SST Pollution Fight Sparks Environmental Debate
A MIT assembled panel warns the supersonic transport plane could harm the stratosphere for years. They forecast a permanent smog layer with 500 planes in operation by 1985 90 and a 60 percent rise in water vapor, urging development be retarded pending further study.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Magruder
Federal Aviation Agency
William W. Kellogg
National Center For Atmospheric Research
Castro Meets The 747 Hijack In Havana Flight Mystery
A 747 is hijacked by a bearded man who the pilot says resembled Che Guevara. The plane lands in Havana where Fidel Castro arrives to question the crew, passengers and cargo. The piece hints at a possible hoax or plan but remains inconclusive.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Che Guevara
Havana
Fidel
Understanding the Limits of Communication in Cold War Crises
John P. Roche argues that the belief in improved communication as a cure for conflict is a dangerous generalization. He cites Chamberlain, Vietnam, the Middle East, and civil rights struggles to show how diplomatic talks have failed or backfired, despite efforts to build trust.
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Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Europe
Chamberlain
Fuehrer
Hanoi
Vietnam
Higher Wages Debate Threatens Auto Industry
Paul Harvey argues auto workers and auto makers near a stalemate, warning that higher wages will raise prices and push buyers toward cheaper foreign cars. He cites Chicago truckers, railroads, and the inflation impact, noting UAW talks could curb new car sales and harm union members themselves.
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United Auto Workers
UAW
Islands as future parks and rehab hubs at Alcatraz and Ellis Island
The essay argues Alcatraz should become a Bay area park with Native American exhibits while Ellis Island could host a funded memorial and rehabilitative community for welfare recipients and addicts under Dr Thomas Matthew of NEGRO. It envisions a self supporting complex blending memorials and social programs without new Congress.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
New York Harbor
Prison Island
Robert Robertson
National Council On Indian Opportunity
Hickell
San Francisco Bay Area
Ellis Island
New World
Thomas Matthew
NEGRO
National Economic Growth and Reconstruction Organization
U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Europe
Matthew
Manhattan
New Jersey
Dr. Matthew’s Negro
Los Angeles
Bronx
Public welfarism condemned as modern plantation analogy
Dr Matthew argues that welfarism mirrors the old plantation system by offering cradle to grave support that undermines self-respect. He contrasts the idea of a rescue from welfarism with an Alcatraz like restriction on Indians, calling it a failed reform.
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Matthew
Middletown News Journal Subscription Rates
Subscriptions for The Journal published daily in Middletown Ohio list rates: per copy 10 cents on weekdays and Sundays, 20 cents. weekly motor route 70 cents. mail in trading area seven days 21 dollars. outside trading area seven days 30 dollars. outside USA 38 dollars per year. All payments in advance.
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The
News Journal, Inc
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
News- Feperbay
USA
Beers, Buses, and Beams A Curious Community Note
A staff column ribbing local life covers a Poseyville Indiana paving feat, traffic light wins, vandalism woes, prison humor, and a gag about Spiro Agnew watches. It highlights a two mile concrete stretch record, traffic changes, parks vandalism, jokes from the Harbinger, and gifts shown by Knight Goodman.
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Poseyville
Ind
Indianapolis
Knight Goodman
Spiro Agnew
Powder Ridge Party Ends in an American Tragedy
At Powder Ridge near Middlefield Connecticut a planned summer festival drew 30,000 youths, drugs and chaos followed as courts blocked the concert. Thousands wandered the town, drug treatment for nearly 1,000 youths, open drug sales, food shortages, and polluted water marred the weekend. Local residents aided by a bake shop owner kept a bread basket for needy attendees amid the turmoil.
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Powder Ridge
Connecticut
Middlefield
William Abruzzi
New York Times
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