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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1971
Page
6
Opinion strongly opposes an Indiana plan to form a civilian spy network of neighborhood informers. It warns of privacy invasion and potential abuse, noting Illinois police data gathering controversies and urging public ban to prevent persecution and loss of freedom.
A DEC ban targets Lake George recreation and residential use after mercury levels in fish exceed FDA safety limits. The public is urged to fish but not eat the fish while officials debate the extent of pollution across Adirondack lakes and seek concrete proof.
The piece warns of rising drug traffic and use in America and abroad. It notes a shift from older addicts to younger offenders, rising narcotics deaths in New York, and estimates of heroin users in city schools. It urges U.S. legislators to consider these dangers amid debates on marijuana legalization.
The piece argues that Poland Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia suffer shortages and long waits for goods with strict controls. It notes Poland under Gierek remains tied to Moscow and questions prospects for economic improvement amid Soviet influence and potential troop intervention.
Newly released British records describe Joseph P. Kennedy as a "doublecrosser and defeatist" who claimed the British would be defeated. The memo notes Kennedy’s belief and notes that Lord Halifax read the document. John F. Kennedy was briefly with his father in London at the war's start.
A Q and A feature lists: habnium as 105th element, Mississippi State College for Women at Columbus as oldest state supported women’s college, Jefferson’s library as nucleus of Library of Congress, retroactive tax legality notes, Diane Crump as first licensed female jockey at Churchill Downs, and Minnesota’s nickname origin from the motto L Etoile du Nord meaning The Star of the North.
Henry J. Taylor urges readers to focus on blessings and heritage as the nation faces change. He celebrates America's foundations, unity, peace, and the duty of citizens to work for progress and freedom under a shared hope for a better world.
A reader asks about the origin of hootch used for living quarters in war zones and a possum play dead expression. The replies trace hootch to Japanese and Korean slang among GIs and note the opossum feigning death inspired the phrase play possum.
The piece argues Nixon’s Vietnam policy reduced U S troop involvement and casualties but warns 1971 will bring renewed Indochina tensions. It predicts Hanoi will avoid Paris talks, push Indochina as a political liability in 1972, and that war costs will strain social programs amid a tense election year.
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