Condors Survive Extinction Threat As Sightings Rise
California condors near extinction may be reversing course with more than 200 sightings boosting optimism. Officials caution duplicates likely and full count data will be ready by Friday. The bird, once widespread from Columbia River to Baja California, faces habitat loss and human disturbance.
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Bakersfield
Calif
California
North America
Bob Mallette
U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service
Los Padres National Forest
Los Angeles
San Joaquin Valley
California Department of Fish and Game
Mallette
Columbia River
Baja California
Mexico
Mighty Mississippi Under Microscope By Quincy College Students
Biology students at Quincy College study the Mississippi River from a floating laboratory named the Researcher. Samples of the river water are collected and analyzed as Rev. John Ostdick leads the project. The river is described as big and complicated and requires extensive study.
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Quincy, Ill
Mississippi
Quincy College
Department of Biological Sciences
John Ostdick
Nixon Draft Lottery Plan Clears First House Step
The Nixon draft lottery plan to limit service to 19-year-olds passed the House Armed Services Committee 31 to 0 and moves toward a floor vote. Critics warn it may not increase equity and oppose floor revisions to the draft system. The plan targets a September to October lottery to set order for 365 birth dates for the next year.
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Washington
Nixon
House Armed Services Committee
House
Senate
Senate Armed Services
John C. Stennis
D-Mass
Richard H. Ichord
D-Mo
Ichord
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Population figures place Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro among world giants
The Brazilian Institute of Research reports Sao Paulo today houses about 5.685 million residents and Rio de Janeiro about 4.207 million. Projections for 1970 expect Sao Paulo to exceed six million and Rio to reach around 4.5 million.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Brazilian Institute of Research
Rio
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