Editorial Calls National Attention To Alcoholism Issue
The piece urges public focus on alcoholism with a June 7 meeting of the Lawrence County Council on Alcoholism at the Salvation Army Building. It notes Dr. Abraham Twerski will speak, cites regional health efforts by William O. Penrose, and stresses education, hospital limits, and community involvement.
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Lawrence County Council On
Sharon General Hospital
Spencer Hospital
Meadville
St. Vincent Hospital
Erie
St. Francis Hospital
Lawrence County
Salvation Army
Is today’s youth going to the dogs analysis
An opinion piece argues statistics alone cannot define youth trends. It cites FBI data showing high arrest rates among under 21 for narcotics and violent crimes, notes sharp growth in arrests 1960–69, then contrasts rising college enrollment and Peace Corps participation, suggesting complex factors like war, divorce, societal turmoil, and affluence shape youth behavior.
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FBI
United States
Peace Corps
Len Kolasinski
Russia and China the controlled conflict in world affairs
The piece argues that Moscow and Peking are locked in a long running controlled conflict shaped by geography and history. It notes the triangular world structure with the United States as the third party and warns that alliances shift with urgent issues and leader choices rather than fixed outcomes.
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Russia
China
Lenin
Moscow
Peking
United States
Alcoholism in the USSR survey stresses rising Soviet drinking
A survey titled Alcoholism in the USSR argues excess alcohol use is widespread in the USSR, possibly more severe than in many societies. It notes repeated anti alcohol campaigns since 1970, doubts their effectiveness, and links drinking to Soviet modernization dislocations and regime shortcomings.
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Ussr
Rizzo victory sparks debate on order versus freedom
Jeffrey Hart weighs public order and individual rights in the wake of Frank Rizzo's Philadelphia mayoral primary. He contrasts US protections with France's riot law, noting mass action and mob responsibility blur lines between individual guilt and collective disruption. The piece argues public order underpins genuine liberty.
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Frank Rizzo
Philadelphia
England
France
Ramsey Clark
Teddy Kennedy
Jeffrey Hart
Thoughts on economics, sanity, sports, and spying in a reflective piece
A compact reflective column questions capitalism and communism, notes that sanity requires doubt, critiques American sportsmanship, cites Army civilian spying under a quote about intelligence services as stupidity, and ends with a witticism on poverty and disguise.
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E. B. White
Bank of America Faces Bombing Blame in California
A columnist notes that three Bank of America branches in California were bombed in a week and questions motives behind the attacks. The piece argues the bank positions itself as pro working people while funding aircraft firms and overseas ventures, inviting debate on its role in the military industrial complex.
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Mark Twain
Mark
Bank of America
California
Bank founder praised for aid to poor amid imperialism talk
The piece contrasts Amadeo Giannini’s early California banking to aid poor Italian immigrants with modern anti imperialist rhetoric. It notes the New Left bombers target banks as symbols while a church campaign presses GM over South Africa. It argues GM’s global presence helps workers and warns against simplistic moral campaigning.
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John L. Lewis
CIO
Bank of America
Amadeo Peter Giannini
California
Lewis
Giannini
San Francisco
New Left
General Motors
Missionary Society
U.S. Protestant Episcopal Church
Republic of South Africa
James Roche
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Leonard T. Kolasinski
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