Plain Talk Turns Up Readable Insurance and Loan Forms
Consumers push for plain language in auto policies and loan agreements. Nationwide releases a simplified policy with an index and definitions, Sentry introduces Your Plain Talk Policy in eight states, and First National City Bank offers a Spanish friendly, one third shorter consumer loan form. Courts may resist reliance on plain wording, while lawmakers urge simplification.
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Philadelphia
Herbert S. Denenberg
Pennsylvania
Sentry Insurance
Stevens
Point
Wis
First National City Bank
Age of animation beyond pigs and buncies in The American Scholar
The article traces animation’s shift from vaudeville and comic strip roots toward maturity. It argues animators seek individualized human characters, social critique, and scenes drawn from ordinary life to educate and sensitize audiences. It envisions risks and rewards of confronting contemporary issues.
Detroit girls sue all drug makers over DES cancer risk
In Detroit, Michigan, about 74 young women allege in one suit that their mothers took diethylstilbestrol during pregnancy, leading to cancer or precancerous vaginal lesions. The case targets all pharmaceutical manufacturers of the drug in a single lawsuit.
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Detroit
Michigan
DES drug exposure tied to female reproductive risks in Detroit study
The article notes DES type drugs prescribed during pregnancy linked to higher vaginal cancer risk in daughters. In Detroit, nine of 19 exposed women showed increased risk, and a hospital study found 92 percent of 249 exposed individuals had adenosis. Legal avenues for remedy grow as the DES cases evolve.
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Detroit
Trial Magazine
The Making of the New Majority Party by W Rusher
WILLIART RUSHER outlines a structural theory in which combining social and economic conservatives swells the bloc beyond liberals, yet conservatism remains powerless in the 1970s. He traces the pattern from Eisenhower through Nixon, noting missed chances to forge a lasting institutional home for a grand conservative coalition.
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Williart Rusher
Bill Buckley
National Review
Thusher
U.S
England
Emergence of a Second Party and the Conservatives
The author discusses the idea of a new liberal Eastern Establishment style party as a replacement for the Republicans. He cites Barry Goldwater and Nixon era politics, the Kennedy assassination’s fallout, and a coalition of populists Catholics conservatives and anti communists as potential backers. He questions if a single overriding issue can unite these groups by 1976.
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Rockefeller
Tost
Cook County
Hinweii
Barry Goldwater
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Europe
Louis Napoleon
Bismarck
Rusher
Vietnam
Italians Endure Chaos and Ironies of Modern Italy
A reflective column depicts Italy fifty years ago facing crime, strikes, postal delays, and political disarray. It notes rising crime rates, hospital debts, slow courts, and ongoing public disorder while contrasting Italian resilience with American notions of impatience. It also recalls Napoleonic nuisances and a family anecdote about lineage and persistence.
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Haly
Rome
Peninsula
Tolentino
Napoleon
Camtilla
Francesco Masulino
Sabius Maximus
Hannibal
Muassimo
George F
Wil
Contemplations on character and learning by Sydniey J Harals
A reflective collection of aphorisms and quotes on morality ambition and education. It contrasts honest mistakes with real misjudgments and discusses willpower bias judgment and institutional loyalty through compact observations and labeled examples.
Cultivate friends and stand for healthy marriage
A reader seeks guidance on a controlling husband and the toll on health. The response urges cultivating a strong circle of friends, preserving self respect, and pursuing balance without abandoning the spouse. It cites Jesus teachings on lifting the bruised and loving one’s neighbor as a guide to personal virtue.
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Jesus
Christ
Buckley Looks at VOA Policy and Press Balance
In a May hearing, Dr. Frank Stanton urged repatriating USIA to the State Department, leaving VOA on a five member board with an independent majority. Senator Percy attacked VOA coverage, debating whether VOA should mirror commercial outlets or curb reporting during crises and avoid panic.
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Frank Stanton
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Citizens Panel
United States Information Agency
USIA
James Keogh
Stanton
State Department
Voice of America
Keogh
Sen
Charles Percy
United States
Associated Press
CBS
Lou. Percy
South Vietnam
N G
Pentagot
USL
Danang
VOA
Justice Holmes
Saigon
Percy
Ford
Tulane University
America
Tulane
Seigen
Altion
CBS News
Willam F. Buckley Jr
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