EPA DDT ban blamed for forest losses and costs
Telegram Opinion notes that bureaucratic arrogance at the EPA, and its ban on DDT, have led to widespread tussock moth defoliation across Washington to California. It cites Barrons figures showing $35,770,000 in costs and vast timber losses plus reforestation and fire-hazard reduction expenses tied to the moth outbreak.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Barron's
National Business and Financial Weekly
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
California
Agriculture Department
Barron’s
Robert Bleiberg
Environment, health toll from tussock moth outbreak cited
Barron’s Bleiberg and EPA opponents argue a tussock moth epidemic harms trees and habitats in Oregon and Washington. The piece notes health risks to loggers hikers and the public and warns defoliation damages watersheds and wildlife, urging cautious pesticide use amid controversy.
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Barron's
Animal Kingdom
Oregon
Washington
Bleiberg
EPA
Qnan
Nature
ISPA
Critics Target Oil Firms But Facts Tell the State of Gas Prices
A reader letter reviews oil industry criticism, argues defenders should examine the record, and cites historical gasoline prices and taxes from 1919 through the 1970s. It notes price trends, tax increases, and government roles while urging clearer information for fair judgment.
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America
Eteras
Italion
Gas price trends and tax impact on workers through 1970s
The Santa Ana Register examines gasoline prices from 1919 to 1973, showing prices rising from 23.41 to 26.82 cents per gallon and taxes climbing from 0.6 to 11.93 cents. It argues that gas affordability for workers deteriorated while after tax take home pay shrank, noting a 40 year decline in real gasoline value and exposing wage-tax dynamics for the 1990s worker.
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Txlay
Santa Ana
Cal
Telegram on Freedom and self-control in 1974 notice
A Columbus Telegram issue from January 10 1974 in Columbus Nebraska carries a faith centered plea for personal freedom and self control aligning with moral guides including the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence. It argues freedom is a divine gift not a government grant and urges peaceful beginnings.
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FAO
Your Freedom
Yin
Low Blood Pressure Question in Dear Dr Lamb Column
A reader asks about low blood pressure and dizziness at 118 over 60. Dr Lamb notes this is not unusually low for a small person and that dizziness needs cause assessment. He suggests stopping Soma compound to test for dizziness and recommends support stockings if low pressure is linked to circulation.
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Lawrence E. Lamb
Dr. Lamb
Polly
Fragmented Across 89 Word Puzzle Excerpt Headlines
A damaged OCR fragment presents a jumble of across clues and scattered words like Wyoming Conakry and York City. The text includes apparent puzzle elements, misread terms, and stray names, lacking coherent narrative or complete items.
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Wyoming
Mammoth
Conakry
Openworksvar
Feral JeNurekaits
Eaubits
Tarich Furs i
Big FAP push risks Nixon presidency and liberal outrage
The piece argues that revived Family Assistance Plan plans will alienate liberals and conservatives alike, risking Nixon's presidency. It cites 1972 aims to mollify liberals, expands welfare costs, and notes California and New York reforms lowering welfare rolls. It contrasts McGovern’s program with Big FAP and recalls Nixon's stance after reelection.
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White House
Nixon
George McGovern
Scrooge McGovern
Scandinavia
Wa Nikon
California
Reagan
Rockefeller
New York
Washington’ Star-News
Congress
The Arab Mind insights warn of mediators in Middle East conflicts
The excerpt argues mediators must separate warring sides to prevent face to face clash and allow settlement without exposing weakness. It cites Patai s The Arab Mind, noting Arabs oscillate between pride and stagnation, tendency to verbal rhetoric, and complex relations with the West shaping 20th century diplomacy and Geneva negotiations.
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Middle East
Geneva
Raphael Patai
Farleigh Nickinson’ University
Patai
al Tsraeli
Questions and Answers from a Classic Education Card
The reader quizzes cover Father of the Classic Ballet as Marius Petipa, the beaver's teeth never rowing, Pershing as a General, hexameron as six days of Creation, Gallaudet University as the world’s deaf education college, and space begins where air thins about 100 miles out.
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Marius Petipa
A — Gallaudet
Washington
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