Park Service to let nature reclaim Outer Banks shores
The National Park Service abandons attempts to halt erosion on North Carolina’s Outer Banks after decades and millions in efforts. It notes shoreline loss threatens billions in property value and urges leaving shorelines to natural processes while mitigating private development inland.
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Canute
Canny Canute
National Park Service
North Carolina
Outer Banks
Park Service
Hatteras National Seashore
Hatteras
Parks Service
Lake Michigan
Michigan City
Congress
Self-Reliance From The Asheville Citizen
During the summer local stores sold many home freezers and canning equipment and a winter run on wood stoves and freestanding fireplaces seems likely. In shortages and rumors, the piece urges not to abandon simple back-to-earth practices and to back up a step if needed.
Mortgage For College Degrees
Costs for four year college attendance are high with private Harvard at about 25000 and state Massachusetts around 12000. Financing is complex and uneven, relying on government loans scholarships family support jobs and aid, with private schools advantaged by public aid. The piece argues for broader government tuition aid and a longer amortization period to ease middle class burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
University of Massachusetts
Odd Couple Split Nobel Peace Prize Says Tulsa Tribune
The Tulsa Tribune notes the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize went to Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho. It argues Kissinger drove peace through pressure, Tho procrastinated, and that sharing the award harms the prize by implying North Vietnam’s generosity rather than American action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Henry Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Jong
Southeast Asia
Tho
North Vietnam
Goldwater pushes reform on private data and social security use
Washington Star News reports Representative Barry Goldwater Jr. introduces bills to give individuals the right to know what personal data is collected, how to obtain copies, and to challenge accuracy. He also proposes a ban on using Social Security numbers as a universal identifier without specific congressional authorization or consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry M. Goldwater Jr
California
Congress
Goldwater
Mail order perils and shopper safeguards urged by consumer chief
Mrs. Virginia Knauer warned about the $40 billion a year mail order trade and complaints about orders. The National Observer polices ads by verifying advertiser integrity with references and financial statements, setting standards against exaggerated terms.
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Virginia Knauer
Czarina For Consumer Affairs
Federal Trade Commission
Senator Soaper Faces Peace Disturbance Charge
A satirical notice portrays Senator Soaper as calling for someone without sin to cast the first stone, then acquiring a peace disturbance charge. The piece mocks modern caution about consumer life choices affecting health and behavior.
Petroleum Council calls for gasoline rationing in national emergency
Washington urges coupon rationing of all energy fuels, including gasoline, home and commercial fuel oil, to bridge a projected demand gap amid Middle East oil denials. The 60 page confidential report says voluntary controls won’t suffice and outlines steps from price controls suspension to relaxed air standards and car pooling.
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Jack Anderson
United
Sydicate
Washington
National Petroleum Council
Council
Committee On
United States
Middle East
U.S
White House
Federal Power Commission
National whirlagig political strategy and impeachment debate
An analysis argues Nixon cannot be convicted in the Senate without House action and questions the timing of impeachment. It likens opponents to carrying a strong fighter toward 1976, while calling for a decisive put up or shut up clash. It cautions against Cox and Kunstler and notes the lengthy, uncertain path of impeachment proceedings.
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Hammacher Schlemmer
Washington
Nixon
Senate
House
George Aiken
Vermont
Republic
United States
Congress
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
South
Cox
Archibald Cox
Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Kleindeinst
Angela Davis
William Kunstler
American Bar Association
Crime and Punishment in Prison Riot Warning
Observers urge negotiation and formal grievance procedures to avert prison riots after Attica. Across states like Missouri Illinois Indiana Oklahoma inmates have seized guards and hostages, causing millions in damage. Suggestions include third party mediation, minimum prisoner rights standards, and mediation training for staff.
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Indiana State Prison
Ilinois
Stateville Penitentiary
Oklahoma
MacAlester
Attica
National Council On Crime and Delinquency
American Arbitration Association
Center For Correctional Justice
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DES Moines Register
Asheville
Christian Science Monitor
Committee For Economic
Tulsa Tribune
Washington Star-News
Holt McPherson
National Observer
Israel
Kenton
L. L. Bean
Gokey
Sear Roebuck
Sears
Senator Soaper
Petroleum Council
Industry
East Coast
Northwest
Southwest
Rockies
Upper Mid-West
Ernest Cuneo
North American Newspaper Alliance
Watergate
Supreme Court
OF Crime & Punishment
New York
St. Louis
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