Torrey Canyon Oil Spill Draws Global Oceans Warning
Opinion piece laments the Torrey Canyon wreck and its vast oil spill along southwestern England beaches. It warns of long term ecological damage to marine life and birds, detergent harms, and economic losses to fishing and tourism, urging halt to environmental abuse.
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England
Britain
Torrey Canyon
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Cape Cod
Wall Street Journal
Think Big Defense Seeks Peace via Big Thinking
A columnist extols the Defense Departments vast scale and expansion highlighting 73100 personnel in the Washington area 86 acres of space and 3.1 billion in costs. The piece notes plans for four new offices and calls for big thinking to achieve peace worldwide.
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America
U.S. Department of Defense
Defense
Pentagon
Defense Department
Washington
Mind your own business minding Europe and France
Paul Harvey argues Americans should rethink NATO troop withdrawals from France. He notes U S investments totaling 59 million in French installations and NATO HQ as he questions foreign domination and asks if Britain and France aim for an Atlantic community or a United States of Europe. He suggests partners may object to U S influence and warns of costs left behind.
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Paul Harvey
United States
France
NATO
Pentagon
State Department
de Gaulle
Europe
Churchill
Gas trade groups press to gut pipeline safety bill hearings set
Washington lobbying by Independent Natural Gas Association American Gas Association and Columbia Gas Transmission targets the Johnson administration and Congress to weaken a proposed pipeline safety bill. They seek no criminal penalties for defective pipelines no safety standards for distribution lines and ASME control of standards.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Capitol Hill
Senate Commerce Committee
Johnson
Independent Natural Gas Association of America
American Gas Association
Columbia Gas Transmission Company
Front
White House
Secretary of Transportation
Alan Boyd
Congress
Queens
N.Y
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASME
Louisiana
Kentucky
Joseph Califano
LBJ
Texas
Bobby Richards
New York Yankees
Tom Gettys
Rock Hill
S.C
Gettiys
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Tex
Jimmy Byrnes
South Carolina
Truman
Russia
Byrnes
Moscow
John Connor
Cairo
North Vietnam
Braves Move Sparks Atlanta Growth And Big League Boom
The Georgia Tech study details Atlanta Braves impact after moving from Milwaukee. It notes 11.54 million in attendance, 9.25 million spent on tickets, concessions and travel, and a 3.3x money multiplier boosting local incomes. It highlights stadium growth, neighborhood programs, and ensuing business for Atlanta including the Falcons’ arrival and $16 million in activity.
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Georgia Tech
School of Industrial Management
Atlanta Braves
Defense
Robert McNamara
Man At Tech
Atlanta
William Tecumseh Sherman
Braves
Atlanta Falcons
National Football League
Local Letters Open Forum Emphasizes Free Expression
The Journal invites signed letters on topics of local interest. Views in this column are not endorsed by the Journal. Writers must include an address but may request name omission. The editor notes readers may find recurring city hall comments familiar.
City government reform debated in Biddeford forum
A reader questions zoning changes and urges Biddeford to consider a city manager form of government. He cites recent shop conversions and calls for public input in the People’s Forum to start a broader discussion.
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Hill and
Pool
Main
Hill
People’s Forum
Police Commission
Biddeford
The Needle Taxes and drive up windows shift burden
A satirical note condemns rising taxes and government waste. It jokes about drive up tax pay stations and the pain of paying, claiming officials seek money through loopholes and high levies, with humor about government jobs to afford taxes.
Bartholomay to Launch Atlanta Chiefs in 10-Team Soccer League
Bartholomay announces the Atlanta Chiefs will join the National Professional Soccer League as part of a 10-team circuit. The league has sold CBS television rights for a multi million dollar deal amid soccer's rising popularity and a global World Cup audience of about 400 million. Next year Atlanta joins the expanding professional scene.
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Bartholomay
Atlanta Chiefs
CBS
South
America
London
Bird
Allanta
Vietnam constitution risks weak prime minister in wartime
South Vietnam's new constitution concentrates power in the National Assembly and limits presidential vetoes. The prime minister can be removed without dissolving the assembly, while the assembly holds strong checks and a high threshold to oust leaders. Assembly members enjoy immunity and cannot be prosecuted during or after their terms. The council also appoints Supreme Court judges for six-year terms.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
Enterprise Assn
South Vietnam
National Assembly
Diem
United States
Britain
Assembly
Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Robins Adapt Life to Man Made Environments
Deborah Howard of West Newton Massachusetts notes robins have adjusted to electronic age housing by nesting high on TV antennas and trees in suburban New England. West Newton birds nest higher on average to avoid dogs while Farm robins face crow predation, shaping nest height choices.
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Robins
New England
Deborah Howard
West Newton
Mass
Mrs. Howard
Audubon Society
Crumlin Farm
Lincoln
Howard
Newton
Drumlin Farm
Jotunda's irrigation dream to feed 40,000 acres
In Northwest India the village of Jotunda, once waterless, has grown into a symbol of hope with 6,000 acres now under green crops. Ten years of effort have drilled irrigation wells transforming arable land into wheat, barley, mustard, rice and grapes. The piece urges practical farming, irrigation and research to feed the world and calls readers to work in vital fields.
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India
Jotunda
Cape Kennedy Cable Ship Repairs Long Range Line
Visitors at Cape Kennedy see an old 158 foot freighter berthed at Port Canaveral. The vessel carries large coils of cable and tools to repair the downrange life line tying the cape to Antigua. Pan American operates the ship with Capt. J. B. Fitzpatrick at the wheel, guiding the route through the Bahamas for seven years.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Port Canaveral
Cape
Antigua
West Indies
Pan American
J. B. Fitzpatrick
Bahamas and
Caicos Islands
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