Case for the unwashed: skin secretions may resist infection
Health Bulletin reports UC Medical School researchers in San Francisco found unwashed skin on volunteers retained more staph bacteria after exposure. Arm treated with acetone showed 2 to 510 times more surviving germs than unwashed skin, suggesting antibacterial cleansers may reduce natural protection.
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University of California Medical School
San Francisco
Health Bulletin
Raza Aly
Let the taxpayers beware of campaign financing plans
A discussion on state financed presidential campaigns cites Democratic Senate proposals to fund major party campaigns with public money. The piece recalls past campaign spending limits and argues for a Nixon veto of both budget cuts and the financing scheme, noting Democratic debts and Republican opposition.
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Congress
John Q
Senate
William S. Ware
Senate Democrats
Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Not all celebrate Plymouths 350th Thanksgiving observance
A Wampanoag descendant disputes the 350th Plymouth Thanksgiving as a celebration saying it has brought 350 years of sorrow. He notes the tribe's destruction after welcoming the Pilgrims and contrasts a modern Indian music graduate and high school director with the lost path if the Pilgrims had never arrived.
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Plymouth
Mass
New England Conservatory of Music
America
Wampanoag Conservatory of Music
Today in History December 7 1971
On this date in 1941 the Pearl Harbor attack occurred. Other notable events include Mary Queen of Scots birth in 1542 and Delaware ratifying the U S Constitution in 1787.
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Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Mary Queen of Scots
Delaware
U. S
James Madison
Martin van Buren
United States
Separated Quebec Seen as Threat to Seaway and Economy
Quebec's potential split from Canada could threaten the St. Lawrence Seaway and U S industrial supply as unemployment and economic strain raise separatist appeal. Officials warn U S policy like a 10 percent tariff could worsen joblessness in Quebec while Ottawa criticism compounds the crisis.
Canada faces rising fear of foreign investment under Trudeau govt
CBS Spectrum commentator warns that Ottawa plans tighter controls on U S and foreign ownership as economic nationalism grows. Finance minister Benson cites Americans owning half of Canadian industry and most oil, while Quebec welcomes U S capital but federal hints loom. separatism and unrest threaten broader US-Canada ties and the St Lawrence Seaway’s fate. The piece notes potential pushes toward nationalization debates and the risk of acceleration of separation due to unemployment and political pressure.
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Quebec City
Canada
Peter Newman
St. Lawrence Seaway
America
Quebec
Maritime
United States
U.S
Industry and Commerce
Gerard Levesque
Pierre Trudeau
Edgar Benson
Ottawa
U. S
Levesque
Pierre Laporte
North America
Suez
Maclean's
Peter C. Newman
St. John
CBS Radio-Tv
Spectrum
Cbs-Tv
Unusual Gift Catalog Picks Spark Holiday Imagination
Joy Stilley notes playful oddities from a New York AP column offering quirky 1950s gifts. Highlights include a 41 inch equine antique for $2000, a hot dog cart for $1295, a hollow coconut evening bag for $125, and a copper elephant tail hair bracelet for $18. Other items include an instant ego builder for $6, a whistle activated by a whistle switch, a musical spoon, an English secretary desk for $365, and the Nothing Box that blinks eight eyes for a year.
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JOY Stilley
NEW York
Soviet Strategy Warns of Client Nation Wars
Washington analysis argues that Moscow and Beijing can tie down U.S. forces via client nations, using Cuba North Korea and others to drain defense funds. The piece warns of endless entanglements in Vietnam and potential muddled victories without practical insurgency solutions.
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Washington
Nea
United States
Vietnam
Russia
China
U.S
North Korea
South
Pyongyang
Moscow
Europe
West Berlin
Latin America
Soviet Union
Cuba
Central America
Middle East
Egypt
Nasser
Pentagon
Democratic spectacle mirrors GOP rhetoric across decades
The piece argues that both major parties rely on gladiatorial debate and one line ridicule to sway audiences. It notes Democrats misrepresent Nixon while overpromising broad reform, and defends measured progress as the only viable path against war, poverty, racism, and illness, calling for patient, long-term work toward steady change.
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Washington
NEA
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Chicago
Nixon
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Golden age of rich nations questioned by Lima delegates
The Lima Declaration warns that perpetual poverty and affluence coexistence is ending as gaps widen. Developed nations gained $650 per person in the 1960s while developing countries rose only $40, with exports share dropping and youth unemployment rising.
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Lima
Peru
Jay W. Forrester
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Forrester
Swedish International Development Authority
Ernst Michanek
India
Sweden
Michanek
National Academy of Sciences
Roger Revelle
Harvard University
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