Proper Birth Control Policy For Illinois
A Illinois editorial argues for giving birth control information and devices to mothers on public aid with a 15 or older threshold. It notes current usage around 5 percent of eligible mothers and links unwanted births to welfare costs, crime risk, and poverty. The piece urges state action as morally proper and practical until society reduces poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois General Assembly
Senate
House
Illinois
Faster Voting By Electronics
An IBM Votomatic electronic ballot counting device demonstrated in Illinois counties speeds up results. Tangney reports 20 000 ballots in Georgia runs with 36 minute punch counts and 7 29 p m assembly in a precinct. Illinois law blocks use pending General Assembly action to authorize electronic voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
IBM
Macon County
William M. Tangney
Decatur
Georgia
Tangney
General Assembly
Second Look At Smoking Warnings And War Ironies
The piece notes possible cigarette warnings via vending machine recordings and compares war tactics to bows against B52s. It comments on racial equality marches after resolution and a Republican stance on poverty. It also marks D-Day plus 21 years with limited public attention.
Ohio Governor Presses Lake Erie Pollution Fix Plan
Gov. James A. Rhodes urges interstate and intrastate pollution abatement for Lake Erie urging action by New York Pennsylvania Ohio and Michigan. HEW hearings push Detroit to expand sewage treatment amid resistance from the city and major industries with potential $100 million cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Rhodes
Anthony J. Celebrezze
U.S
Michigan
Detroit
Detroit River
Ali- Nois
Checking The Facts In Holiday Magazine And Waterloo Reverie
Dave Felts notes Holiday magazine employs fact checkers to verify every statement before printing. He recalls Waterloo’s 1815 battle and Sir Edward Creasy’s list of fifteen decisive battles, then ponders 20th century equivalents and the inclusion of Gettysburg. He ends with light about newspaper ink and camp uses of yesterday’s paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caskie Stinnett
Holiday Magazine
Holiday
Time
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Prussia
Saxony
Marshal Blucher
Edward Shepherd’ Creasy
Marathon
Syracuse
Arbela
Gaugamela
Varus
Chalons
Tours
Pastings
Joan of Arc
Orleans
Blenheim
Poltava
Saratoga
Valmy
Sir Edward
Gettysburg
Ozarks Beauty Masks Hidden Poverty Along Scenic Highways
Arthur Edson profiles the Ozarks from Missouri to Oklahoma, praising the landscape yet noting stark poverty in Pruitt and Newton County. He highlights Big Spring, the Buffalo River, float trips on 50 canoes, and a population drop as locals yearn for a return to the hills.
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Arthur Edson
Associated Press
Pruitt, Ark
Highway 7
Ozarks
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Everglades
Rockies
William
Virginia
West Virg
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pruitt
Buffalo River
Newton County
Pearl Holland
Montgomery
Labor Day
Big Spring
Cuba
Lake of the Ozarks
Lake O
Tablerock
Taneycomo
Bull Shoals
Norfolk Lakes
Arkansas-Missouri
Jones
Benton County
Illinois
Jack’s Fork
Eleven Points
Roaring River
Causes For Concern Population Growth and Birth Decline
An editorial summarizes rising U.S. population at 194.5 million, projected to 245 million by 1980 and 338 million by 2000, while birth rates fall below 4 million in 1965. It notes fertility disparities, calls for family planning, and reports broad congressional interest and planned government actions.
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William B. Dickinson, Jr
United States
Population Reference Bureau
U.S
National Academy of Sciences
Planned Parenthood-World Population
Congress
White House
Eisenhower
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Dave Felts
Napoleon
America
Hill
Arnold Jones
Alley Spring Park
Big Springs
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