New Constitutional Convention Urged
Fletcher Byrom of Koppers Co. urges a national constitutional convention to redefine goals and overhaul politics. He backs redrawing state boundaries, longer terms for lawmakers, and limits on the president, arguing for long term planning to adapt to a shrinking global sovereignty landscape.
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New York
UPI
United States
Pittsburgh
Fletcher Byrom
Koppers Co
Byrom
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Delaware
Penn State
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Koppers
The
Wall Street Journal
Albert D. Cox
Lionel D. Edie & Co
Hill
Brake Fade And Braudel’s Eco-History Link
Practical driving advice explains how downshifting prevents brake fade on long downgrades. The piece also notes an American edition of Fernand Braudel’s The Mediterranean, framing history as shaped by ecological forces and overpopulation rather to human prowess.
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Byrom
United States
Fernand Braudel
Mediterranean
Braudel
Rome
Spain
Turkey
One Minute Late And He's Fired
Gaus Ahmed was fired by Dolan Corrugated Containers in Birmingham after being late 12 times from April to June last year. The Birmingham Industrial Tribunal awarded Ahmed 72 in compensation for unfair dismissal, noting doubts about the gate clock keeping accurate time.
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Gaus Ahmed
and Dolan Corrugated Containers
Birmingham
England
Ahmed
Monument at Babi Yar to Replace Stone Slab
After 30 years the Russian government will replace the simple stone marker at Babi Yar near Kiev with a 50 foot bronze monument depicting 12 entwined figures and a naked tied woman nursing a child to honor victims of the 1941 massacre of about 200 000 Soviet citizens including 100 000 Jews.
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Babi Yar Ravine
Kiev
Sweaters Exports Rise From Nationalist China in 1974
Nationalist China shipped about 96 million sweaters in 1974 with an average price around $25 per dozen. The United States Japan and Great Britain were the top buyers.
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Taipei
China
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Pneumonia Strain Grows Only In Nose Tested At Maryland
A nasal temperature strain of pneumonia that does not grow in lungs is being tested at the University of Maryland School of Medicine to develop a safe vaccine. Researchers aim for antibodies without symptoms.
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College Park
University of Maryland School of Medicine
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Windsor
Ballentine
Fleischmann
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