Adoption shifts widen pool yet keep demand for white infants high
The report notes fewer unwanted babies as social change and contraception alter adoption trends. Illegitimate births rose, but demand favors healthy white infants, while unwed mothers keep more babies. Foster care costs replaced by subsidies, ARENA coordinates placements nationwide to aid families and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Economics Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Co
ARENA
The
Adoption Resource Exchange of
North America
Laughter in Science Spotlight at AAAS Meeting
At a Philadelphia AAAS session on humor in science, Dr. Alex Kohn mocked papers on squeezing food and lycanthropy by irradiation. Joel Kirschbaum presented spoof research on turning man into a wolf by moonlight. Dr. James McConnel organized the event and quipped about mistaken attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Assn. For the Advancement of Science
Philadelphia
Alex Kohn
Biological Institute of
Ness Ziona
Joel Kirschbaum
Squibb Institute
New Brunswick
N.J
James McConnel
University of Michigan
Comic Strips Face Criticism Across Continents
Chilean scholars denounce Walt Disney's Donald Duck as bourgeois propaganda in a new book, while a Chilean comic Cabro Chico challenges the popular U S character by showing shantytown youths turning land into a park. In San Francisco Reverend Cecil Williams questions Peanuts relevance to civil rights and global issues.
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Walt Disney
Donald Duck
Charles Schulz
Peanuts
Chile
Disney
Ariel Dorfman
Armand Mattelart
Berkeley
Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Walter Mitty
Cecil Williams
Glide Memorial Church
San Francisco
Times
Texans in Politics Sees Three or Four in 1972 Governor Race
A month before the February 7 filing deadline Texas appears to host three top contenders for governor in 1972 Lt. Gov Ben Barnes Dolph Briscoe and Gov Preston Smith. A possible fourth depending on Ralph Yarborough's decision could enter the Democratic primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garth Jones
Associated Press
Texas
Ben Barnes
Dolph Briscoe
Uvalde
Preston Smith
Ralph Yarborough
U.S. Senate
Yarborough
Hanoi reshuffle shifts focus to Vietcongized war in South
The Nixon policy shifts debate in Hanoi toward internal rebuilding and a slower, cheaper guerrilla strategy. Hanoi aims to reduce direct South Vietnam invasions, rebuild VC networks, and monitor South Vietnamese stability while pressuring Saigon through unrest and selective bombings.
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Washington
Nea
Nixon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
South
Far East
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
U.S
Peking
South Vietnam
Mao Tse-tung
Saigon
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Worth Repeat Appeal to Strength of Self Control
A brief moral urging readers to honestly and firmly deter temptations and resolve to do their best to keep sin from entering daily life. The text emphasizes personal discipline and steadfast purpose as the path to virtue.
Boyle's Column Highlights a Dogcatcher’s Frustrations
HAL BOYLE records a humorous New York column riffing on a dogcatcher nicknamed Bozo. The canine chaos includes taunting dogs, kids pranks, and jokes about Bozo’s Harvard departure, fear of big dogs, and pound cruelties, all woven into a light social sketch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Bozo
Prince
Harvard
Mr. Barker
Today in History January 11 1972 and notable events
Highlights mark World War II shift in China 1943. England's first lottery 1569. Alexander Hamilton born 1757. Continental Congress met 1785. Hartford to Ohio migration 1788. 1964 smoking health risk report. Andes avalanche death ten years ago. U N Vietnam stance five years ago. U S protest in Moscow one year ago.
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Associated Press
United States
Britain
China
England
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Alexander Hamilton
West Indies
Continental Congress
New York
Hartford
Moscow
U.S
Libyans top world tea consumption in 1971
The International Tea Committee reports the average Libyan drank 10 pounds of tea a year, surpassing Britain at 8.9 pounds. The World Almanac notes Britain no longer leads global tea drinking, per 1971 data from Newspaper Enterprise Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Tea Committee
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Pecos Yesterdays Highlights Social and Business News
Mrs J W Parker hosted the Twentieth Century Club with a luncheon Afterward A D Jameson and Pete McInroe reported rapid progress on the reservoir dam Ramsey No 1 near Toyah Bell is drilling with a 1000 foot plan City council leased city hall lots to Richard Briscoe Post for ten years The 16th annual Firemen s ball at Oasis promises a large crowd Ray Maddox orchestra to perform Junior Twentieth Century Club elected Mrs Bill Collie as president Miss Sally Bowlin and Walter D Bennett Jr wed at Rev Bernard Guy s home Red Cross production chapters prepared for army navy needs Pecos High School football banquet planned Lions Club event at Foster s Cafe January 16 open house at Water Well Service Pecos Lions midwinter conference scheduled Reeves County tax tags issued February 1 1962 Pecos essay contest entry from Jackie Davis District level judging for a $50 000 prize Miss Julianne Kirklin pursues Bachelor of Music degree at UT Austin commencement January 28
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Jackie Davis
Washington
Pecos High School
Lions Club
Lions International
Pecos
Jackie
Welfare problems grow warned as Texas faces tough years
Governor Smith warned of severe welfare challenges in the next two years and said drastic federal funding cuts may be needed after September. He announced Wilbur Cohen as special advisor, seeks federalized welfare financing, and projects a $325 million cost next year. He also moves to address child development and redistricting litigation continues in multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Smith
U. S
Commission On Children and Youth
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Georgia Stroud
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
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By Ray Cromley
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J. W. Parker
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Krauskopf
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Pete McInroe
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Ramsey Oil Company
Manila
Richard Briscoe Post
Oasis Ballroom
Ray Maddox
West Texas
Oasis
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Norman Eisenwine
Eisenwine
Sally Bowlin
Walter D. Bennett Jr
Bernard Guy
Mabel Clair Baggent
Guy
Red Cross
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Navy
Tom Carr
Roy Long
Eugene Long
Pecos Air Field
Foster’s Cafe
Henry Blackwell
Gordon Hinds
Ted Lindemann
Balmorhea Highway
Pecos Valley Country Club
Reeves County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
E. B. Berry
Pecos Lions
Reeves County
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J. B. Kirklin
Ross Blvd
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