Cities test cost cuts with mixed garbage collection
Cities like Minneapolis Pittsburgh and Oklahoma City mix municipal and private pickup to cut costs and boost productivity. A Columbia study shows private rates fall to meet city efficiency while overall service varies and trends split between private and public crews.
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Pittsburgh
Richmond
Minneapolis
Oklahoma City
Clayton Sorenson
Public Works
Sorenson
Pat Lay
Public Service
Savas
North Side
Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc
U.S
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Boston
Indianapolis
National Science Foundation
Timber wolf declassification stirs state views and public debate
The piece surveys Minnesota reactions to the Fish and Wildlife Service plan to downlist the timber wolf from endangered to threatened status. It notes headlines differ by paper, cites concerns over live trapping and transplant failures, and outlines a 90 day window for FWS regulations with 60 days for public comment and potential lawsuits from environmental groups. It urges public input to the Director of the FWS.
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M Y
International Falls
Daily Journal
Minneapolis Tribune
U. S
Fish and Wildlife Service
Minnesota
FWS
U. S. Department of Interior
Washington D. C
Perils and promises of the computer age
A column debates whether computers can think and risks they pose to society. Experts disagree on machine intelligence, potential for computer crime, and the need for a field guide to battling or coexisting with smart machines.
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Washington
Peyton Place
Agenon
Joseph Weizenbaum
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Defense Dept
The
Space Administration
Kissinger
Bloomingdale's
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Book Fair Satire Hits Fall Shelves With Bold Titles
Art Buchwald surveys the American Booksellers Convention in San Francisco noting a flood of new titles. He lampoons sensational self help works and risqué publishing trends while joking about Roots inspired fiction and a copyright dispute over Leaves in New Jersey.
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Washington
San Francisco
Booth
Southampton
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
South Orange
Country Club
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Today in history June 8 highlights events and birthdays
On June 8 many historical events are noted including Tennessee's 1861 secession, Roosevelt mediation offer in 1905, Norway invasion in 1940, Sydney shelling in 1942, Vietnam offensive authorization in 1965, Ray arrest in 1968, Sinai attack deaths ten years ago, a hijacking death five years ago, Syrian move into Lebanon one year ago, and John Diebold turning 51. Thought for today is attributed to Anonymous.
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Associated Press
Tennessee
Union
Theodore Roosevelt
Norway
Sydney
Australia
U.S
South Vietnam
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
London
England
Sinai Peninsula
Israel
West Germany
Lebanon
John Diebold
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E. S. Savas
Columbia University
Frank Williams
Department of Environmental Services
Virginia Payette
Red Lake
Art Buchwald
Jackie Onassis
Anita
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