Economy in 1972 Upturn Driven by Consumer Confidence
E A C reports a brighter economic outlook into 1973 as Phase II controls curb inflation and profits. Personal spending rises, stock averages climb toward 1000, unemployment falls slowly, and public support for continued price and wage controls remains high. Continued cooperation among labor, business, and public is urged.
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Ldow-Jones
Books in Review From Caesar to the Mafia and Other Titles
Luigi Barzini surveys Italian figures from Julius Caesar to Mussolini while noting The Leopard’s posthumous acclaim. Dorothy M Johnson presents a rogue’s gallery of American outlaws, with vivid portraits from many western states. Matthew Hodgart assembles Ruskin’s prose on art, architecture, society, and economy in a Mentor paperback edition.
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Luigi Barzini
Bantam
Julius Caesar
Casanova
Mussolini
Lampedusa
Dorothy M. Johnson
Ballantine Comatock
California
Joaquin Murieta
Black Bart
Arizona
Billy the Kid
Augustin Chacon
Colorado
Henry Starr
Montana
Henry Plummer
Owen
Jake
Oregon
Bill Miner
Virginia City
Nevada
Clubfoot
George Lane
Joseph Albert Slade
Dorothy Johnson
Ruskin
Matthew Hodgart
John Ruskin
Yellow vegetables blamed for health hazards in Australia
Medical Tribune reports four cases of carrot and pumpkin diets causing liver cirrhosis and heavy menstrual disruption. Dr. Sidney W. F. Page notes extreme intakes of two pounds daily and color changes. Fatter women risk vitamin A intoxication and heavy bleeding, sometimes needing surgery. Also cited are studies on tryptophan sleep effects and a drug golazocine for postoperative pain. A Canadian study links soft water to higher death rates, while drowsiness after meals may be reduced by avoiding meat and milk.
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Australia
Sidney W. F. Page
Brisbane
Page
Hauri
Journal of
The
American Meedical Association
University of Ottawa
University of Toronto
Laneat
Senator Soaper By BILL VAUGHAN
A humorous column notes that psychologists link doodle style to the artist and jokes a executive shreds his doodles. It mentions a cocktail club winner named Kool Banana at the 24th annual competition and quips about past winners being forgotten.
Busybody Answers and the Price Question
Readers offered varied replies to the question of how to answer nosiness about price. The writer notes three camps soft, hard, and indirect, citing jokes from Baron Corvo, Ann Landers, and J P Morgan, then reflects on society's missing true dialogue and the public’s hunger to share opinions on even small matters.
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Baron Corvo
Ann Landers
J. P. Morgan
Sally
Beware of at home job gimmicks and hot car dangers
An observed pattern of home employment schemes targets housewives and the elderly by selling products rather than offering real jobs. The Long Beach BBB notes many such ads exist with no genuine employment. A reader urges caution, while another letter condemns leaving children or pets in closed cars during hot summer weather.
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Long Beach
Better Business Bureau
Rival space mission plots spark map custody dispute
A humorous mix of topics notes a man puzzled by his wife’s cookbook shelf, teases a US Soviet space collaboration road map quarrel, and mocks pollsters chasing primary forecasts while sports experts avoid exhibition game picks.
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Henry Kissinger
Russia
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Sleep and Dream Laboratory
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Hanover
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Knickerbocker Hospital
New York City
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Soaper
Bill Vaughan
Popitar
Sydney Harris
Hugo
Rese
Our Paint Dept
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Lucie
Dooley’s Hardware Mart
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