Reader Abuses Sleeping Pills Dear Dr Lamb
A reader discusses long term use of Seconal for insomnia, admitting four pills nightly with no immediate side effects but warning of addiction and dangers. The letter notes barbiturates plus alcohol risks, withdrawal seizures, and urges medical supervision and non drug sleep strategies. The columnist invites reader suggestions for safer sleep methods.
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Dr. Lamb
United States
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Yalta Conference Leaders Meet in 1945 Black Sea Talks
On this date in 1945 Franklin D Roosevelt Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met in the Black Sea area for the Yalta Conference shaping postwar Europe. Also noted: births of Dickens and Lewis, Baltimore fire 1904, Libyan port capture 1941, Eisenhower resignation 1948, Beatles welcome 1964, Saarbruecken mine disaster and other past events.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Black Sea
Yalta
Charles Dickens
Portsmouth
Sinclair Lewis
Sauk Center
Minn
Baltimore
Bengali
Libya
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Omar N. Bradley
New York
Kennedy
England
Saarbruecken
Germany
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Pacific
Afternoon and Late Night Movie Highlights
TV movie lineup lists A Kiss in the Dark 1949 with Niven Wyman Crawford. The Last Voyage 1960 with Stack Malone OBrien Sanders. A Rage to Live 1965 with Pleshette Dillman Gazzara Graves. Countess From Hong Kong 1967 with Brando Loren. Shack Out of 101 1955 with Lovejoy Moore Wynn Marvin plus Don Rickles Show crossover and guest Conrad Musk Barry Gordon.
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Perry
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David Niven
Jane Wyman
Broderick Crawford
Robert Stack
Dorothy Malone
Edmond O’brien
George Sanders
Suzanne Pleshette
Bradford Dillman
Ben Gazzara
Peter Graves
Hong Kong
Marlon Brando
Sophia Loren
Miss Loren
Brando
New York
Frank Lovejoy
Terry Moore
Keenan Wynn
Lee Marvin
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Drug Hotline Answers About Drug Onset Times
An entry from the Drug Hotline explains how quickly drugs act after injection. Heroin or speed produce an almost immediate effect, while LSD typically takes three to five minutes.
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