Doom N What If No Growth Is Kept In Check
MIT computer study warns of a potential global collapse by 2100 if growth continues unchecked. Key factors include population, food, resources, pollution, and industry, but intangible human knowledge and concern about the planet could alter outcomes. The piece notes vast future losses and the idea that future generations invest to prevent crisis.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T
Humanity
Earth
Space
Nixon weighs congress driven busing pause plan
News summaries that President Nixon may push a congressional approach to curb arbitrary busing while avoiding a constitutional amendment. The tactic centers on addressing educational inequities and seeking a moratorium on new court busing decrees to help political aims and court respect.
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U.S
Nixon
Newsleaks
Congress
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
U.S. Supreme Court
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
Agnew
Show-and-Hide TELEVISION GM Jailed For Contempt
New York police jail the general manager of Show-and-Hide for contempt after he refused to turn over subpoenaed riot tapes from October at the House of Detention. The tapes were broadcast publicly and not confidential records. Critics say the detention mocks press protection and public right to know.
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New York
Manhattan
House of Detention
Bernstein on Words Not All That Proper
A NYT feature discusses common usage and precision in writing. It contrasts phrases like not all that late with standard substitutes and distinguishes enormity from enormousness, noting pedantic teaching but practical acceptance in modern prose. It includes a London Cockney miscommunication anecdote.
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Bernstein
New York
Openness risks voter fatigue in Democratic nominating race
Bruce Bioss critiques 1972 Democratic openness as producing a flood of candidates and muddled choices. He notes Florida and New Hampshire primaries, recalls George Wallace's strong Florida lead, and argues for selective reelection of serious contenders. He laments media spots and a crowded field, urging restraint and clearer standards for the nomination process.
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IAMI
Democrats
Democratic Party
Florida
New Hampshire
Alabama
George Wallace
Chicago
Miami Beach
George McGovern
Muskie
Wallace
Humphrey
McGovern
Hartke
Lindsay
Chisholm
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Letter Writers Clash Over Barber Training And City Plans
A state barber union president protests beauticians cutting men’s hair with less training, while a Cedar Rapids environmental group urges against plastic nonreturnable milk containers. Readers also weigh freeway plans and foreign policy topics, criticizing taxes, urban sprawl, and Red China coverage.
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Citizen’s Environment Council
Cedar Rapids
Dairies
Pioneer 10 Aims to Bridge Cosmic Communication Gap
Roscoe Drummond writes on Pioneer 10, NASA’s interplanetary mission to Jupiter and beyond, designed to herald humanity to possible extraterrestrial civilizations. The article notes expert belief in numerous civilizations, the ship’s intended greeting carvings, and a growing U S Soviet backed scientific push to contact intelligences across space.
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Ashington
Earth
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
NASA
U.S
Communique on Peking summit shocks Goldwater critics
William F. Buckley Jr.'s column defends Barry Goldwater's reassurances after the Peking summit. He cites Nixon Kissinger and Rogers as confirming no loss of U.S. stance while noting liberal critics like Kraft Karnow read the communique as concessions. Buckley argues the withdrawal language reflects strategic realities and warns against overreacting to perceived surrender.
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Goldwater
Peking
Nixon
Kissinger
Rogers
Mr. Goldwater
U.S
Taiwan
China
Stan Karnow
Washington Post
United States
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Kraft
Karnow
Indo-China
Korea
Europe
Senator Goldwater
United States Army
Navy
Air Force
Moscow
West Europe
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Fenton
Carlton E. Krueger Elgin
Marion
D. V.bowman
Northwood Drive
American Assn. University
Mt. Vernon Road
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Hitler
Cosmic Outreach
Roscoe Drummond
Pioneer
Milky Way
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
William F. Buckley, Jr
Joseph Kraft
Shanghai
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Yale University
Howard Chao
Formosa
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Department of Government
Chiang
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Washington Star Syndicate
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