Waste tire problem urged for cleanup and research
The Washington Star-News argues discarded tires are a major nonbiodegradable pollutant polluting woods fields and waterways. It notes a proposed Goodyear Tosco recovery plan could recycle 8 million gallons of oil 73 million pounds of carbon black and 2 million pounds of steel to produce about 2 million new tires annually.
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
The
Oil and Shale Corporation
Tosco
Honor and cheating shadow Akron Soap Box Derby and Scouts
The Burlington Times News recalls the Soap Box Derby in Akron as a national youth program, now tarnished by cheating tied to adults. It notes Boy Scouts of America leaders admitting staff fabricating members to meet recruiting quotas, with broader ties to funding and minority programs.
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Akron
Jaycees
Boy Scouts of America
Alden G. Barber
The
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Barber
Washington
Questioning pollsters on declining survey responses
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes rising polling costs, longer completion times, and shrinking response rates as NSF finds surveys lagging behind current events. Poll organizations warn respondents are fewer, even after multiple calls, threatening public attitude insight and prompting the question what are we doing wrong.
King’s English on Watergate tapes sparks language debate
Baton Rouge editors note a letter arguing grammar shows why the White House tapes mislead. The writer asserts presidents and public figures use language to persuade, not to inform, and that knowing correct grammar marks elitism. The piece mocks calls for a pure king’s English.
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United States
Felicity Hoffecker
New York Times
White House
Miss
Italy’s political crisis signals limits of quick leadership change
From the Norfolk Ledger Star, a Canada Italy report notes the resignation of Premier Rumor’s cabinet marks the 36th postwar government to fall in 28 years. Inflation at 20 percent and deep economic trouble frame a near-chaotic scene with crime and terrorism, offering a lesson for the United States on how European style governance can remove leaders in response to public opinion.
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Italy
Rumor
United States
National Council of Churches
Obstructionists in Congress Targeted by Reform Watch
Washington Merry Go Round exposes how lawmakers funded by special interests resist Watergate reforms. It flags foot-dragging on clean elections and House reorganization, urging naming of obstructors and November purge. Military surplus destruction feared as wasteful, costly to taxpayers.
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Washington
Congress
Boulder
Colo
Boulder National Bank
Robert Hart
George Williams
David Lamb
Capitol
Charles Colson
White House
House
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
Defense Department
U.S
Ed Tropeano
Hill Air Force Base
Utah
Community action urged to curb rising crime in High Point
David Jones urges broader community involvement to prevent crime before it starts, noting 60 percent of youths in state penal facilities come from poor families and many have relatives with prior prison terms. He stresses early intervention and support for youths to steer them away from the path to the penitentiary.
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David Jones
State Department of Social Rehabilitation and Control
High Point
North Carolina
Jones
Red Dot Blues in High Point Letters to the Editor
Charles Adams of 1108F Robin Hood Rd protests city officials for overruling a state law on right turns on red. He complains about signs at intersections and questions the cost and judgment of city government in High Point.
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High Point
Charles Adams
Robin Hood Rd
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Jack Anderson
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Pentagon
Minaaissile MonaTorZins
Bland W. Worley
Wachovia Bank
Winston-Salem
High Point College
Europe
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World Council
Japan
Yasui Ohnisha
Shell Oil Company
Mars Hill
Wake Forest
R. B. Culler
Culler
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Tokyo
London
Oakview Baptist Church
Frank Sinatra
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