Lattice Dome Proposed To Cover Wilmington City
In Wilmington Delaware civil engineer Dr Celina P Ugarte presented a latticed dome concept at a Research Foundation luncheon suggesting a 10 mile wide dome could climate control the city. She cites weather relief from snow and ice and notes steel alloys prestressed cables and towers could support a durable skin. The American Society of Civil Engineers backs further study into cable structures and urban dome feasibility.
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Wilmington
Del
University of Delaware
Celina P. Ugerte
Lea
Kansas
Ugarte
American Society of Civil Engineering
Universities and Gov t Tie-Up Risks Purity of Purpose
Editorial examines the growing interdependence of higher education and federal funding. It notes about 3 billion dollars yearly into colleges for scholarships, facilities, and research, raising concerns over defense contracts and secret work shifting focus from basic to applied study. It highlights Fulbright’s warning about war-driven university agendas and cites Adams Jaffe findings on outsourcing and the Camelot episode. It covers moves to classify basic research and pledge to end secret social science funding, plus Harris's push for a National Foundation for the Social Sciences.
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Defense
Department of Defense
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
University of Arkansas
Congress
Fulbright
U. S. Advisory Commission On International Educational and Cultural Affairs
Michigan State University
Walter Adams
Adrian Jaffe
University of Pennsylvania
Camelot
American University
Chile
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
National Foundation For the Social Sciences
Sen. Harris
Foundation
Five British Secretaries Prompt Home Sized Pay Restraint Idea
The Charlotte News reflects on five young British secretaries who volunteered to work an extra half hour daily without pay to aid the economy. It contrasts their selflessness with American labor groups pursuing raises, urging restraint amid economic stress and criticizing those who resist such sacrifices.
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Britain
New York
Florida
United Auto Workers
New York City
Rivers Plan to Vacation in Puerto Rico Creates Fallout
Drew Pearson reports Congressman Lucius Mendel Rivers of Charleston sought a January Puerto Rico trip with Army nursemaid Diego Randazzo. The Army covered $3,800 in Class A funds and later erased trip references from Randazzo’s file amid questions of a cover up and congressional courtesy.
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Bell-McClure Syndicate
Washington
Lucius Mendel Rivers
Charleston
S. C
Congress
Puerto Rico
Capitol Hill
Army
Diego Randazzo
Randazzo
Fort Benning
San Juan
Pentagon
Rivers
Europe
Air Force
Cozier
House Armed Services
Navy
Bethesda Naval Hospital
197Th
Army Legislative Liaison Office
Fort Easier
Department of the Army
Angelo Agrafiotis
Coats
Philosopher of Self Management by Strackbein
A book review argues that personal self control underpins social order. It praises Strackbein for linking ego management to humane discipline, warns against ego driven domination, and urges self policing with education, religion, and literature as aids.
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Oscar Robert Strackbein
Strackbein
Robert Strackbein
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