Satellite air traffic control plan spurs PATCO split
PATCO dropped plans to rate FAA supervisors amid internal disputes while PSAC forms a panel led by Dr. Richard Garwin to study space based air surveillance. Garwin advocates a satellite system that could cut human controllers, push automation, and possibly be ready in three to twenty years with high national defense appeal.
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FAA
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization
PATCO
Federal Aviation Administration
Fremont
F. Lee Bailey
President
Air Traffic Control Advisory Committee
Department of Transrtation
Richard L. Garwin
Defense Department
International Business Machines Corp
Transportetttn Department
Garwin
IBM
Partee
Ny Whet
Belng
Transportation Detment
Armittee
United States
Air Toxins Alarm Signals Health Risk Crisis
A group of scientists warns carbon monoxide in the air may harm health and performance, with deep breaths possibly fatal. The Violence Commission, by a bare majority, condemns civil disobedience to alter the law, noting once broken the law is hard to mend like a damaged case.
Letters to the editor New ideas for the Legislature
Editor notes that a diverse group of 120 lawmakers fuels democracy. A legislator argues the Senate should grow from 40 to 50 members to restore rural urban balance after the 1966 one man one vote decision.
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California
State
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Unified Nebraska plan mulls unicameral legislature shift
The writer argues for a single 120 member legislature to replace the current two house system, with all elected as Senators and 12 year terms. He cites cost cuts and closer ties to the people, noting Nebraska already uses a unicameral system and plans to propose four constitutional amendments for November ballots.
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Senate
Assembly
Ul.s. Supreme Court
Nebraska
Voting age lowered in Britain to eighteen in February
A senior minister argues for reform as Britain cuts the voting age from 21 to 18 and lifts parental consent for marriages at 18. He notes youths mature earlier but cites concerns over judgment and potential unrest, urging patience until further evidence emerges.
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Briain
Britain
Tomis Jate
Tel
Bradbury's vision for livable cities and plazas
Russell Kirk urges visionaries to reimagine urban life. Ray Bradbury advocates renewing Los Angeles with human scale piazzas, al fresco commerce, and mixed arts centers at strategic sites to curb boredom and youth unrest. He praises preservation of libraries and practical renewal over demolition.
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Bitle
Ray Bradbury
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Bradbury
Knopf
Los “Angeles
Henattishire Library
Mr. Bradbury
Gumset Strip
Sunset Strip
Planas
Welfare transplant critique shapes Nixon plan debate
Holmes Alexander argues against Nixon Family Security plan as bureaucratic toil and tax rises. He cites ACU research on 10 to 22 million welfare dependents and warns the plan would push welfare recipients into harder work or removal to forced labor. He calls for a hardhearted transplant policy to deter welfare dependence.
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Nixon
John Byrnes
Wis
Anus
ACW
Plan
Ipolley
Sin
Han Girhan
Bob Kennedy
Fung
Israel
Notable World Events on This Day in History
On this day in history 1942 marked the final civilian car production for the war era in Detroit. In 1992 Francis Gary Powers was exchanged for Rudolf Abel in a spy swap. In 1964 an Australian carrier collision in the Tasman Sea claimed many lives. In 1967 the 25th Amendment became law clarifying presidential succession. Aristotle offered a warning about misfortune harming both sides.
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Francis Gary Powers
America
Russia
Rudolf Abel
Tasman Sea
Representatives in Washington constituencies and mailing addresses
Representatives in Washington include Congressman George P. Miller at House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Democrat 1st District covering San Leandro Castro Valley Valley San Lorenzo Livermore Amador Valley north Hayward Alameda East Oakland. Congressman Don Edwards at House Office Building Washington DC 20515 Democrat 5th District covering south Hayward Union City Fremont Newark and parts of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Senator Alan Cranston Democrat Senate Office Building Washington DC 2010. Senator George Murphy Republican Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510.
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George P. Miller
Washington, D.C
San Leandro
Castro
Valley
San Lorenzo
Livermore
Amador Valley
North Hayward
Alameda
East Oak
Don Edwards
Dempecrat
South Hayward
Union City
Fremont
Newark
Santa Clara
San Mateo
Alan Cranston
Senate
George Murphy
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Fairchild
Woody’s
Paul Harvey
Harvey
Ronald Reagan
Kentucky
Georgia
Alaska
Hawaii
Russell Kirk
Commercia
Holmes Alexander
Vauntlt
Congress
American Conservative Union
ACU
Nixgn
Detroit
Washington
South County
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