Monsoon Watch Shapes India's Life and Policy
India hinges on the annual southwest monsoon, a force sustaining 70 percent of the economy's agriculture and hydroelectric power. Dr. P. S. Pant leads a 70-person team at the Indian Meteorological Department to track rain, wind, and pressure, briefing ministers and guiding public policy with 72-hour forecasts and weekly rural advisories reaching 2,400 villages.
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LA Times
Washington Post
New Delhi
India
P. S. Pant
Indian Meterological Department
Pant
Weather Bureau
Y. P. Rao
Indian Meteorological Department
McGuffey Readers Stage Nationwide Comeback
Cincinnati report notes renewed demand for the McGuffey Eclectic Reader as a return to the three Rs and traditional values amid concerns about modern education. Publisher cites printing surge and state orders. professor links enduring influence to American schooling.
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Cincinnati
McGuffey
Bob Baird
van Nostrand Neinhold Co
Liton Education Publishing
Florence, Ky
Baird
Stanley Lindberg
Ohio University
Matthew J Connelly Dies Former Truman Aide
Matthew J. Connelly, 68, Truman appointments secretary and the only non Missourian on Tru man staff, died Saturday in Oak Park Illinois. The report also notes Daniel Gearhart 34 of Kensington Maryland executed in Angola for mercenary activity, alongside three British mercenaries. The article adds that the United States consumes 35 percent of the world energy output annually.
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Matthew J. Connelly
Clinton
Mass
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Oak Park
Ill
Luanda
Angola
Daniel Gearhart
Kensington
United States
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