Return to bare-knuckle boxing sparks safety debate
The discussion following Benny Paret’s death divides experts over abolishing professional prize fighting or reforming it. Dr. Allan J. Ryan suggests bare-knuckle fighting could be safer, while most advocate stronger safeguards and education. Observers warn public opinion may determine boxing’s fate rather than policy alone.
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Benny Paret
Allan J. Ryan
American College of Sports Medicine
Ryan
Harry A. Kaplan
E. S. Gurdjian
A_ K.O
Charles E. P. Larson
National Boxing Assn
Max Novich
New Jersey State Athletic Commission
Kaplan
Cost Of Credit Debate Spurs Hearings In Senate
Senate hearings open May 8 on Senator Douglas plan to require lenders to disclose total financing costs in dollars and percentage of debt. The measure, backed by President Kennedy, aims to reveal true credit charges amid rising consumer debt, while opposition lingers and public awareness grows.
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Sen
Paul H. Douglas
Congress
Douglas
Senate Banking
Washington
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Senate
Sen. P Douglas
Hong Kong Prospects Are Poor For Fleeing Chinese Refugees
A Hong Kong official says 6000 to 8000 refugees enter monthly as Red China’s conditions worsen. The Human Rights Council urges international resettlement with Formosa, Canada, and Australia urged to admit thousands yearly. Since 1949 about 800,000 refugees have arrived, with Hong Kong’s economy and water supply at risk if tensions rise.
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Shataukok
New Territories
Red China
Hong Kong
Communist People’s Liberation Army
Berlin
East Berlin
China
Human Rights Council of
Free World Nations
Formosa
Canada
Australia
Macao
Amusement Park Business Odds And Investment Tips
New York features a focused look at the booming amusement park industry. It highlights gate receipts reaching around 300 million dollars with 100 million Americans patronizing parks and outlines cost factors for rides and practical advice from dealer Mickey Hughes on securing profits.
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New York
NEA
National Association of Amusement
U. S
Park Amusement
Mickey Hughes
Hughes
Reunification mood splits Germans across Lower Saxony and Bavaria
In Lower Saxony and Bavaria two officials, Erhard Herzig and Inspector Wilhelm Kolb, discuss reunification with the East. Both warn war is unlikely yet acknowledge that recognition of East Germany would feel like surrender. Bonn leaks hint at a U S proposal affecting Berlin access and Iron Curtain borders, upsetting Adenauer and de Gaulle.
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Hanover
Erhard Herzig
Lower Saxony
Germanys
Herzig
East Germany
Pennsylvania
Selb
Wilhelm
Kolb
Germany
Bonn
Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
Adenauer
Europe
Stock Market Seers Call Mart Nervous in Wait for Clarity
New York experts assess lingering market weakness and unsettled sentiment as several analysts describe the current stock market as nervous. Observers note divergent explanations with few signs of a decisive upward move and speculation about whether a real bear market is coming.
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Jesse Bogue
UPI Financial Editor
New York
UPD
Q and A style world facts in a 1960s market note
A mixed Q and A section covers an Australian lake that vanishes near Canberra, the pope’s temporal title as Sovereign of Vatican City, Grover Cleveland's Civil War substitute job, and a blood circulation fact. It then analyzes stock market prospects with quotes from Business Week and the U S News and World Report noting no imminent collapse, cautious institutional buying, and bonds appealing for safety amid inflation fears.
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Vatican City
U. S
Grover Cleveland
Business Week
U.S. News and World Report
Barbs By HAL COCHRAN column snippets
A compact, humorous column notes quirky reverses in everyday life. It lampoons couples, hitchhiking, and social trends while musing on communication, affection, and modern work life, with satirical jabs at societal norms.
Bug Dust What Hours Will Bank Be Open For Business?
Long rambling column notes Bank of the past and present, Basile N. Meadows on the changeable site bounded by Main Fayette Prince and North Kanawha streets. It touches old files, a Duplex Tubular press, drive in plans, and local officials.
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John C. Hodel
Basile N. Meadows
Register
Main
North Fayette
Prince
North Kanawha
An Election, In Russia A Census
A digest of global notices and remarks, including a Washington tourist count with totals for the Washington Monument White House National Gallery Capitol and Smithsonian. It also notes officials and anecdotes from Udall Meany Hill Keating Ockenga and Gruening, with a closing prayer by C Baker Pearle.
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Russia
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Washington
NEA
Washington Monument
White House
National Gallery of Art
Capitol
Smithsonian Institution
Kenneth L. Veth
Stewart L. Udall
West
Udall
Arizona
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Senate
Bobby Kennedy
Congress
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Distillery Workers Union
Virginia
Beclley Newspapers Subscription Rates And Terms
Published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation this notice lists mail and home delivery subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, rates by year and half-year, and weekly carrier prices. It notes changes of address must include old and new addresses and disclaims responsibility for advance payments to independent delivery contractors.
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Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Greenville
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
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Edward R. Murrow
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Alaska
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