Life editor recalls Southwest hospitality amid national discord
An Eastern Life editor recounts a West Texas Arizona and New Mexico journey noting open spaces friendly towns and courteous people. He praises generous hosts in Alpine Albuquerque Roswell Pecos Phoenix and other places while lamenting rare bad manners from a New York cab driver. The piece closes by urging Americans to value basic decency despite current disharmony.
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Life
Pecos
Great Southwest
West Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Southwest
New York City
Ap Oil
Spiro Agnew
Kennedy Airport
Mantan
Alpine
Albuquerque
Roswell
San Patricio
Phoenix
South
Thank You Notes Dilemmas From A Cottage Weekend
Hal Boyle offers humorous guidance on writing thank you notes after a cottage weekend. He suggests a middle path between effusive praise and mock formality and provides sample lines to avoid awkwardness and future invitations.
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Hal Boyle
New York
America
Africa
Timbuktu
Parents of addicts struggle with a loved one’s relapse
In New York, Phillip Greenbaum, a Brooklyn cloth cutter, and hundreds of other parents attend a RARE meeting to share anguish and futile efforts to rehabilitate their addicted children. Despite tireless searching, education, and appeals to officials, Bernie Greenbaum returns to hard drugs after years of effort. God, how they all love their kids.
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New York
NEA
Phillip Greenbaum
Phil Greenbaum
Bernie
Greenbaum
Iig
Rich and Post
Newspaper Enterprise Asia
Rebel teachers and power without responsibility in universities
NEA Washington correspondent argues US higher education faces a parallel to prewar Japan, where a minority of university professors influence students to pursue causes privately, using tenure and prestige, while escaping accountability. He stresses safeguarding intellectual freedom and questions how to handle power without responsibility.
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Washington
NEA
Japan
Department of Law
United States
Youthful Morals Will Be Watched
Jurate Kazickas, a 27 year old former Lithuanian refugee and tall glamorous figure, writes about youth sexuality trends and the debate over abortion and contraception. She notes Kinsey’s findings on premarital sex and the limited impact of the Pill. The piece ends with a warning that society will continue watching.
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Jurate Kazickas
Lithuania
Honevary
101St Airborne Division
Sex and relationship trends in Scotland and campuses
A column surveys changing attitudes toward sex and dating. It notes skeptically fewer casual relationships among students, stricter male attitudes, and a California study on coed dorms reducing sexual permissiveness. It contrasts romance with evolving values and mentions bridge games and hay fever as light aside.
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Red Light
California
Election Vagaries of Britain and the U S
A comparison of British and American election systems noting Parliament vs presidential terms. It discusses five year British polls, party timing, and the American fixed terms, plus historical quirks and cross-party outcomes. The piece highlights how each system aims to function despite differing rules and traditions.
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Congress
Representatives
House of Representatives
Senate
Labor Party
Truman-over-Dewey
Edward Heath
Harold Wilson
Wilson
United States
United Kingdom
Britain
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