Automation Utopian Promise Faces Mental Health Backlash
The piece argues that while leisure time grows from shorter workweeks and longer lifespans, psychiatrists warn that excessive leisure can trigger mental and emotional decline. It cites unemployed youths, rising retirements, and the danger of idle time fueling delinquency and unrest, urging focus on purposeful activity.
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National Recreation Association
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U.S. Jobless Rate Among Highest
UPI reports the United States shows a high unemployment rate amid comparisons with Italy Great Britain and Sweden. The piece discusses leisure patterns automation impacts and popular activities from TV watching to reading and crafts, noting only 17 percent of Americans read a book currently versus 55 percent in Britain.
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Honeymoon May Have To Wait For Escaped Convict
John B. Everhart an escapee once on the FBI ten most wanted list married Pearly Cline on Christmas Day inside a San Francisco county jail. He faces extradition to Georgia for a 1958 life‑sentence killing after a work camp escape.
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