World Food Shortages Spur Dome Greenhouses Idea
In a Mexico workshop Dartmouth professor Dr Robert E Huke warned world population may reach 6.4 billion in 25 years while cultivated land shrinks 20 percent. He proposed domed solar heated enclosures on city fringes to grow vegetables fruit and fish for about 100 families each and suggested heat from power plants could aid greenhouse farming.
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Dartmouth College
Southeast Asia
Mexico
Robert E. Huke
Huke
Vermont
Florida
Canada
Soviet Union
Norwich
Maine
Wise Sensitivity and Affirmative Action Debates
The Nation weighs affirmative action at City College of New York Center for Biomedical Education, noting lawsuits alleging reverse discrimination against white males. It argues that goals or targets for minority and women representation are permissible, not quotas, and that diverse admissions and hiring benefit society while addressing historic injustices.
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Tom Wicker
New York
City College of New York
Center For Biomedical Education
Anti-Defamation League of B’nat Brith
Center For Urban Affairs
Murray Schwartz
U.C.L.A. Law School
U.C.L.A
Dis
Derek Bok
Harvard University
Biddeford-Saco Journal Publisher Names Roles
Wm. E. Foster 1881 1963 Alta W. Foster B F C. Whitehouse W. Paul Casavant publisher Charles C. Sutton managing editor Gladys M. Whitehouse president treasurer.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
White House pressure on CIA spied on antiwar movement
Washington notes reveal Richard Helms testified the White House pressured the CIA to investigate antiwar protesters while alleging little foreign influence. Secret Service expanded surveillance, creating a vast file system on hundreds of thousands of Americans, with celebrities among those documented. The piece links domestic spying to Watergate, describes the Domestic Contact Service’s covert shift in 1973, and notes budgetary motives behind agency changes. Also included are brief items on Senate Building renovations, Army latrine spending, and energy use at Andrews and Bolling bases.
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Les Whitten
Washington
CIA
White House
Richard Helms
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Helms
Johnson
Nixon
The
Black Panthers
Weathermen
Central Intelligence Agency
Secret Service
Nonviolent
Direct Action
Vietnam
Dick Gregory
Groucho Marx
Tony Randall
Marlon Brando
Paul Newman
Rock Hudson
Carl Reiner
Paul Harvey
Joan Baez
E. Howard Hunt
Hunt
James Bondeee
Congress
Army
Ford
Andrews Air Force Base
Bolling Air Force Base
General's Row
International Revenue Service
Detroit
FBI
G-men
IRS
Crashing Crosswords and Dr Dolittle Duck Debate
Abroad At Home Observer humorist Russell Baker reflects on a leisurely Sunday spent tangled in a crossword puzzle and naming debates about Dr Dolittle’s duck, illustrating light, witty introspection.
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Russell Baker
Dr. Dolittle
Obsession with Vietnam drives heavy U S policy push
Anthony Lewis critiques U S moves toward expanding military aid to Vietnam amid macro dangers: energy, economy, and Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union. Kissinger’s influence and congressional resistance are highlighted as crucial obstacles to any renewed intervention. The piece argues escalation would repeat past mistakes and prolong conflict.
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Anthony Lewis
Boston
Middle East
United States
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Cambodia
Thieu
Saigon
Washington
Congress
Washington Scene Revolt in the House
James Reston analyzes a House revolt against the old seniority system and "petty barons" at committee heads. Reformers backed by new members eroded chairmen’s power, expanding caucus and Steering Committee influence, signaling a broader leadership shift under Speaker Albert and Majority Leader O'Neill. The piece notes implications for President Ford and possible new power centers in Congress.
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James Reston
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
House
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
House Administration
Wright Patman
Texas
Banking and
Currency
F. Edward Hebert
Louisiana
Armed Services
W.R. Poage
Agriculture Committee
Wilbur Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Carl Albert
Tip O'Neill
Massachusetts
O'Neill
Mills
Bingham
New York
House of Representatives
House Judiciary Committee
Richard Nixon
Albert
Congress
Albert and
Rep
Philli Burton
California
Udall
Joe D. Waggoner Jr
John Brademas
Indiana
John J. McFall
Ford
Exares
Pentagon
Hebert
Armed Services Committee
South Vietnam
Eisenhower
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Capitol Hill
New York Times
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Dean Schwartz
Jack Anderson
Senate
Ft. Carson
Colo
State Department
Hanoi
U.S
Secretary of Defense
Fortign Affairs
Maynard Parker
Jeu
National Council
Parker
Schlesinger
America
Kissinger
Ego
Ava
Miss Gardner
Evita Peron
Monk
Jazzman Thelonious
Eva
Evita
Etta
Miss Kett
Como
Perry
Lake
Ana
Arcas
Zeus
Ieus
Odyssey
MR. Politigan
Jonathan B. Bingham
Richard Bolling
Missouri
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
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