Idea for Invention Beginnings and Market Realities
A column on inventors facing the gap between concept and production. It notes the low success rate of ideas becoming market products, outlines costs for patents and prototyping, and cites historical exhibitions and patent statistics including growth in women inventors and notable cases like Pepperidge Farm and Johnny Mop.
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New York Coliseum
Margaret Rudkin
Dorothy Rodgers
Johnny
Bird Eyer
Paula Ricci
Postal Unions Lead Lobbying Spending in Congress
The latest quarterly reports show the American Postal Workers Union at 12 million dollars, the National Association of Letter Carriers at 4.7 million, and Common Cause at 5.8 million. The National Federation of Federal Employees and the National Coal Association also appear in the top spenders, with abortion and gun control issues drawing heavy lobbying. Interest groups frame lobbying as a key influence on policy, noting heavy support beyond traditional business sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
House of Representatives
Senate
American Postal Workers Union
National Association of Letter Carriers
Postal Service
Postal Commission
Common Cause
National Federation of Federal Employer
National Coal Association
National Committee For the Human Life Amendment
Tellico Dam halted over snail darter preservation
The Tellico Dam project on the Little Tennessee River is paused at Jan 31 after the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals halted construction to protect the snail darter. Found in a 17 mile Little Tennessee stretch slated for Tellico Reservoir, the endangered species triggers Endangered Species Act protections.
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Tellico
Little
Tennessee River
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Little Tennessee
Tellico Reservoir
Tennessee
Dennis The Menace and the Snail Darter Debate
A critic argues against wasting more than 100 million dollars on Tellico Dam for the snail darter. The piece envisions a satirical snail darter fish fry and urges Tennessee to let the species go extinct, mocking environmental zealotry.
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Tellico
Gene McCarthy takes aim at media power and Watergate era censorship
Joan Roche unveils McCarthy critique of press bias and selective truth in Harper's piece Sins of Omission. The essay argues the media define truth in advance and censor counter proposals while Nixon era events reveal double standards in reporting.
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Gene
Richard Nixon
Flame
McCarthy
G. Gordon Liddy
John” Sirica
Liddy
Social Democrats
U.S.A
FBI
Post
Laurence Leamer
Local Middletown Rates and Publication Details
The Journal published by News Journal Inc in Middletown Ohio lists subscription prices for home delivery by carrier and motor route plus mail rates for U S and international readers. It notes pricing per copy per day, Sunday editions, weekly, and annual options with prepayment requirements.
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The
News Journal, Inc
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
U S.A
Letters to the Editor Prompt Citizen Feedback on Planning and Methadone Debates
Readers voice dissatisfaction with Franklin Planning Commission hearing delays and perceived dismissal of residents. Other letters urge support for Middletown methadone programs as crime prevention, while a community tragedy prompts thanks to Edgewood staff and emergency responders.
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Franklin Township
Franklin City
Planning Commission
Stonyrill
Thorny Acres
Commission
Middletown
Dayton
Jim Richardson
James C. Pierati
Minn
Edgewood
Thedgewood
Edgewood Ministerial Association
Wayne Township
Wayne Township Fire and Rescue Squad
Trenton
John D. Burley
DDS
Edgewood Board of Education
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Albert Gerardin
General Motors
Gelardin
Wright Brothers
Ben Franklin
Intellectual Property Owners
Washington
Arn
Ireland
By Jim Fiebig
Dennis the Menace
Joan Roche
Gene McCarthy
League of Women Voters
Ford
Carter
Philadelphia
Judge Sirica
John Roche
State Street
CBS
Washington Post
the Journal
Mel
Dan Moore
Butler County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board
Pieratt
Federal Correctional Institution At
Sandstone, Minn
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