Santa Barbara pushes for offshore drilling ban
Santa Barbara favors a total ban on offshore oil exploration as the state weighs actions on coastal drilling. Conflicts emerge with other California shore communities over economic interests, regulation, and future beach funding as federal and state rules clash and tensions rise between residents and oil interests.
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Isolationism Looms Over U S Says Global Panel
Washington reports a leading Institute of Strategic Studies survey says the United States has lost the desire and the ability to be the world’s universal power. It argues Russia is now the equal in strategic power and influence, with Vietnam war cost shaping a shift toward reduced commitments and a quieter, more self-contained foreign policy.
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Preservationists Battle Expressway Threat in Historic Cities
Russell Kirk notes pressures to save historic beauty as federal bodies weigh routes for riverfront expressways. In Philadelphia a historic Rush House was demolished against an agreement to move it. in New Orleans preservationists push to reroute or modify the Riverfront Expressway to protect the Vieux Carre and river access. The Advisory Council urges relocation or downgrade to a grade level route.
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Don Maclean on Trudeau and ABM sportsmanship
Washington readers question Pierre Trudeau's stance on the ABM system. Don Maclean argues Canada shares in protection but not the risks, suggesting Trudeau would prefer delayed interception or a perfected system to strike Russian missiles after launch, and labels him not a good sport.
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Talent And Virtue Make A Difference
A discussion features C P Snow and Nathaniel Weyl on Jewish intellectual achievement and racial inequality. It cites Weyl on Jews as educated, wealthy, and politically liberal, contrasted with Negro communities and liberal attitudes. The piece references Olsen, Read, and Jefferson on natural aristocracy based on virtue and talent.
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This Day in History Highlights Major 19th and 20th Century Events
On this day 1962 Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia and ordered conscription for white men aged 14 to 35 into the Southern Confederacy. Also 1847 saw a deadly nitrate dock explosion in Texas City, Texas killing 500+. In 1968 the US posted a $20 billion first quarter GNP rise and author Edna Ferber died in New York City. John Gadsworthy offered a forward looking thought for the day.
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