Rare Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Nears Extinction
Washington reports the ivory-billed woodpecker may be extinct, with last confirmed sighting in 1950 and unconfirmed reports since. Naturalists note no viable population, despite occasional alleged sightings in Texas and Florida habitat areas, amid battles over conservation and lumber interests.
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Washington
Richard Banks
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Harry Goodwin
Office of Endangered Species
John V. Dennis
Big
Texas
Dennis
Chipola
Florida
Robert Manns
Audubon Society
Santee
Columbia
S.C
Goodwin
Dopey Elephant Injures Zoo Keeper at Albuquerque Zoo
At Albuquerque Zoo a 3,000-pound elephant named Tia fought with her roommate. Keeper Gene Gonzales, 35, sustained a dislocated knee and a bruised arm while preparing to operate on a deep neck wound. Both are reported improving after the incident.
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Albuquerque
Tia
Albuquerque Zoo
Gene Gonzales
Gonzales
Ducks sink floating fountain in Reno pond
In Reno Nevada city officials installed a floating fountain in the main duck pond. Ducks nibbled the latex foam base and sank the $8 000 fountain. The fountain was refloated and will be moved to a smaller pond with no ducks.
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Reno, Nev
Smog Lifts Cloudy Skies Across Major Cities
Smog is altering global weather with ten major cities in the United States and Europe experiencing about 3 percent more cloudy days than at the century’s start.
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United Nations
N.Y
Man Gets $50 With License Renewal
SALT LAKE CITY AP A former Utah resident found a $50 bill stapled to his file during license renewal. A division employee said the man likely turned in the money by accident five years earlier when surrendering his Utah license while planning to obtain a California license.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
W. Richer
California
This Is The Way We Spend Our Money
Observations of American spending show a possible generation gap between young workers and retirees. The Morgan Guaranty Trust notes rising Social Security taxes and benefits strain budgets, with 12 million tax returns in 1969 paying no income tax but contributing to Social Security. The piece cites myths of savings peaks and warns of disguise and misfortune in insurance schemes as households seek security amid high savings rates.
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Morgan Guaranty Trust
jMorgan
Task Force Enviro Meetings Set Across Three Cities
Citizens Task Force on Environmental Protection schedules public sessions in Cleveland on May 1, Cincinnati on May 4, and Columbus on May 8. Chairman John H. Glenn urges solution oriented testimony and notes that oratory focused on problems will be excluded.
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Columbus, Ohio
Citizens Task Force On Environmental Protection
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
John H. Glenn
Glenn
Homosexual Wins Student Election at Minnesota
AP: Jack Baker, openly homosexual, is elected president of the University of Minnesota Student Association for 1971 72. He won about half the votes amid a 6000 voter turnout, the largest in the university. Baker, a law student, and Michael McConnell earlier sought a marriage license but was denied in district court.
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Minneapolis
Jack Baker
University of Minnesota Student Association
Baker
Student Association
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