Great River Now Great Lakes dammed or damned
AP reporter Jules Loh traces the Missouri as six large dam projects reshape the river into lakes across the Dakotas and Montana. He notes conservationists critique the dams while the Corps argues benefits include electricity, irrigation, and recreation. Niobrara faces flooding and towns fear health effects as Lewis and Clark sites vanish under water.
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Jules Loh
Missouri
Gavins Point
Corps of Engineers
Dakotas
Montana
Corps
Great Lakes
Friends of the Earth
Corps” Engineers
David Brower
John Morris
Gen. Morris
Missouri River Division
Delaware
Gen. Mortis
McClendon
Texas
Clark
Lewis and Clark
Niobrara
Wyoming
South Dakota
Missoui
Wyoming Hills
Birth rate drop puzzles Census Bureau in 1971
The US birth total for January through June 1971 fell to 1 755 000, down 17 000 from the same period in 1970, puzzling officials who expected births to rise with more prime age women. They question whether attitudes toward family, abortion, or the economy influence fertility, noting the slower birth rise despite more women of childbearing age.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington Center For Metropolitan Studies
Chilean native aids amid Valparaiso quake
A Chilean native, Camus of PORTLASTE Ore, helped after a Santiago earthquake disrupted air and radio broadcasts. He collected 200 pounds of winter clothing from neighbors and customers, arranged truck transport, and offered goods free as volunteers supported victims in Valparaiso, his hometown.
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Apy Asher Reproman
Sarlas Camus
Chile
Santiage
Camus
Valparaiso
Mother asks UN probe into Jackson death at Soledad
Georgia Jackson, mother of slain inmate Quentin Jackson, asks the United Nations to probe his death in a California prison attempt at Soledad. She cites barbarous conditions and rights abuses, naming Soledad and related deaths during a reported abortive escape.
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Jackson
San Francisco
Georgia Jackson
Sat Quentin
Gieorge Jackson
California
Soledad Beothers
Clso
Congress
Ruth
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Xeb
Meriwether Lewis
Missouri Plateau
Geological Laboratory
Corps of Discovery
Black Hills
North Dakota
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Fort Peck
Lewis
America
Ft. Benton
Edith Warner
High Cow Creek
Cow Island
Pottern
Joseph
Canada
Sand Creek
Wounded Knee
My Lal
National Park Service
Missouri River
Thomas Hart Benton
Smulekoff
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