Survey and Prospect for Energy and Environment Balance
A national consensus is urged on permitting new power generation versus prioritizing lines. The piece notes environmentalist militancy, gradual acceptance by industry, and a failed Kaiparowits coal plant in Utah. It argues for a negotiated compromise to avoid energy shortages and severe posturing between development and preservation.
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Arizona
California
Alaska
Arctic
Atlantic
Pacific
Coffee Dangers Debated As Studies Reach Contradictory Findings
A New England Journal of Medicine report questions earlier links between coffee and heart attack risk, noting confounding factors like smoking. Separate concerns about caffeine include birth defects fertility cancer claims, prompting some to switch to decaf. Inflation and Ford's campaign balance complicate politics and vice presidential planning.
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Charles H. Hennekens
Boston City Hospital
New England Journal of Medicine
Theodore Cooper
United States
Center For Science In the Public Interest
The Retreat Begins From No Growth
The Club of Rome faces a shift as its Limits to Growth report gains fame yet confronts Third World backlash. It now pushes multilateral trade and renewed growth to fund factories and fertilizer plants, arguing profits and private capital are needed to aid development and subsidize investment for the poor.
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Club of
Rome
Club of Rome
Water quality goals spark domestic second thoughts
A National Commission on Water Quality staff report questions moving beyond the 1977 standards. It cites that meeting 1977 targets costs rise, jobs drop, and family bills rise, while benefits are modest, arguing perfection is not worth the tradeoffs.
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U.S
National Commission On Water Quality
National Commisssion
Commission
Business Round Table
Association For A Better New York
Club of Rome
Gary Hart's Budding Senate Ambition in Washington
Washington column outlines Gary Hart's challenge to Senate seniority and his plans for reform. It notes his support for ending corporate bailouts, shaping military policy, and crafting a new generation of leadership. Hart clashes with entrenched practices while aligning with anti traditionalists and fellow liberals on key issues.
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Senate
William Fulbright
Theodore Francis Green
Hart
John Wiliams
Congress
U.S
Lockheed
Armed Services Committee
Culver
Town
Leahy
Vermont
McIntyre
New Hampshire
George McGovern
Defense Department
Senator Soaper and the Flying Trade Winds
A satirical note laments rising airline deception and class bias, suggesting Americans drift toward second class, while a retired friend praises social notes to brag about nonattendances. The piece muses on fading humor rituals as economic indicators wobble, hinting that robberies and prices balance out in uncertain times.
Bureaucrats Violate Civil Rights Act Rewrite Policy
Washington column argues federal agencies use executive orders to enforce affirmative action, creating racial quotas in hiring education and contracting. It cites Titles VI and VII as color blind laws, cites Humphrey and Crane, Buckley proposals, and questions Congress versus bureaucrats in shaping policy.
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Washington
Ast
Congress
Bail Reform Law Has Not Worked
In Washington debate over bail reform grows heated as supporters acknowledge flaws. The 1970 District of Columbia Act aimed to free accused pending trial if community ties show up, but many released defendants are re arrested quickly. Mechanical limits like jail capacity and procedural hurdles strain implementation, while judges sometimes err on the side of caution. Advocates urge tougher, more efficient rules and swift trials to restore public safety and faith.
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Cain
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