Watershed Projects Add Recreation Prospects Nationwide
President Nixon cleared federal funding for 96 small watershed projects nationwide, potentially expanding recreation facilities for millions. Projects are in planning stages with future federal and local cost shares totaling about 31.2 million and 40.8 million respectively. The funding now faces no constitutional objection, following a Johnson era hurdle, and the public shows strong interest in water recreation.
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Washington
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Johnson Administration
Agriculture
Clifford Hardin
Hardin
Amazon River Sediment Fills Atlantic Valley
Miami scientist reports sediment from the Amazon filling a deep valley on the mid Atlantic ridge flank. Dr. Richard Bader says the Glemar Challenger drilled 1,300 holes and found plant-rich deposits and traces of gold, indicating historic Amazon flooding and transport to the site.
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Miami
Amazon River
Atlantic Ocean
Richard Bader
University of Miami Institute of Marine Sciences
Glemar Challenger
Mid- Atlantic
Amazon
Bader
Sister Peace Captivates Paris at Vietnam Talks
A crowd outside Hotel Majestic in Paris watches Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, revered as Sister Peace, arrive to open another session of Vietnam peace talks. Her charm and political savvy boost morale for the Viet Cong delegation while observers note her dual role as diplomat and fighter’s ally amid rain and a wary crowd.
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Paris
NEA
Hotel Majestic
Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Binh
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
NLF
Sister Peace
Revolu
Ho Chi Minh
Women’s Union For the Liberation of
South Vietnam
Majestic Hotel
Friction Mounts Across Religious Academia in US
In several religious schools tensions rise over faculty firings and tenure decisions. At Boston College about 2,500 students protested the denial of tenure to Dr. Mary Daly, with the president backing the decision. Quachita Baptist University’s Ralph Phelps quit, citing ultraconservative pressure. New Orleans Baptist Seminary faces resignations and an evaluative review by the American Association of Theological Schools. An Atlanta federation of Religion professors decried a stifling climate affecting promotions, without naming specific cases.
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New York
RPF
Boston College
Mary Daly
Seavey Joyce
Daly
Arkadelphia
Ark
Quachita Baptist University
Ralph A. Phelps
State Baptist Convention
New Orleans
Association of Baptist Professors of Religion
Southern Baptist
Br. W.A. Criswell
Dallas
Brazilian cities exceed one million population each
Five Brazilian cities have populations over a million. São Paulo leads with about 13.5 million, Rio de Janeiro around 4.2 million, Belo Horizonte about one million, Recife and Porto Alegre each just over one million, per the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.
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TEES
Brazil Janeiro
Sand Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Belo Harivante
Recife
Porto Alegre
Brazilian Institute of Research
Nonwoven fabrics loom as a diaper industry giant
New York AP reports the nonwoven fabrics sector, born as an industry still in its infancy with 300 million dollars in annual sales, could grow many times larger. Diapers, gowns, tablecloths and more are made from this disposable, strong and cheap material, with 2 billion diaper changes annually signaling vast potential.
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New York
Wall Street
America
United States
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Che Baytman
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