Clear-Cut Forest Order Dies After Industry Pressure
The New York Times notes a swift withdrawal of a proposed executive order by the Council on Environmental Quality to curb clear-cutting in national forests. Led by the National Forest Products Association, the lumber lobby argued limits could trigger a price and supply crunch in spring building. The episode highlights tensions between conservation goals and industry interests during an election year.
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Council On Environmental Quality
C.E.Q
National Forest Products Association
Forest Service
Nixon
Robbing The Dough Bread Loss of Nutrition Cited
A Greensboro Record piece cites nutritionist Adelle Davis noting that since 1862 a refining process stripped nutrients from white flour. She says germ nutrients were discarded to boost profits, reducing minerals and vitamins while improving shelf life and flavor.
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Adelle Davis
Costly Convenience in Food Packaging
A Milwaukee Journal feature reports that only about a third of the food dollar reaches farmers while middlemen take the rest. US Agriculture Department figures show nearly 9 cents of each dollar for packaging, driven by convenience foods and national distribution.
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US Agriculture Department
Marantology: Aims for dignity in end of life care
Dr. William D. Poe of Duke proposes marantology a field to ease dying with dignity for the elderly rather than prolong life at all costs. He argues physicians should accept death as part of living and avoid aggressive care that demeans the patient.
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William D. Poe
Duke University
New England Journal of Medicine
Poe
Blackout on Mars Ends Too Soon Says Soviet Scientists
The Miami Herald reports a 20 second transmitter blackout after a Soviet lander soft landed on Mars. Officials cite unknown landscape features or a dust storm as causes. The piece jokingly speculates the pause was caused by Little Green Men to dodge a commercial.
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Mars
Nixon Discloses South Vietnam Strength Rise in war effort
Nixon uses secret figures to argue for sustained American support as South Vietnam boosts ground and air forces. Strength climbs from 646,900 to 1,052,500 with 643,000 regional militiamen, 189 maneuver battalions, 47 artillery battalions, and rising helicopter and ship counts.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Paris meeting with Kissinger cited in 1971 leak
The article notes Kis singer met Le Duc Tho in Paris on July 12 1971 and discusses U S trust issues with South Vietnam in Paris and intercepted messages code named Gout. It mentions NSA handling messages marked Immediate Precedence for Henry Kissinger and concerns about the source of the story.
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Nixon
Henry Kissinger
le Due Tho
Paris
Hanoi
David K. E. Bruce
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Washington
Saigon
National Security Agency
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
FBI
Duke Power Chief Sees Fast Breeder as Key to New Power Era
Carl Horn Jr. warns utilities face rising costs unless fast breeder reactors cut electricity prices. He cites Edison Electric Institute projects with TVA and Commonwealth Edison on a prototype plant costing about two thirds of a billion dollars. The Duke firm traces its roots to Buck Duke and powered North Carolina’s growth with hydro plants before coal shifted generation in 1925.
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Old Buck Duke
Carl Horn Jr
Duke
Edison Electric Institute
TVA
Chicago
Commonwealth Edison Co
W. Gill Wylie
New York City
Wylie
Buck Duke
Mr. Duke
Carolinas
Dr. Wylie
Rock Hill
S.C
Charlotte
Catawba
Yadkin
Saluda
Wateree
North Carolina
Piedmont
Duke Endowment
Horn
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