Sniffing Odors Around Calgary and Danville Studied
A Canadian consulting firm tests volunteer sniffers to map odors in Calgary. The report imagines a similar survey in Danville, noting tobacco processing, gypsum, dye work, fertilizer plants, and urban vehicle emissions as major odor sources along with baking bread, popcorn, onion grease, and park fragrances from May to August. Odor realities vary by district and season.
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Calgary
Rockies
Alberta
Montana
Danville
Central Business District
Industrial Avenue
Riverside
Memorial Drives
Piney Forest Road
Craghead
Bridge Streets
Ringgold
Dan River
Smith-Douglass Fertilizer Plant
Fall Creek
North Main
Jefferson Avenue
Ballou Park
Hijacking for ransom raises peril on the airways
A period piece warns that extortion hijackings are rising after D. B. Cooper's escape with 260000. Four of five recent attempts ended in death or arrest, prompting stronger security measures and air marshal patrols to deter would be hijackers and protect passengers and crew.
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D. B. Cooper
Cuba
Mont Air Lines
Court order unites three districts into single system
A Federal District Judge on Jan 10, 1972 consolidated Richmond City, Henrico County, and Chesterfield County schools into a 101,000 student system, ending separate units. The move, aimed at racial balance, splits jurisdictions and could override local control. Appeals are in progress as lawmakers push anti-busing constitutional measures HR 610 and HJR 620.
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Richmond
Henrico
Chesterfield
Virginia
House of Representatives
Legislative Branch
Jarring
Rogers
Negev
Jordan Valley
U.S
Okinawa
Japan
William S. Hanner
Golan Heights
Egypt
Freedom Tales of a Czech Refugee Joe Pokorny
Holmes Alexander recounts meeting Joseph Pokorny a 43 year old Czech refugee with a rich travel background. Born under Nazi and later Soviet pressure Pokorny escaped via West Germany and New York where he settled, marrying Jacqueline and raising two daughters Suzanne and Gabrielle. He now sells ski equipment in winter and tennis toys in summer while reflecting on liberty and the Vietnam War. He recalls Prague Liberation Day’s complex aftermath and argues Russia waits, Cuba failed to spark a timely win, urging Americans to appreciate freedom.
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Valley View
Joseph Pokorny
Seven “St
District of Columbia
Beta Shoe Company
Czechoslovakia
Harford County
Millard
Tydings
Joe Pokorny
Joe
Hitler
Prague
USA
Ussr
Gls
Pilsen
Middle Europe
Yesteryear
Marshall Zhukov
Berlin
Sand
West Germany
Europe
Waiden
New York
Jacqueline
Suzanne
Gabriéll
Bodk
Government
Cuba
Russia
Israel and the Middle East Imbalance in Jerusalem
William F Buckley Jr reports from Jerusalem on Israeli intransigence and the search for a realistic path to peace. He contrasts responses within Israel, leadership remarks by Golda Meir, and international reactions as the region remains volatile and debates over concessions intensify.
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Jerusalem
Mideast
New York City
Israel
Amos Elon
East Pakistan
Golda Meier
Prayer in schools divides voters and Congress
A reader notes 82 percent of Catholics and 92.6 percent of Americans favor school prayer, while Muskie’s stance and Democratic opposition loom large. The piece cites a 240 to 162 House vote and hints at Election 1972 as a battleground for school prayer advocacy, with public polls showing mixed support and potential political fallout.
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Cath
Edmund
Muskie
Enquirer
Ameri
Henry of Navarre
Paris
House of Representatives
Congress
North Carolina
Wilmer Mizell
Fycussens
National Council of Churches
State of
New York
Warren Court
Muski
Inchas
N J
Poachers Fences Threaten Africa's Wildlife Legacy
National Geographic warns Africa's wildlife legacy is in mortal peril with a population shrinkage to a tenth of its 50 years ago. Blocked migration by fences and expanding farming threatens Serengeti lands, Masai parks, and long term conservation plans as poaching and habitat loss rise.
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Washington
Africa
Allan’c. Fisher, Jr
National Geographic
East Africa
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Sdte
Serengeti National Park
Ngorongoro
Serengeti
National ‘Geographic Society
Society
Wolper Productions, Inc
CBS
Solomon Alexander ‘de Saibull
Masai
Bnd
S Ite
Ethiopia
Somalia
South Africa
Rhodesia
France
Mr Fisher
Nixon opposed by adviser on Family Assistance Plan
A Nixon insider says the President now wants to drop the Family Assistance Plan but cannot find a clean exit. Nixon reportedly calls FAP his top domestic priority, a stance echoed by White House signals that the plan was sidelined in the new economic proposal. The piece links FAP to Milton Friedman's Negative Income Tax concept, arguing its conceptual appeal lay in automation rather than targeting systemic poverty factors.
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Israel
Ident
Egypt
New York
Soviet Union
East Paris
U.S
State Department
Suez Canal
Department
White House
Malik
Dave
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Friedman
Milton Friedman
IRS
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Branham Company
Chicago
Atlanta
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Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
National Society of Film Critics
Claire
Hong Kong
King
Holmes Alexander
William F. Buckley, Jr
Churchill
Rucell Kirk
Jeffrey Hart
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