Homesteaders Not History In America
Alberta homesteaders like Dewey and Heather Stickney tame wilderness on 1.75 square miles to build a cattle and crop farm. They face isolation, limited services, and weather damage while planning a large future house and a four month Australia and Far East cruise.
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Edward Cowan
New York Times
Breaking Point
Alberta
Heather Stickney
Dewey Stickney
Department of Lands and Forests
Stickney
Heather
Dewey
Stickneys
Australia
Far East
McCarthy Splitter? Kennedy Backers Drift to Humphrey
In Washington Theodore SorenSen argues Kennedy supporters should back neither McCarthy nor Humphrey. Sutton shifts to McCarthy but many Kennedy loyalists prefer Humphrey, citing McCarthy’s antiorthodox style and lack of party regularity. Kennedy’s death intensifies the rift.
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New York Times News Service
Washington
Theodore C. Sorensen
Kennedy Brothers
South Dakota
Robert Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Humphrey
Manhattan
Percy E. Sutton
Kennedy
McCarthy
Sutton
Sorensen
Richard N. Goodwin
Eugene Nickerson
New York
Vietnam
Johnson
Oregon
California
Mayor Daley
Bob Kennedy
Report foresees apartheid society if trends continue
Washington researchers project 1985 urban racial divide with central cities gaining 10 million nonwhites and suburbs adding 53.9 million whites, signaling stark geographic segregation. Douglas urges suburban absorption of Negroes to ease tensions without weakening inner city political power.
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New York Times
Washington
National Commission On Urban Problems
America
Commission On Civil Disorders
Paul H. Douglas
Illinois
Johnson
Patricia Leavey Hodge
Philip M. Hauser
University of Chicago
U. S. Bureau of the Census
Commission
Congress
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Douglas
Peace Corps Feels Impact Of Draft
The Peace Corps faces tighter draft deferments and rising draft calls, with officials estimating about 100 volunteers recalled from overseas and 490 serious draft problems among 12,000 volunteers. Reclassification to 1-A rose since 1967, forcing more active draft aid and recruitment of physicians, as overseas postings were cut from 120 to 90.
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Peace Corps
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Volunteers In Service To America
VISTA
Teacher Corps
Peace
Jack Hood Vaughn
Congress
Public Health Service
Public
Congressional Quarterly Inc
100 Can Be Screened Daily Heart Disease Detector Described
Betty John reports the Electro Cardio Analyzer a finger operated compact device by Thiokol and used in industrial plants to screen workers for heart problems within a minute. It links via six leads to a small computer reporting results with lights. A companion ECA for children is already being mass used.
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Texas Instruments
Betty John
World Book Science Service
Los Angeles
Thiokol Chemical Corp
City Violence Rates Vary. Optimism Fades Says Douglas
A official remarks that violence levels differ by city and that optimism has waned over six months. Douglas stresses the challenge as the hard reality confronts officials and residents.
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Douglas
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Manning
Tom Wicker
Apartheid Society Ahead
Purity Water Filter Co
Phoenix, Ariz
Herbert E. Kaufman
University of Florida
Richard E. Sheltes
Harvard
Amazon
FDA
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