Ecological Con Men in 1970 Speech Debunked
The article discusses Dr Barry Commoner and Dr Ross E McKinney criticizing ecological exaggeration. It contrasts Commoner harshly with McKinney who calls environmental promoters con artists. McKinney argues pollution is longstanding and solvable by engineers and steady progress, not panic or overreach.
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Barry Commoner
San Francisco
Middle West
United States
Commoner
Center For the Biology of Natural Systems
Washington University
St. Louis
Wee Lake Country
Plains
Nature
Ross E. McKinney
Parker
University of Kansas
McKinney
Kansas Public Health Association
Kansas
Dr. McKinney
Mc‘Kinney
Public letter critiques Kennedy and gun control push
A reader blasts television reliance on Senator Kennedy for opinions and accuses lawmakers of advancing gun control despite mixed votes. The letter cites Congressional Record entries from 1968 showing inconsistent support for gun restrictions and urges citizen letters to halt disarming efforts.
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Bremer
Wallace
Purcell
Bentsen
McGovern Clinches Nomination Amid Convention Push
Washington observers note Frank Mankiewicz signals rapid finish as delegates race toward the 1509-vote threshold. McGovern stands to clinch on the second ballot with a convention tilted to his "new politics" as Humphrey and Muskie waver. Kennedy seen as unlikely stopper. spending tops $6 million with $1.5 million more needed to clear DNC debt.
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Washington
Frank Mankiewicz
Camelot
George McGovern
Macbeth
McGovern
Mankiewicz
New Hampshire
Humphrey
Muskie
Jackson
LBJ
Reform Fears Loom Over Miami Democratic Convention
Washington observers note unease as reforms reshape the Miami Beach gathering 3016 delegates will be first time attendees with women up 23 points and blacks up to 14 percent. Factions led by McGovern and Wallace threaten order, risking a chaotic convention and possible damage to the party.
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Tom
Dewey
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Woodstock
George McGovern
McGovern
Mankiewicz
Miami Beach
Daley
Suburbia
Washington
Chicago
Miami
George Wallace
Democratic Party
Wallace
Politicians Behave Like Humans in Utopia and Tradeoffs
A critical review discusses Albert Eisele’s Almost To The Presidency, profiling Hubert Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy as representative flawed politicians. The piece argues parties are power vehicles, not natural-rights makers, and notes betrayals, ambition, and human imperfection shaping democratic contests from Kennedy to 1968.
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Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Miami Beach
The
Piper Company
Albert Eisele
Ridder Publications
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Plutarch
America
White House
John Blatnik
Humphrey
McCarthy
Gos and Tos
John Kennedy
Kennedy
West Virginia
Bob Kennedy
Franklin Roosevelt Jr
Senate
Gene McCarthy
Adlai Stevenson
Bobby
Gene
California
Lyndon Johnson
Sen. Ribicoff
Democratic Platform Committee
Rebbott
Forest management boosts tree numbers in the South
The Southern Forest Institute reports that the region now has more trees than 35 years ago, with healthier and more productive growth due to enlightened management and reforestation. If other natural resources had similar care as Southern Forests, national ecology worries would lessen.
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Columbia OS. GC
Southern Forest Institute
The Way to Bear Hardship in Corinthians 13
A compact reflection on St Paul’s thorn in the flesh from second Corinthians. It notes Paul’s three prayers for relief and God’s reply that grace is sufficient. The piece argues weakness reveals Christ’s power and strength through trials, citing the Apostle’s example and Julien C over.
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Paul
Christ
Julien Cover
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Noyes
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