Tact Would Aid Libya's Ruler In Tumultuous Crusade
In a July to August flare of Arab nationalism Libyas Muammar Khadafy pushes unification with Egypt and broader influence while Libyas oil revenues near 3 billion dollars a year He seeks cultural and political dominance over Arabism amid Egyptian resistance and public ire over his blunt reform agenda including bans on bars and liquor
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Earth Resources Technology Satellite proves value asserts payback
The Earth Resources Technology Satellite provides thousands of earth images and sensor data for lakes water levels soil moisture and ocean conditions. It aims to map geology and agriculture US land use timber inventories and pest control while aiding global studies and mineral exploration. Rep James Symington calls it a step toward future operational systems benefiting mankind. A final odd line notes a sadistic joke about a roller skating basketball game.
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Monopoly Fantasy World Hasn't Kept Up
Art Buchwald muses on Monopoly as a lens for inflation and real estate, recalling 33 years of unchanged board prices and his family’s game night on Cape Cod. He notes the irony of marveled dollars and urban neglect amid modern real life.
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Israel Faces Growing Troubles With U.S. Jewish Leaders
The article cites discontent among American Jewish leaders over Israel's air hijacking and Lebanon incursions. It notes anonymous criticism tied to U.S. politics and a broader strain in U.S.-Israel ties as President Nixon rethinks Saudi relations with Faisal amid oil interests.
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Simcha Dinitz
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Lebanon
Global Prosperity Sparks Tense Middle East Watch
Ray Cromley argues world growth raises demand and inflation risks in oil, food, and tech. notes U.S. policy pressures from King Faisal. cites Israel shadow over Beirut killings and a UN condemnation. mentions plans by Golda Meir to expand settlements on the Golan Heights and West Bank.
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Russia hydrogen bomb triggers congressional demand for defenses
Washington reports Russia has exploded a hydrogen bomb and Congress calls for stronger defenses and world disarmament efforts. In Lubbock telephone service runs normally beyond a brief strike impact. an 11 hour search ends with a rancher finding a private plane wreck near Kress, with four cattlemen dead.
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Voters Pressure Congress Over Soaring Food Prices
Washington lawmakers face a growing voter backlash as prices surge, with polls showing 76 percent favoring a rollback and freeze of food prices. The piece notes rising meat costs in New York area and criticism of Nixon policy, while senators like Henry Jackson blame farm exports for price hikes.
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Jest For Fun Bill Rogers recounts two fathers college and beach tales
In this excerpt from The Forest Blade Swainsboro Georgia editor publishers share a humorous tale about two fathers deciding how to educate and marry off their daughters. One spent two thousand dollars a year for college four years to secure a husband the other paid three hundred dollars for a beach vacation and ended with marriage.
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Passing It On and Other Miscellany From The Times
A collection of quirky facts and questions covering frontier life misperceptions welfare myths bread making and the origin of the term lady plus a note on earthworms and a trivia riff about Ritz Hotel and the exclusive labor union of videographers who print currency and stamps.
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