Barriers High in Carter Coal Push Facing Industry Skepticism
Washington analysts and industry leaders debate whether a push to switch utilities and industry from oil and gas to coal can meet President Carter's goal of expanding coal use by 1985. Skeptics warn of labor, capital, and transport hurdles, while supporters cite expansion plans, new plants, and government aid.
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President Carter
United States
Carl E. Bagge
The
National Coal Assn
Bagge
Senate
United Mine Workers
Wildcat
Coal Association
Government watches our weight Obesity No 1 malnutrition
Washington report outlines obesity as the nation’s top form of malnutrition. Senate hearings cite rising numbers, with estimates up to 80 million overweight Americans and 15 million clinically obese. Diet patterns linked to heart disease and cancer, plus shifts in school lunch debates and proposed free lunches, frame a growing health issue.
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George McGovern
D-S.d
McGovern
U.S
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Tion
Department of Agriculture
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Congress
Richard F. Spark
Harvard Medical School
Word Notes and Language Curiousities in a Column
Theodore M. Bernstein explores stash as both noun and verb meaning lay away or stored items. He discusses deprecated versus depreciate, clarifies their Latin roots and usage, and jokes about a fear of Friday the 13th called friskaidekaphobia.
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Helen B. Brass
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William C. Kessel
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