Private Financing for Public Officials Criticized
The piece denounces private fund raisers aiding officials like Dodd and Powell, urging public funding of legitimate expenses and disclosure of private contributions. It argues such gifts risk favors, notes senators' high salaries, and calls for a sound survey of legislative costs and methods to ensure taxpayers cover official needs.
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Senator Dodd
Adam Clayton Powell
House
Senate
Percy
Wilngis
Decompression chamber tested to ease labor pain
A smaller de compression chamber called Birtheze is tested in hospital maternity wards. A pump creates airless dome pressure over the abdomen to lift muscles from the uterine wall aiding efficient, less painful contractions and quicker first-stage labor. Dr Lawrence E Lundgren notes fewer painkilling drugs and more alert babies. Three Boston researchers propose Parkinsons may decline due to past encephalitis exposure. They suggest the virus is extinct, predicting fewer cases or disappearance.
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Lawrence E. Lundgren
Houston
Boston
Teaching Continuity in a Rapidly Changing Era
The piece laments eroded connections to the past in modern times and argues that rapid obsolescence blurs cause and effect for youths. It emphasizes the need for perspective to teach history, noting how Hitler era and Nazism seem distant to the young while education must elicit the past to link it with present and future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlemagne
Napoleon
Toto
Tribute to the Drunken Driver Robeson style piece targets holiday DUI
A George Robeson column humorously honors the drunk driver who pays fines during holiday weekends, noting fines totaling about 192000 for 650 misdemeanors fund traffic safety. It likens enforcement to a civic contribution and jokes about the Queen Mary tour and ashtray mishaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robeson
Charity and Politics in Reagan and Miller Clash
Charity actions and political rhetoric collide as Senator Miller accuses Governor Reagan of oversimplifying issues while Reagan defends Medi Cal cuts. A casual remark about braces used to imply orthodontia funding is framed as a cancer operation theft, sparking public outrage over conscience and human need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Miller
Ronald Reagan
Contra Costa County
Solon
Reagan
Los Angeles
Miller
Christmas Mail And Cold War Quips Across Town
A humorous column notes the postman’s holiday delivery focus on department store envelopes. Aunt Clara shares the year’s laughter, Uncle Harlow receives work gloves, and George Romney claims he listened more than spoke in Moscow. General Wheeler comments Ha Noi is licked as a boy wishes to be a TV cowboy.
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Clara
Uncle Harlow
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