Wildlife funding debate targets habitat protection and new proposals
A respected study for the U S Fish and Wildlife Service and the Council on Environmental Quality questions how wildlife money is spent and how to raise more. Since 1937 Pittman Robertson and 1950 Dingell Johnson raised over 600 million dollars from hunter and fisherman taxes for habitat preservation. The report proposes allocating 149.6 million dollars annually for value only ecological and aesthetic animals.
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Environmental Quality Council
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Thomas L. Kimball
National Wildlife Federation
Taxes for Wildlife Nations Raise New Revenue Proposals
A 1975 report outlines funding options for non game wildlife management. Potential taxes include excises on recreational gear and services, timber sales surcharges, and a $1 tax check off. The piece argues taxes should fall on users, not general consumers, and urges better revenue methods.
What Price Democracy in an Uneasy World
A Canadian observer weighs democracy’s fragility in 1974, noting the new global challenges hunger energy shortages and financial disorder. The piece argues democracy survives only if unwritten rules are honored and warns against demagoguery police-state risks and hollow promises from leaders including President Truman.
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Detroit
Harry Truman
Wooster scientists seek pond greenhouse energy savings
Ohio researchers at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center plan a 28 by 60 foot man made pond topped by a two section 37 by 100 foot greenhouse. A salt gradient in the pond water is expected to cut heat loss and boost solar collection efficiency by up to 50 percent. A curtain wall and submerged heat exchangers will transfer pond heat to the greenhouse, with the project funded by the Energy Research and Development Administration.
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Dispo
Ted Short
Short
U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration
There is a Method in That Madness
A satirical piece imagines a national policy fight over massage parlors in Washington. It parodies partisan gridlock, featuring the President, Congress, and hypothetical bills such as a Federal No-Fault Massage Parlor Agency and a $2 surtax on rubbing alcohol.
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Congress
House
Carl Albert
Senate
CIA
United States
Hamlet
Arlington, Va
Productivity Decline Amid Slow U S Economic Growth
AP Business Analyst notes U S productivity dipped 2.7 percent last year with only 1.9 percent annual gain so far in 1974. The National Commission on Productivity cites insufficient equipment and reduced R D as factors, while Japan and European nations invest more in tech and capital, boosting output.
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New York
United States
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France
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
Navy's New Nimitz Aboard The USS Nimitz
An overview of the 95,000-ton carrier Nimitz entering service this spring. Its nuclear propulsion enables long distant operations and large crew support, signaling U S power projection into regions like the Indian Ocean amid base reductions.
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Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
U. S
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