Energy debate: Bethe and Commoner clash on solar power
In Ithaca a public debate between Hans Bethe and Barry Commoner on the nations energy future highlighted sharply divergent views. Commoner praised solar heating while Bethe argued coal and nuclear offer cheaper, reliable power.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Hans Bethe
Barry Commoner
Cornell University
Center For Religion, Ethics and Social Policy
America
Washington University
St. Louis
Center For the Biology of Natural Systems
Commoner
Prof
Bethe
Rocky Mountain States
Wording largely mirrors local history snippets and notices
Gov Aiken signs to repeal a Sunday hunting ban while Sen Kennedy fails to amend to allow target shooting. Swarthmore elects Miriam Booth president of Women’s Student Government. Hoosick Falls urges residents to stop damaging trees and windows at the old Warren Mansion. Brides advised by Claire Williams for gowns starting at $40. Bennington College cheerleaders and Miss Barbara Davis factor into winter carnival queen debates. Eagle Scout David Peterson receives highest award in Bennington. Immigrant models arrive in Hoosick Falls en route to a new life after Paris port arrival. Haile Selassie’s visit to Kagnew Station features Capt John G. Simson. Remembrance items note Floyd Collins death in 1925 and Kenny Hubbs plane crash in 1964, plus 1969 China seizes yachts near Hong Kong with four Americans captive.
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Chittenden
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David Peterson
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Betty Bradley
Barbara A. DeLuca
Jackie Mahoney
Walt Wirmusky
Floyd Collins
Cave City
Kenny Hubbs
Chicago Cubs
Utah
China
Hong Kong
President Carter’s opera outing draws press ire and defense
In a February 6 outing to Puccini’s Madame Butterfly with Rosalynn and Amy, President Carter sparked a heated press briefing lounge debate over his private travel. The columnist defends the trip as a harmless family excursion and urges less “splendid misery” in Washington.
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White House
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Cio-Cio
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Washington
Actors join push to curb TV violence in scripts
The Christian Science Monitor notes with approval the Screen Actors Guild stance against excessive violence on television. It argues scripts can be exciting without brutality and that stunt work can deliver impact without gore, urging producers to drop lazy violence for sharper imagination.
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