Bipartisan concerns shadow Bicentennial planning
A congressional inquiry presses to depoliticize the 200th independence anniversary as documents reveal partisan influence attempts. Commission chairman Mahoney urged nonpartisan observance while White House officials and internal memos hint at Republican-backed plans. With a large budget bill withdrawn, investigators aim to restore bipartisan, timely planning before the four year window closes.
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Dome greenhouse promises cheaper tomatoes in Houston
Hycroponic Farms in Houston expands into a one and a quarter acre vinyl dome greenhouse to yield two tomato crops per year. President Charlies Robinson says the structure costs about half as much as a glass greenhouse and relies on a constant low pressure air flow to stay inflated. The dome reportedly adds 30 to 40 percent more sunlight and reduces shadows, potentially lowering vegetable costs.
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At Conventions Delegates Shape a Carnival of Power
A political observer reflects after the convention on the ritual of selecting leaders. He muses that delegates treat the process as a carnival, offering a skeptical view of the system's seriousness and the unlikely prospect of a better method emerging.
Free Country Debate and 1972 Campaign Reflections
A columnist satirizes childhood notions of freedom and then surveys the 1972 presidential race. He notes incumbent Richard Nixon's advantages in money, media access, and power, while Democratic challenger George McGovern faces fundraising and public recognition hurdles amid a postconvention landscape. He mentions Nixon, Pat Nixon, Tricia and Julie, Spiro Agnew, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr as familiar figures in the political milieu.
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Antipollution laws bind big cities in economy clash
An anonymous city head of a large firm discusses costly pollution controls and warns that uniform state or federal rules are needed. He says local bans threaten relocation by national conglomerates, harming tax revenue and jobs, while cities fear losing industry to suburbs.
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Racial quotas attacked as a threat to merit at White House call
Vice President Agnew and President Nixon denounced racial quotas in a Miami Beach acceptance speech and at the Republican National Convention. Nixon ordered the end of government race based quotas while stressing merit based selection. The exchange reviewed civil rights milestones and argued for a color blind society.
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Journal publishes commentary on race quotas and color blind society
A Washington Star column by Smith Hempstone, substituting for Buckley, critiques racial preferences and quota systems in public and private sectors. It argues that special treatment for blacks harms individual worth and undermines democracy, urging a return to color blind ideals and equal rights based on merit.
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