U S medical gold age under threat from cuts
The piece argues we stand at a potential golden age of medicine with cures for polio and vaccines for mumps measles and German measles and advances in heart surgery but warns that proposed government cuts to research funding threaten progress. It urges public action: write to congress and donate to health agencies hospitals and medical schools to sustain research efforts and relieve tax burdens.
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Dylan Thomas
Hayakawa departure leaves California politics bereft of humor
The college president Dr I Hayakawa chose to stay out of the Senate race. The editor regrets the loss to California noting his articulate wit and jaunty tam o shanter. His absence from the campaign is seen as a social and political setback.
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Editorial dispute over oil seeps and Teak platform
Readers debate an editorial accusing Union 641 Co of extreme audacity in backing a third Santa Barbara Channel platform. Santa Barbara County and federal studies show natural seeps predominate pollution. production of the channel field urged to reduce seepage. Also letters defend Long Beach emergency services noting local Neighborhood Center hours and on call staff for crises.
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Rodney Martin
Nixon speaks on ideals and burden of leadership in State of the Union
The piece notes President Nixon frames the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence as a test for national resolve. It contrasts his call for spiritual leadership and public good with critics who doubt willingness to pay the price for lofty aims and global commitments. The analysis highlights the tension between conservative restraint and progressive ideals.
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Nixon
Tke Teddy Roosevelt
America
Con
State of the Union viewed through Nixon era tensions
The piece analyzes President Nixon and his State of the Union message, contrasting personal ideals with political expediency. It discusses education and HEW labor bills, Vietnam policy, and the split between Quaker and political Nixon, urging cautious judgment and urging support for peace and a fair society at home.
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Vietnam
Nixon makes brief State of the Union address
Nixon speaks to heartland readers noting a short address with little detail and a pivot away from listing Administration achievements. He urges Americans to reflect on the nation’s direction as he departs from tradition by offering broad themes rather than specific policy items.
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Nixon
State of the Union address and Carswell nomination criticized
The piece critiques Nixon's State of the Union message as appealing yet not detailing new foreign policies while praising crime and welfare proposals. It also surveys his Supreme Court pick Judge G Harrold Carswell, noting civil rights record flaws and past desegregation remarks, asking whether past missteps should define him.
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Nixon
Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
Tallaharsee
High Court
Carswell
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Thoughtful quotes on cheer and wit from Proverbs and Lamb
A cheerful heart is described as good medicine while a downcast spirit harms the body. The text adds Charles Lamb's line that a laugh costs one hundred groans on any market, pairing humor with mood as a social reflection.
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Charles Lamb
Hijacking fears and reactions in the 1970s air era
A dated social commentary notes hijackers becoming risky targets, praising decisive actions by security personnel in Israel and Ethiopia, and urging stronger federal penalties. It argues passengers must resist intimidation, cites incidents at Jacksonville and a Yemeni-Senegalese hijack attempt, and questions reliance on pacifism.
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