Humanities Faith Grows at State, Gill Says
North Carolina State University leaders emphasize balanced education beyond technical skills. State Treasurer Edwin Gill warns against over specialization, citing Washington Franklin and Jefferson as examples of well rounded leaders. He urges humanities for citizenship and leadership in a material age.
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North Carolina State University At
Raleigh
State
North Carolina Humanities Foundation
Edwin Gill
Gill
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Franklin
Jefferson
Death defined by brain activity rules in California case
A California judge ruled that legal death occurs with irreversible cessation of brain function, over the defense of a murder trial where the victim’s heart continued to beat during a transplant two days after the gunshot. Doctors testified, and appeal is planned, as medical ethics and law confront new frontiers in defining life and death.
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California
William J. Hayes
Hayes
Andrew D. Lyons
Samuel M. Allen Jr
Allen
Norman Shumway
Stanford University
Lyons
Airlines on edge as fares rise pressuring travel demand
Air carriers face higher fuel costs and cut schedules raising fears of reduced passenger traffic, especially on international routes. Passport issuance is down about 18 percent from 1973, signaling fewer overseas trips. Pan Am and TWA seek CAB approval to consolidate transatlantic services amid large first quarter losses.
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Europe
Trans World Airlines
Pan American World Airways
North Atlantic
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pan Am
TWA
Pan American
CAB
Justice Department
White House
Peter M. Flanigan
Transportation Department
U. S
Aviation Week & Space Technology
Postal Service graft alleged in Ernst and Ernst bid favors
United Features investigation ties Assistant Postmaster General James Hargrove to steering the 1971 postal auditing contract to Ernst and Ernst. The firm recruited Gould and Bowen for $20,000 and Gould repeatedly urged renewals without bids while Bowen certified contracts. Nixon era white house notes allege broadWhite House pressure against critics.
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Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
Washington
Postal Service
Ernst and Ernst
James Hargrove
Hargrove
Richard F. Gould
John R. Bowen
Ernst
Gould
Bowen
Robert
McCutcheon
Nixon
White House
Rose Mary Woods
The quality of life and the Nazi echo
Stanton Evans argues that the phrase quality of life is used to justify selecting which lives are worth living. He links abortion and euthanasia debates to eugenic thinking and warns of totalitarian echoes in 20th century history, citing Hitler as a warning for contemporary America.
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Ron Ziegler
White House
Haldeman
John Dean
Washington) Post
Dean
Bureau
FBI
Justice Department
J. C. Willke
Hiltz Publishing
Cincinnati
Robert Morison
Cornell
England
Adolf Hitler
America
Probing the Future predicts a vibrant 2000s cityscape
Engineering News-Record marks its centennial with a bold 538 page outlook on life around the year 2000. Predictions envision high rise cities, multilevel plazas, floating traffic, self contained 25 thousand person communities, and rapid transit. Advances in materials, robotics, and thinking computers reshape building trades and design.
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United States
Engineering News-Record
McGraw-Hill
America
San Francisco
Philadelphia
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Fortune
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Stanton Evans
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