State peers into problem of pollution
California has struggled for 25 years to curb air pollution with local action and state support. The Environmental Quality Study Council formed by 1968 legislation aims to boost state participation, address water pollution in Los Angeles Harbor, noise and trash, and mobilize public opinion against pollution. In Berkeley protests, 200 demonstrators set a gasoline engine ablaze and marched four miles to denounce car pollution.
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Environmental Quality Study Council
David L. Baker
Garden Grove
Los Angeles Harbor
Berkeley
Detroit
Sleep Experts Question Need for Long Hours
A British consultant argues that five or six hours may suffice and a few hours could even be enough by 2000, while others disagree. The piece notes early research on dreams and worries about sleep, and imagines future societies valuing more idle time while work demand declines.
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Mangalore Pai
Dr. Freud
Dr. Pai
Theu Sluggard
St. Xavier High
Louisville
Aloha R and R notes and reader reply
Letter recounts Hawaii R and R trip with son and wife noting airline and hotel discounts, a budget car rental, and low daily rates. Editor responds about Christian values and Vietnam War defense, expressing pride in American sacrifice and freedoms.
Nixon note sparks dinner trip in Charlotte
The account recalls a birthday moment when the 75th was greeted with humor and political thoughts. Associates from the Charlotte Observer and Charlotte News urged attendance at a formal dinner in Charlotte, with expectations of remarks on the nation as coffee and cordials circulated.
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Charlotte Observer
The
Charlotte News
Knight turns 75 with praise from Nixon and peers
John S. Knight recounts a birthday in Charlotte and Akron with guests including J. Montgomery Curtis and Lee Hills. He quotes a White House letter from Nixon praising his press career and reflects on open administration values while acknowledging critics. He cites messages from Elbert P. Tuttle and Stuart Symington as further tributes.
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Knight Newspapers
Lee Hills
Monty” Curtis
J. Montgomery Curtis
American Press Institute
Columbia University
Guy Knight
Dick Nixon
Elbert P. Tuttle
Fifth
United States Court of Appeals
Cornell
Stuart Symington
Yesteryear
McCarthy Publishes The Year of the People Autobiography
Senator Eugene McCarthy releases The Year of the People a 323 page autobographical account of his 1968 presidential campaign. The book retells his cautious midlife political journey with a plain understated tone and includes 62 pages of appendices.
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Washington
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Senate
Book review sketches McCarthy campaign and Kennedy ties
A critique of Albert Eisele and the McCarthy campaign depicts a shallow political operation with limited revelations. It notes meetings with Robert Kennedy and Stephen Smith yielded little intrigue while highlighting the chaotic campaign structure and the reviewer’s mixed verdicts.
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Lyndon Johnson
Kennedys
Hubert Humphrey
McCarthy
Robert Kennedy
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Teddy Kennedy
Bobby
Kennedy
Stephen Smith
Chicago
Dear George Politician and the Voter Registration Check
A caller urges the recipient to verify voter registration status with emphasis on careful verification and certainty before proceeding. The remark highlights registration as a prerequisite for civic participation and political engagement.
Who really is wearing the blinkers
During the past year church connected schools especially Catholic schools have been closing their doors at a dismaying rate. I continue to hope that this decline may be arrested for without religious knowledge it is not possible to.
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G.K. Chesterton
Educational debate on ultimate questions and blinkers
The piece cites Chesterton on education and doctrine, argues teachers should not avoid ultimate questions. It cites Kentucky professor Martin C. Krimm recounting his parochial school years, farm work, and hardship, contrasting past discipline with today’s rebellious students and urging standards.
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