Bemidji Debuts Downtown Christmas Lighting and Campus Signage
The Bemidji city area unveils new streetlight attached Christmas decorations that require no wiring and rely on existing illumination. At $100 each, fifty sets funded by the city and Chamber of Commerce aim to spread along downtown and highway entrances. Also praised are blue campus signs at Bemidji State University listing building names and department locations to aid navigation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Midway
Lake Bemidji
Chamber
Bemidji State University
Free time in China mock dialogue with Ford and Kissinger
Art Buchwald humorously imagines President Ford and Henry Kissinger touring China with four days to fill. The spoof covers budget plotting in hotel rooms, hotel lobby chess with the press, Mao High School student meetings, a Canton volleyball reception, and light social plans like gin rummy and Monopoly between naps and budget work.
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China
Ford
Peking
Henry Kissinger
Henry
White House
Mao Tse-tung High School
Betty
People’s Palace
Canton
Soviet Union
BBC executive Wheldon defends quality over gimmicks
The Nation profile notes Basil Wheldon championing quality programming at the BBC since 1969, accusing American networks of chasing ratings. He favors original, brave imports and bets on economists and novelists like John Kenneth Galbraith for future BBC projects. He also praises WGBH and weighs in on Monty Python and Beacon Hill questions with a Jocobean grin.
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Him Wheldon
Dickens
Fielding
BBC
Wheldon
Saul Bellow
Phil Silvers
Sgt. Bilko
Dick van’ Dyke
Johnny Carson
Mary Tyler Moore
Lord Kenneth Clark
Alistair Cooke
Jacob Bronouski
John Kenneth Galbraith
Boston
Faneuil Hall
City of
BBC Quality
WGBH
Monty Python
Beacon Hill
Hum Wheldon
Times have changed since Goldwater Reagan era
John Lofton Jr notes political times have shifted since 1964 as Reagan emerges as a presidential candidate. He argues Goldwater Reagan parallels are weak given era changes, cites polls on government value and public dissatisfaction, and quotes governors and politicians commenting on Reagan’s potential and strategy.
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John Lofton, Jr
Arabs in Israel confront dual loyalty at Hebrew University
About 600 Arab students at Hebrew University Jerusalem resist an order to guard dormitories against Arab attacks. They cite dual loyalty while arguing they should not be forced into security roles. University threatens eviction. Arabs offer alternative duties. Debate grows amid UN racism critique of Zionism and campus tensions.
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Marcus Eliason
Associated Press
Jerusalem
Hebrew University
Israel
Nadir Gegaissy
United Nations
Middle East
U.N
David Asulin
Abraham Harman
Syria
Lebanon
Can do spirit lacking in America today says Lilienthal
David Lilienthal warns of wasted human energy and timidity in U S growth. He urges local leadership and small demonstrations of private power to unleash a national revival, arguing the energy shortage stems from underused human energy rather than fuel.
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Business Mirror
America
New York
David Lilienthal
Lietbal
Tennessee Authority
Momic Energy Commission
TWA
France
United States
Europe
Lilienthal
Utuize Uns
TVA
Development and Resources Corp
Range towns differ in approach to utilities crisis
In northern Minnesota Buhl with 1,300 residents issued 100000 in certificates after coal costs surged from 14.90 in 1970 to 62.25 last year, facing a 121000 deficit and 290000 in coal debts. Virginia and Hibbing fared better by raising rates and relying on electric, gas and water revenues to offset steam losses.
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John Lundquist
Associated Press
Paul, Minn
Buhl
Minnesota
Iron Range
Virginia
Hibbing
Robert Wilson
Buhi
Eastern Coal
Mattson
C.W. Reiss Coal Co
Great Lakes Coal and Dock Co
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