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Competence Is No Excuse. In Kent County, Md., Goose Hunter Charles L. Ivens had one bird already in his bag, fired at another, brought down two geese at once, was arrested and fined in a federal court for exceeding the day's statutory limit...
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...tried to put out effective filters. But when smokers found the cigarettes too weak, "first, the filters were loosened to permit a larger number of smoke particles to get through. Second, the blend was changed to include more of the stronger, heavier-bodied tobaccos." In 1952 P. Lorillard Co. (Kent) designed a filter that let in only i milligram of nicotine, 9 milligrams of tar; unfortunately, the sales did not reflect the effectiveness, and last year, said the committee, Kent's new filter let through double this nicotine and tar content. Similarly, Liggett & Myers' L & M brand...
...Figures? Hearing the blast, the U.S. tobacco industry quickly replied. Said P. Lorillard President Lewis Gruber: "Our advertising has been and is scrupulously honest and truthful. Our claim has been a simple statement of fact-Kent filters best of all the leading filter brands. These are facts, and they are documented." Added R. J. Reynolds President Bowman Gray: The figures used in the congressional report were published in a magazine (Consumer Reports) in March 1957; since then, Reynolds has improved its filter to reduce nicotine by 32%, tars by 27%. "It would appear that the figures quoted in the committee...
...native customs on marriage; he is currently investigating the native custom of pouring libations on important occasions (English gin, schnapps or potent akpeteshie, illicitly distilled from palm juice). There has been considerable church controversy over this practice; church leaders boycotted a welcome ceremony to the Duchess of Kent during Ghana's recent Independence Day celebration because a libation was poured. "We educated people do not yet know what a villager understands when he pours a libation," he says. "Until we do, we cannot decide whether it is good...