Fire safe cigarettes and a federal nanny state
A satirical attack on plans to mandate fire safe cigarettes and federal oversight.It lampoons lawmakers and consumer groups pushing a two year standard through the Consumer Product Safety Commission. It notes Patents for fire safe ideas and mocks the idea as government overreach and impractical.
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Joe Moakley
D-Mass
California
Alan Cranston
Senate
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Walker Merryman
The
Tobacco Institute
Readers want crisper ink in Odessa American prints
A reader cites filthy ink on hands from papers elsewhere and notes Odessa American’s shift to offset printing. The editor explains ink water balance advances, Pyrofax platemaking, and a 27 percent ink-use reduction with Flint Ink aids, contrasting with Dallas Morning News and San Antonio Express-News from old letter press.
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Abilene
Dallas
Austin
San Antonio
Dorothy V. Feazell
Tanglewood Lane
Odessa
3-M Company
St. Paul
Odessa American
American
Flint Ink
Dallas Morning News
San Antonio Express-News
March 7 facts from history span wars and rights
On March 7 1936 Germany occupied the Rhineland violating the Versailles treaty. In 1573 Turkey and Venice ended war by the Treaty of Constantinople. In 1926 first trans Atlantic radio telephone between New York and London succeeded. In 1965 Alabama troopers used tear gas in Selma to break a civil rights march to Montgomery. Thought: Shelley quote on saddest thoughts.
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Germany
Rhineland
Turkey
Venice
Constantinople
New York
London
Alabama
Selma
Montgomery
Percy Shelley
Reagan confirms MX symbol and policy shift
Reagan acknowledged to Sen. John Tower that the MX missile plan has become a political symbol rather than a strategic weapon. The Snowcroft Commission will decide, but signals point to shrinking deployment, with a possible 50 or fewer MX missiles as a concession to defense budget cuts and public skepticism.
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Robert
Washington
Reagan
Oval Office
Sen
John Tower
Tower
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
William P. Clark
Tom Reed
Snowcroft Commission
Brent Snowcroft
Ford
U.S
Capitol Hill
Pentagon
White House
Yuri Andropov
Andropov
Parents Should Govern Their Children
William F Buckley critiques the squeal law and birth control protocols as part of a broader debate on teen pregnancy. He taunts U.S. policy on alcohol and cigarettes, mocks Soviet vodka taxation for military funding, and argues lawmakers fail to model restraint while pressuring parental guidance and responsible limits on teenage sexual activity.
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William F. Buckley
Congress
Sweden
Soviet Union
The Case For Parental Guidance On Sex Morality
The piece argues sex, like drugs, requires self restraint and moderation. It urges parental instruction where youths lack guidance, warns of risks such as pregnancy and disease, and links sexual ethics to religion. It stresses equilibrium, empirical study, and moral codes as guides for responsible behavior.
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Permian Basin
David F.lyons
Tom Nickell
P.S
Inside Report
By Rowland Evans
Ronald Reagan
Voice of America
Mr. Scott
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