Collision between ecologists and people over growth limits
In a debate inspired by the Club of Rome MIT study and Senator Weicker, the article weighs ecologists’ warnings of finite resources against public demand for growth and technology. It recalls past forecasts from oil exhaustion and chemurgy’s promise, arguing for a tempered view of exponential curves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Club of Rome
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lowell Weicker
Connecticut
Sierra Club
Harold Ickes
Alaska
Weicker urges eco activism with practical, space age ideas
Senator Weicker tells the Sierra Club that common sense can curb environmental curves. He cites rail transit, satellite communication, space based energy, and a Dawn network to monitor hazards. He praises Japan’s pollution controls and warns the U S must lead or fall behind.
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Sen. Weicker
Sierra Club
Weicker
Space
Journal masthead details from the March 24 1972 edition
The Friday March 24 1972 issue of The Journal lists staff including Editor General Frank R. Myers Executive Editor Dave Regan Managing Editor Paul J Day and Business Manager Elwood Richardson.
Baffelpack icons praised for hard to get goods and clever packaging
Heritage observers highlight Herkimer Baffelpack and others who advance difficult to obtain consumer goods. Ads praise translucent plastic wrapped items and cardboard boxes sealed for strength while a humble dresser shirt pin system earns credit. Psalm 66 4 quotes close the piece.
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Herkimer Baffelpack
Baffelpack
Black Power At The Polls Says Convention Splits Highlight Diversity
The National Black Political Convention in Gary Indiana aimed to mobilize black political power but saw two thirds of its 3000 delegates walk out amid clashes over busing and segregation. Jesse Jackson called the event a lightweight miracle while leaders like James Meredith and Eldridge Cleaver voiced divergent paths. The piece argues race is not the sole factor in American differences and critiques leaders who claim to speak for all blacks.
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United States
Gary
Ind
Alabama
National Democratic Party
James Meredith
Ole Miss
Huey Newton
Black Panthers
Eldridge Cleaver
Biblical Discovery Reframes Gospel Dating Centuries Later
Jose Ocallaghan, a Spanish professor, asserts Mark was written near Christ's lifetime by finding identical passages in the Dead Sea Scrolls. The claim challenges the mythic-origin view and supports early apostolic testimony, with Paul and other witnesses seen as historically close to the events. The piece notes the press oversight of this claim juxtaposed with headlines about the Berrigan brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Ocallaghan
Ocallaghan
Mark
Christ
Ccallaghan
Strauss, Renan
Bultimann
von Campenhausen
Paul
Jerusalem
Cephas
Stephen Neill
Neill
Berrigan Brothers
Middletown News Journal subscription rates and policies
Published daily by the News Journal in Middletown Ohio the paper lists subscription rates per copy by day 1Sc weekdays 25c Sunday 80c weekly and motor route options at 3.47 per year in installments or 3.20 in four week periods plus a 15c monthly service fee. Mail subscriptions are 30 per year in and outside trading areas and 38 outside the U S all payable in advance.
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The
News Journal, Inc
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Trade Of Conscience
A reader argues against U S trade with Red China linking it to bloodshed and corruption. They cite a Senate study on Chinese deaths, warn of debt and devaluation, and accuse government policy of funding heroin trades and preparing for war through commerce.
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Lenin
U.S.A
China
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Peking
Red China
Judas
Christ
Letter to the Editor blasting Chinese oppression on TV
The writer condemns U S space satellite images showing Chinese citizens marching in Beijing as mindless slaves under Communist rule. They accuse political leaders and networks of selling the regime’s narrative while praising freedom there and criticizing Western reporting.
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U.S
Peking
Communist Party
China
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Norishige Hasegawa
Sumitomo Chemical Co
Japan
Hasegawa
America
Osaka
Mediterranean
the Journal
Frank R. Myers
Dave Regan
Elwood Richardson
Paul J. Day
the Baffelpack Heritage
Irving
McGraw - Hill
Hughes
McGraw-Hill
Paul Harvey
Jesse Jackson
Dennis the Menace
Jeffrey Hart
Hans Freiherr von Campenhausen
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