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...California, Don Muchmore's State Poll found that voters favor by a 2-to-l margin the controversial Proposition 16, which would strengthen anti-pornography legislation by popular initiative. Known as the CLEAN amendment (for the Californiam League to Enlist Action Now), Proposition 16 would broaden the criteria for declaring material obscene and give police discretion in making seizures. Opponents argue that Proposition 16 amounts to unconstitutional censorship. Democratic Governor Edmund Brown, running for his third term, opposes the proposition, while his Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan, supports...
...switch was prompted by an 18-month experiment in which 1,300 stocks were quoted at wholesale prices on a test basis. Not only did the dealers survive the experience, but other unlisted companies clamored to get in on the program, realizing that accurate over-the-counter quotations help broaden investor interest...
...with the Ford Foundation grants, Rutstein and Pincus will be able to broaden their investigation. Interest will center on whether or not there is a higher thrombophlebitis (inflammation of a vein associated with clotting) among women using oral contraceptives, than among those using other forms...
...diverse roles for the Doctor of Medicine. Proficiency in entirely new areas of health protection, e.g., rediation safety, environmental pollution prevention, population control, etc., is expected while traditional patterns of medical care are severely challenged. To survive, Medicine must evolve new patterns to deepen its roots in science and broaden its scope of service to society. Natural selection is too slow a process to insure survival; careful planning must proceed on several fronts. A clear view of the many new roles expected of the physician should lead to an education which will prepare him for the diversity of services expected...
...much capital spending today is not merely to broaden markets, but to replace costly old plants with automated new ones, or introduce some of the refinements of the research and development on which business spends $24 billion annually. The steel industry will lay out $2 billion this year, much of it for basic oxygen furnaces, continuous casting mills and other new technology rather than to increase capacity...