Scholars Warn Protection Needed Against Technology
A panel led by Harvey Brooks at Harvard warns that rapid advances in technology risk grave social and environmental harm unless safeguards are built in. The group calls for expanded government oversight through a Joint Committee on Technology and stronger planning to curb negative side effects while preserving progress. Rep Emilio Daddario plans hearings to review the panel’s recommendations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harvey Brooks
Engigance
Harvard University
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Mittee
Science
Astronau
Sonedy
Kara
Edward Jr
Santa Barbara Channel
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Robert F
Executive Branch
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Emilio Q. Daddario
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Science, Research and Development Subcommittee
Mrs Kennedy Home From Hospital After Miscarriage
Joan Kennedy, 33, wife of Senator Edward M Kennedy, left Cape Cod hospital Saturday three days after her third miscarriage since 1963. She was admitted Thursday night and Senator Kennedy returned from Nantucket offshore after the emergency.
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Mass
Joan Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Cape Cod Hospital
Mrs. Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Nantucket
Kennedy aide’s wife hospitalized after accident reveal
The Kennedy family aide’s wife was hospitalized Saturday with her husband after a pregnancy reveal timed to Kennedy’s nationwide TV appearance about his role in the Martha’s Vineyard car crash. The couple remained at the Hyannis Port compound as hospital officials reported their weekend absence.
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Kennedy
Martha's Vineyard
Mary Jo Kopechne
Hyannis Port
Memory improves in elderly via oxygen chamber study
Scientists report a pressure chamber with 100 percent oxygen boosted memory in 13 Buffalo area patients with a median age of 68 after two weeks of twice daily treatments. The method seeks to counter senility effects like cerebral arteriosclerosis and cognitive decline, though researchers warn longer follow up is needed.
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Washington
Eleanor A. Jacobs
State University of New York
School of Medicine At
Buffalo
American Psychological Association
Association
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Chance Motorists Risk Time For Tiny Gain
A daily reminder notes that some drivers seek to shave moments off trips, only to jeopardize long term safety and durability of journeys, highlighting the peril of risky shortcuts on busy roads.
Kennedy to face questions at island inquest
Edgartown Massachusetts AP reports Sen Edward Kennedy faces public inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne death on Chappaquiddick Island. The hearing opens with limited cross examination under state rules. media access and witness attendance are tightly controlled as the district court weighs procedures and admissible testimony.
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Edward M. Kennedy
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Mary Jo Boyle
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Kopechne
Pleas Court of
Wilkes-Barre
Joseph Kopechne
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Chappaquiddick Island
Pennsylvania
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Boston
Edward F.s
U.S
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Thomas A. Teller
Edmund Dinis
Sible
Gargangan
Massachusetts
Markham
Martha’s Vineyard
James A. Boyle
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