Word: children
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Danger in 60 Minutes. Because the radiation was directed downward, P.H.S. officials noted that most viewers would probably not be harmed. But they worried about children sitting on the floor near TV sets placed on tables or shelves. X rays shooting through vents in the bottom of such sets could produce serious eye damage within an hour. Because the effects of X rays are cumulative, many hours of exposure at greater distances from an elevated set could also be dangerous...
...flaws, the juvenile-court system has developed some outstanding judges. Colorado's Ben B. Lindsey, the famous advocate of "companionate marriage" who died in 1943, spent four decades introducing numerous reforms, such as a Colorado law forbidding the charging of children under 16 with crime. Juvenile Judge Orman W. Ketcham, of Washington, D.C., a faculty member of the current summer college, has campaigned for years for stronger legal safeguards for children. Justine Wise Polier, for 32 years a justice in New York's family courts, has written books advocating a more compassionate approach to juvenile problems...
...ever-flaming redhead (Kisses for My President) and syndicated glamour columnist; and Alexis Lichine, 53, wine exporter and vintage author (Wines of France), her fourth husband (the others: Lex Barker, Fernando Lamas, Christian Holmes III); on grounds of false pretenses (she said he promised, then refused, to have children); after 19 months of marriage, no sign of children; in Los Angeles...
...California until he resigned his diocesan duties last year, now a fellow at Santa Barbara's Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions; by Esther Yanovsky Pike, 48; on uncontested grounds of mental cruelty (she said he stayed away from home), after 25 years of marriage, four children; in San Francisco...
Convinced they are rearing the Artur Rubinsteins or Peter Duchins of tomorrow-or at least children who will grow up to enjoy making music-U.S. parents are buying a record number of pianos. In 1966, sales hit 243,800, nearly 100,000 more than a decade ago. The company that is hitting the top notes of this financial fortissimo is privately owned Aeolian* Corp., the world's largest manufacturer of pianos, which last year crafted 50,000 units and grossed nearly $30 million...