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...over the U.S. last week, millions of Americans-male and female-were locked in the battle of the bulge. A recent Gallup poll showed that 34 million Americans admit to being overweight; the American Medical Association has described obesity as America's No. i health problem, noting a far higher death rate among the overweight. Result: a boom in diet charts, low-calorie foods, and a new, "nonfattening" sales campaign by the U.S. food and beverage industries...
...Commissioner of Indian Affairs: Glenn L. Emmons, 57, a Gallup, N.Mex. banker and longtime friend and popular partisan of the Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Ute. Apache and Pueblo tribes in his neighborhood. As commissioner, said Emmons, he will aim to "liquidate the trusteeship of the Indians as quickly as possible," and make them self-supporting citizens...
...should retire. Results: Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, 50.36%; Chancellor of the Exchequer Richard Austen ("Rab") Butler 35.5%. "The striking feature of the poll is the solid measure of support for Mr. Butler," observed the Mirror. "Even two years ago his name would have meant little to the public." A Gallup poll taken last April confirmed the Mirror's observation. Then the result was: Eden 64%; Butler...
...Gallup poll indicates that only 22% of the public interviewed think that McCarthy does more good than harm, then how come his smashing victory in Wisconsin, in spite of his inability to campaign against the whirlwind fight put up by his opponent and a number of Fair Deal orators? Was it this 22% that beat "Tydings, the Good" in Maryland? Must we finance British Socialism and pay more attention to their lords, dukes and sirs in the running of our affairs than we do to our own peoples' elected representatives...
...After polling a sampling of college graduates. Gallup found that only one in six had done any serious reading in the previous few months, and that only one in two could name a single recent title he really wanted to read. As for the classics, most of the group merely shrugged. Out of every 20 graduates, only eight could name the author of Vanity Fair, only one knew who wrote Tom Jones...