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...effective collaboration between the network and the Red Cross, mixes film clips of typical disasters with demonstrations by Red Cross volunteers of what to do in an atomic emergency ("In case of shock, don't move the victim; keep him warm; raise his legs to increase the flow of blood"). Actress Joan Bennett was an able guest commentator who took the trouble to learn her lines for delivery without benefit of script. Future guests: Arlene Francis, Martha Scott, Basil Rathbone...
...After Shock Fails. Psychiatrists and surgeons are also agreed, says Dr. Kalinowsky, that surgery is a last resort in mental cases, a measure not to be taken until all other treatments, including shock, have failed. Reason: psychosurgery in some cases has "undeniable side effects" (chiefly damage to the personality such as apathy and irresponsibility). Schizophrenics are the usual subjects, largely because nothing else seems to help them much...
According to a statement released by committee, the program is designed "increase the competence" of younger instructors while "reduced the shock of mobilization to college in university faculties...
This may come as a shock to Mr. Love, but I am neither a haberdasher nor a Democrat...
Aside, from its activity in boosting "The Road Ahead," C.C.G. distributes a flood of letters, telegrams and pamphlets to defeat special legislation like public housing, health insurance, and federal aid to education. Much of this literature is of the shock variety--"Everything You Believe in is Threatened!" for example. It urges the reader to contribute money, distribute pamphlets, and write indignant letters to Congress. In addition, the C.C.G. often puts direct pressure on Congress. In urging defeat of a minimum wage hike, it sent 500-word telegrams of Congressional Committee Leaders and Special Delivery letters to every member of both...