Billboards promise relief but deliver mixed countryside impact
The Highway Beautification Act of 1965 aims to curb billboards along interstate routes but implementation falls short. Despite some improvements, rules allow sizable and numerous signs, undermining the goal of preserving open rural views. The billboard lobby accepts a compromise they can live with, and may prosper under it.
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United States Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Hounding a Person Drives Them to the Dogs
A witty maxim notes that relentless pursuit can push an individual toward ruin as trouble or vice may follow. The quip frames pursuit as a test of patience and restraint.
Sticky Fingers Needs Help in Absent-Minded Theft Debates
DEAR ABBY letters discuss a college graduate who steals books for unconscious motives and the line between kleptomania and petty theft. A second reader challenges Abby’s stance on pregnancy and public appearance, arguing beauty is subjective and pregnant women deserve respect.
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Abby
That Girl Debuts on ABC TV with Marlo Thomas
Hollywood comes to screen as Marlo Thomas stars in That Girl on ABC TV. The review notes her vivacious performance and real life style as an aspiring actress in New York, contrasted with weaker handling of Tammy Grimes in The Tammy Grimes Show.
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UPI
Marlo Thomas
Danny
Abc-Tv
London
Nbc-Tv
Bill Persky
Sam Denoff
Dick van Dyke
van Dyke
Miss Thomas
New York
Persky-Denoff
Tammy Grimes
Smothers Brothers
Miss Grimes
Porpoises Talk May Break Through With Language Link
Jim Bishop reports progress toward conversing with porpoises near La Jolla California and Andros Bahamas. Studies at Marineland Sealab and Navy projects show porpoises using names, signaling through beeps, counting, and guiding divers. Researchers believe a form of language and advanced sonar understanding may emerge from these intelligent mammals.
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la Jolla
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Andros
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Porpoise
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Adolf Frahn
Marineland
St. Augustine
Florida
Frohn
Miami Sequarium
National Geographic Magazine
Robert L. Conly
U.S. Navy
Andros Island
Europe
Dolly
Dinah
Navy
Conly
National Geographic Group
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