Vehicle production outrunning highways in 1970s warning
In Pittsburgh an American Transit Association official warned drivers will outpace road capacity as vehicles rise to 175 million feet per year while roads grow only 90 million feet. Simultaneously magazines warned of a Garbage Apocalypse threatening New York’s land reclamation, with eight years to four years cited unofficially.
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New Pill Stirs Up Controversy
In Hamburg West Germany a new anti-baby pill prompts legal debate over whether marketing it could violate abortion laws. The pill allows ovulation but prevents implantation. fertilization en route could still be considered abortion and legal scholars weigh redefining pregnancy. Prof Georg Schwalm suggests treating ovum arrival in the womb as the pregnancy criterion while the pill remains unreleased.
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Today in History andOpinion on World Tensions
On this March 19, 1969, major events span 1920 Versailles rejection by the Senate to 1943 Belgorod fall and 1959 Dalai Lama’s flight. The piece contrasts grim outlooks with cautious optimism about new ventures, roads, oil finds, and stock issuance while noting food rations in ancient Rome.
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Venus
White House
Pierre Salinger
Senate
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
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