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This leads back to the question, "why do people smoke marijuana in the first place?" Dr. Preston Munster, Assistant Director of the University Health Services, declared that "anybody who uses drugs, be they marijuana, LSD, mescaline or heroin, has some deep and recognizable psychological problem." This would be difficult to prove or disprove and, even if it were true, it would not answer any questions about conscious motivation...

Author: By John Rupert, | Title: Marijuana In The Square | 11/9/1963 | See Source »

...William M. Preston, chairman of the physics department, will direct the project...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Cyclotron Building Will House Space, Medical Research Programs | 11/9/1963 | See Source »

Brassily playing Jay is Robert (The Music Man) Preston as a man so full of the juice of life that Wife Jean Simmons can't decide whether the love she feels for him is sacred or profane. When "God takes him away," Actress Simmons, facing widowhood and the birth of another child, capably brings off several scenes of throat-filling pathos. Helping her along is the family -here presented as a gallery of bloodless tintypes except for Aline MacMahon, repeating her stage portrayal of Aunt Hannah, and Pat Hingle as Jay's bumptious undertaker brother, whose hands reek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Oh Dad, Poor Dad | 11/1/1963 | See Source »

...reaction of Professor William M. Preston, Chairman of the Department of Physics, was similarly conservative. Although Preston said that the department is "naturally pleased" over the decision, he refused to speculate on how many of the department's 45 research assistants might receive tax-exemption...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Tax Ruling to Aid Grad Students | 10/19/1963 | See Source »

...Both Preston and Lipscomb indicated that there are already a large number of research assistants who receive tax exemption. The majority of these, they noted, have tax exempt stipends from either the National Science Foundation or the National Institutes of Health. Preston said, however, that some students not holding these grants had already avoided paying. "Until now, the IRS policy has not seemed very consistent," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Tax Ruling to Aid Grad Students | 10/19/1963 | See Source »

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