Tree Farm Idea Branching Out Across Country
Scattered across the nation are 20,069 tree farms identified by green and white signs. The system, run by the American Forest Products Industries, supports landowners who grow trees as a crop while maintaining sustainable forestry practices. Farms range from 3 acres to large tracts in 47 states, with acres doubling over 10 years and certification after inspection. No dues or subsidies are involved. owners may receive free technical advice but cover costs to implement forester recommendations.
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Washington
Montesana
Wash
American Forest Products Industries, Trade Association of the Forestry Industry
Maine
Rhode Island
Jakarta Volcano Erups Killing Ten in Merapi Blast
Jakarta reports say the Merapi eruption killed ten people and wounded seven as 30,000 villagers fled steaming lava earlier this week. The disaster prompted widespread evacuation and emergency alerts across the region.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Merapi
High School Of Tomorrow Aims For Major Changes
A five year study by the National Association of Secondary School Principals outlines the high school of tomorrow with 40 percent independent study and mixed class sizes. It envisions language labs television and films, and teachers supported by aides clerks and aides. The report advocates eliminating uneconomic procedures and broader use of team teaching differentiated assignments and higher teacher salaries reaching 15000 to 20000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Life insurance premiums seen rising sharply
Dr. Robert H. Wessel told the Ohio Association of Life Underwriters that if the recent nine year trend continues, life insurance premiums in 1970 could nearly double from current levels. He noted premiums rose from about 3.5 percent of disposable personal income to just under 4 percent.
Mother of the Year winners shaped by children and service
The article surveys the American Mother of the Year program begun by the ICA. It profiles former honorees from Elizabeth Berdy to Elizabeth Roe Cloud, noting their families, civic work, travels, and views on parenting. It quotes mothers on shaping character and parenting, and describes the award’s evolving selection from state to national bases.
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Mary Coker
Way
American Mothers Committee Inc
Elizabeth Berdy
Greetscoro
M.C
Ethlyn Wisegarver Bott
Belleville
Dena Shell
Diehl
Danville
Ill
Mary Dabney Thomson
Western College For Women
Oxford
Ohio
W48
Portland
Ore
Elizabeth Roe Cloud
Chippwa Reservation
Henry ‘Roe Cloud
Yale
Mix Helen Hines
Morningside College
Sioux City
Iowa
Love McDuffie Tolbert
Underground Army Nerve Center Near Denton Texas
A vast underground fortress near Denton Texas will house 509 people for 30 days and serve as the regional OCDM headquarters and potential national control center. The $2.5 million complex sits on a 20 acre site three miles east of Denton and includes a self contained power plant and blast resistant indestructible doors.
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Denton
Tex
North Texas College Town
Office of Civil Defense and Mobilization
Harvard
Mass
Olney
Thomasville
Battle Creek
Mich
Denver
Colo
Santa Rosa
Calif
Everett
Wash
Women Balk As Censors For Books
Three Houston women contest censorship in Channelview Junior High School library. Faye Seale objects to two books including religious leaders and philosophers. Superintendent Schochler forms a book surveying committee, but Mrs. Ellis Burnham and Mrs. Dillon oppose censorship as an invasion of rights, asserting the librarian should select books.
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Houston, Tex
Houston
Channelview
Faye Seale
H. C. Schochler
Ellis Burnham
PTA
Communications Center as NCS Backbone In Wartime Network
The National Communications System links the President’s Washington HQ to eight regional and all state OCUM offices via a 22 000 mile private line web. NACOM I by passes target areas with alternate circuits so the system stays operational after an attack. An OCDM spokesman likens an atomic strike to a finger in a spider’s web, risk spreading across the network.
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OCOM
Washington
OCUM
United States
OCDM
Starlight Ages Reconsidered As New Studies Suggest Youthful Stars
For centuries men assumed stars were ageless but new research indicates stars vary in age from very young to old. Some stars may be less than a million years old, while others are much older, reshaping views of stellar evolution.
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Tree Farm Idea
By Ovid A. Martin
State Tree Farm Organization
State Tree Farm Committee
New York
Julie Andrews
United Nations
NBC
Rockefeller Center
Radio City Music Hall
N. ¥. C. Depot Garden
School of Tomorrow
By G. K. Hodenfield
J. Lioyrd Trump
Dorsey Raynham
Rand McNally & Co
AP Women’s
America
Emerald Lucy Barman Arbogast
Los Angeles
California
Mary T. Martin Sloop
Crossnore
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina
Cross‘nore School
Civil Defense Center
Texas
By Raymond Holbrook
Hiroshima
Corona
Office Outfitters Inc
N. Main
Stevens Ave
Cypress Garden
Maxwell House
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