites Chung Kai-shek’s stance and UN seat changes as part of evolving realities and cites a Wall Street Journal editorial praising outcomes for both sides.
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Nixon
Taiwan
Barry Goldwater
United States
U.S
Vietnam
People’s Republic
Chiang Kai-shek
Peking
People's Republic of China
China
Formosan Islands
Mao Tse-tung
United Nations
Italy in turmoil as elections loom and divorce law rages
A veteran observer notes Italy’s nine day Andreotti government collapse, rising neo Fascists, and unresolved issues from divorce to health and education. The piece argues Italy remains strangely normal only in name, with strikes, tax reform limbo, and volatile unions shaping a precarious political mood ahead of June referenda and May elections.
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Rome
China
Italy
Giulio Andreotti
Dard
Europe
France
England
United States
MSI
Movimento Sociale Italiano
Christian Democrats
Tey
Explaining Ultrasound Therapy For Frozen Shoulders
Dear Dr Thosteson explains how ultrasound therapy helps a frozen shoulder by delivering deep heat to tissues. The letter notes ultrasound can ease pain, is not magic, and may be preferable to cortisone in some cases while acknowledging other treatments exist.
Jumping to conclusions and vanity in daily life
New York columnist riffs on quirks of redheads and dieters, defines social vanity, politeness, and aging with humorous aphorisms. It contrasts hair color stereotypes, excess eating, and the scarcity of thanks, noting office vanity and the lure of private perks over pay.
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New York
World Day of Prayer observed by Wilton churches
Wilton churches join with churches worldwide on Friday March 9 to observe the World Day of Prayer. The event marks a global observance with local participation and prayers for peace and cooperation.
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Churches of
Wilton
History event highlights for March 7, 1972
On this date in 1876 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the first telephone. Luther Burbank, the American horticulturist, was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, in 1849. Daniel Webster delivered a famous Union preservation speech in the U.S. Senate in 1850.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Luther Burbank
Lancaster
Mass
Daniel Webster
U.S. Senate
Word a Day by Bach: A Mosaic of History and Thought
This selected column lists notable dates from 1926 to one year ago, touching transatlantic radio, Hitler's Rhineland action, Rhine crossings in 1945, Selma civil rights events, a 1980s Hoffa related sentence, and U S air support in Southeast Asia, plus a Roman poet thought for today.
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Adolf Hitler
Rhindeland
Versaille
U.S
Rhine River
Cologne
Germany
Montgomery
Ala
Selma
U.S. mid-Atlantic
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
United States
Laos
Cambodia
Ove
Propertius
B.C
The Daily Prayer of Elisha Open His Eyes
A fragment notes a prayer by Elisha asking God to open the eyes of the afflicted servant so he may see. The line yields a religious reflection attributed to Hazel.
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Elisha
Hazel
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