Green Salad and lumber shortages raise home costs
The piece argues lumber costs rise from a real shortage and inflation, driven by artificial demand. Georgia-Pacific VP Harry J. Kane blames environmentalist pressure and limited Congressional action for suppressing timber harvests. He says proper forest management could double growth, easing prices for paper, housing, and tissue.
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Harry J. Kane
Georgia-Pacific Corp
Financial Analysts Federation
Detroit
Kane
Nature
Georgia- Pacific
Rhetoric on Busing and Boston School Crisis
The piece argues against cross-town busing as a failed, destructive policy. It criticizes the expenditure and theory behind busing, cites public dissatisfaction, and references President Ford's comments on Boston schools amid a crisis marked by violence and concern for children. It labels busing as illogical and demands end to the policy.
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Ford
Congress
Gerald Ford
Boston
Tle
Growing Up With B J Big John Portrait of a Police Lieutenant
The narrator recalls Big John, a 91 year old police lieutenant with blue eyes, snowy hair, and a chesty frame. He was serious, funny, and generous, aiding workers and writing letters to managers. He warned about women, yet fascinated many, striding Atlantic City boardwalk with drum major energy. He loved women but understood little of them, yet what he did understand helped them relate to him.
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Big John
Momma
Atlantic City
John Michael
Memories of Big John and the Diplomat at the Met Opera
Portrait of Jim Bishop recalling a domineering figure nicknamed The Diplomat, known as Big John. The narrative, set around New York’s Met and police culture, sketches family chaos, feasts, punishments, and power struggles, with mentions of Giovanni Martinelli, deputies like John Underwood and Harry Walsh, and Bishop’s literary work and Israel trip.
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Strauss
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Big John
Giovanni Martinelli
John Underwood
Harry Walsh
Jennie
Johny
Adele
Jim
Puzzle filled with scrambled clues from ancient game
A dense list of crossword style clues and partial answers, featuring items like 43 Nobleman 45 Cup and 58 Ainstein, with scattered names, numbers, and word fragments. The text resembles a mixed puzzle page with unclear formatting and many garbled entries, offering few coherent facts beyond a chaotic clue set.
Dear Dr Lamb What to do after a abnormal ECG
A reader asks about an ECG showing a definite abnormal curve. The doctor cautions that ECG interpretations are not diagnoses and minor changes can arise from anxiety food intake electrode placement or standard conditions. The doctor advises following the physician's guidance and avoiding excess alcohol or tobacco while seeking clarification.
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Lawrence E. Linsnb
M.D
Lamb
Rogen Jugs memorial edited by Bryan Steeling
In Los Angeles the Memorial Commission notes voter registration practices allow each qualified voter to register themselves and ten dead friends. Republicans oppose the arrangement, arguing it benefits Democrats due to the lack of ten qualifying Republican friends. October 17, 1984.
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Weil Bayer Et Memorial Commission
Bryan Steeling
Los Angeles
Columbus Telegram Ponders Peace and Moral Duty
The Columbus Telegram from Nebraska discusses themes of freedom, religious duty, and national morality. It comments on government, civil rights, and the role of individuals in seeking justice, urging peaceful action and personal responsibility. The piece reflects 1974 public discourse about liberty and societal obligations.
Soursoil Farm and the Ecologist in Cheshire
A reminiscence traces a Cheshire, Connecticut farm started on sour soil near the old canal. The author chronicles early gardening failures, EB White’s critique, and adopting composting and ecologist ideals. He contrasts conservative energy needs with a push for safer, smarter energy and food innovations while opposing negativist ecologists.
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New Haven
Northampton Canal
Cheshire
Conn
New York Times
Burpee
E.B. White
The
New Yorker
EB. White
Arctic pipeline study notes caribou refuge via raised roads
John Chamberlain reports in the Smithsonart Institute magazine on Prudhoe Bay to Valdez oil plans. The piece notes raised roads and above-ground pipelines can protect permafrost, while caribou avoid mosquitos on elevated routes, suggesting ecologists and industry may find common ground amid debates over Alaska oil.
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Smithsontart Institute
Prudhoe Bay
Valdez
Whch
J £d Thompson
Life
Don Carl’ Steffen
Fnot Guilies
Arctic
Regulatory lag hinders utility rate cases across states
A survey of 31 states by Electrical World defines regulatory lag as the delay between filing for a rate change and approval by a public utility commission. Arizona saw a case drag from 197 to 404 days in 1972, while Ohio had an application pending since May 1972 with hearings starting in February. Utilities warn lag leads to deteriorating service and delayed generation expansion, raising costs amid high inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Utility Commission
Electrical World Magazine
Arizona
Ohio
Alvan W. Vogtle Jr
Southern Company
Jag Ace
Vogtle
Regulators Swamped by Utility Rate Increase Pyramiding
Don Oakley notes that every new utility rate filing before prior ones finish worsens administrative chaos. He cites understaffing as a main lag cause and points to Pennsylvania Nevada Kentucky and Delaware as examples with strict processing limits or bond-back mechanisms. He argues competition could fix rates, yet regulated monopolies persist and postponed increases are not never.
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Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission
Nevada
Kentucky
Delaware
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lLarsehac
Ainstein
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Renae
Duda
Mariner
Ion
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Ry Schoat
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Mater Utorain
Anger
Privefighter’s Plant Caulilover
Recreation
Billervetch
Aca
Dr.Lamb
Columbus
Your Freedom Newspaper
Nebraska
John Chamberlain
Usher Hip Hbataty Etaieteune
Don Oakley
Tleassop
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