Weather modification urged for the United States
A 17 member advisory panel urges an orderly, long term weather modification program to boost rainfall, reduce hail and tornado impacts, and slow hurricane winds amid rising climate risks and a sizable federal budget for weather projects. Data sharing with the Soviet Union is proposed under a peaceful 20 year plan.
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United States
Soviet Union
Congress
Mark Twain
Weather Modification Advisory Board
Advisory Board
Midwest
High Plains
Ethical debate over in vitro fertilization advances
Dr Daniel Callahan argues that ethics shift with result saying an approach is unethical until proven safe. The first successful birth from a lab created embryo prompts calls to continue research despite prior warnings and fears. He urges moving forward to expand benefits while maintaining ethical scrutiny.
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Daniel Callahan
Institute of Society, Ethics and Life Sciences
Hastings-on- Hudson
N.Y
Lesley Brown
England
European Leaders Press for New Currency to Replace Dollar
At a Copenhagen meeting last April the OECD warned the Atlantic community could face a depression by 1978 or 1979 if trends continue. Schmidt and Giscard d Estaing attacked Carter's policies while calling for a leap to a Europe free of dollar dependence and a new currency.
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Copenhagen
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Schmidt
Giscard d’Estaing
Minster Callaghan
Carter
Atlantic Community of Nations
Washington
Europe
European currency union sparks mixed reactions in Europe
The text cites European natives welcomed to a new currency union while the U.S. is excluded. It notes OPEC favoring another currency, predicts higher U.S. gas prices under Carter, and claims Bonn talks occurred without him. It portrays Carter as aligned with the Rockefeller brothers and credits Spotlight with reporting Copenhagen and Bonn events.
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OPEC
Carter
Jimmy Carter
Bonn
Europe
Rockefeller Brothers
U.S
Cycle safety and penalties for motorists endangering riders
A reader urges stricter action against drivers who pull in front of motorcycles. They cite near misses on Highway 150 near Hiawatha and call for tougher penalties, suggesting a $1000 fine, to curb the growing danger and protect riders.
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Hiawatha
Prison TB fears spur teacher to demand action
A Michigan eighth grade teacher visiting a prisoner at Ft Madison Iowa raises alarm over active tuberculosis cases. He plans TB testing for safety of students and children, questions state health duties, and condemns the system for endangering non inmates.
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Vicksburg, Mich
Ft. Madison
Iowa
Health plan viewed as catastrophic and costly
James J. Kilpatrick argues against national health insurance under Carter, contending no case exists for it and public demand is weak. He notes high current coverage, doctor access, and failures of government programs, urging a gradual approach with private insurers playing a major role.
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Washington
Carter
America
American Medical Association
Palmer
United States
NBC
Mr. Carter
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Congress
Two-faced headlines and language traps in news
A. Wilmot Jacobsen and Elizabeth G. Nelson send examples of ambiguous headlines such as Driver Critical After Accident and Plan Forged to Rewrite Interest Law. The piece explains how word choice and grammar affect meaning and cites a sports passage about Norton Holmes Spinks to illustrate subject verb agreement and pronoun reference.
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A. Wilmot Jacobsen
M.D
Buffalo, N.Y
Elizabeth G. Nelson
Mason City
Miss Nelson
Norton
Holmes
Spinks
Reagan advances toward 1980 nomination in forecasted race
Ronald Reagan is closer to the 1980 Republican nomination than at the 1978 preconvention stage. He has a strong political operation, signals a possible early 1979 push, cites a progressive California record, and outlines a China trip to push closer ties. The path advantages him over rivals while Carter remains vulnerable.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Chicago
California
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By James J. Kilpatrick
Richard E. Palmer
Joe Califano
Washington Star Syndicate
Theodore M. Bernstein
They
Joseph J. Joyce
Riverton
N.J
New York Times Syndicate
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Jack
Roscoe Drummond
Gerald Ford
Wendell Willkie
Robert Taft
Taft
Franklin Roosevelt
People’s Republic of China
Peking
China
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Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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