Latin American nations push for economic focus in new dialogue
The Latin American countries sent a Christmas want list to the United States urging deeper development cooperation, fairer trade, more technology transfer, and a restructured OAS plus a Panama Canal solution. Kissinger and Latin American ministers expected in February talks in Mexico City to discuss these eight requests.
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United States
Latin America
Mexico City
Henry Kissinger
Organization of American States
OAS
Panama Canal
Panama
Backpackers Face Crowding in Popular Trails
Hikers find crowds even in backcountry as national and state parks log growing visitor numbers. Great Smoky Mountains Park issued first ever campsite permits along the Appalachian Trail to manage crowded lean-tos and sites as millions explore trails that once felt solitary.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Lower SAT Scores Prompt Education Reforms Debate
The article notes a decade long decline in average verbal and math SAT scores and explores explanations. It cites changed applicant pools, potential drops in student skills, and the impact of the New Math and New English reforms. Educators discuss teacher prep gaps and new teaching methods to raise literacy and arithmetic proficiency.
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Princeton
N. J
Too Much Of Everything Including Legislation
A Washington opinion piece argues America has ample energy reserves yet suffers from excessive regulation and paternalism. It critiques the Federal Power Commission, high foreign dependence, and environmental rules while urging self sufficiency and a return to isolationist prudence.
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Washington, D.C
America
Senate
Federal Power Commission
Domenici
New Mexico
Roosevelt County
Lowell
Mass
Canada
ICC
House
Representative Dent
Pennsylvania
U. S
U.S
British Petroleum Press Service
United States
Mills Era Ends as Ullman Reforms Chow Down on Power
Washington reports Rep. Wilbur D. Mills of Arkansas regains full chairmanship in January but loses authority as Rep. Al Ullman of Oregon reshapes the Ways and Means Committee by using task forces and open meetings. The panel faces competing reforms from a Bol ling select committee and a liberal Senate Finance Committee, signaling a diminished Mills era and a possible end to a legendary Congress leader.
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Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
House
Ways and Means
Mills
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
Oregon
Kensett
Ark
UN- Man
Ullman
Senate
Sen
Russell Long
Louisiana
Senate Finance Committee
Dan
Little Rock Hospital
Herman Schneebeli
Pennsylvania
Richard Bolling
Missouri
Long
Olympian Heights
Soviet Union
Barber Conable
New York
Wilbur
Ee Omember
Wilbur Mills
Chemurgic revival and Christy Borth’s energy past
A reminiscence on the chemurgic movement of the 1930s and 1940s, highlighting Christy Borth, author of Pioneers of Plenty, and his advocacy for power alcohol from agricultural waste as a superior fuel. The note recalls prewar racing fuel blends, loss of interest after the war, and current calls to revisit chemurgy amid energy concerns.
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Christy Borth
Luce Publications
Harper’s Magazine
Borth
George Romney
Automotive Council For War Production
Christy
Charles Franklin Kettering
General Motors
Boss Ket
Nixon
Venezuela
Leo Christ
Iansen
Atchison, Kan
Indianapolis Speedway
John Masefield
Webster
Charles Taquey
Thirtyfirst Street
Washington
N.W
D.C
Christiansen
Atchison
Rockefeller Finally Finds Path to Republican Nomination
The piece argues Nelson Rockefeller, once seen as a liberal Eastern governor, has shifted to appeal to conservative Republicans. It notes his foreign policy strength and welfare reform stance, including anti-drug measures and Attica stance, while acknowledging lingering liabilities on abortion veto and big government image. Rockefeller's evolving rhetoric and delegate math at recent conventions are highlighted as boosting his viability for the nomination.
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Rockefeller
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Rocke
Feller
Damascus
Ronald Reagan
Attica
National Republican Party
Kissinger
Emmet Hughes
King Features Syndicate
Monroe News-Star Leadership and affiliations listed
The Monroe News Star details publishers from 1929 to 1972 and lists board officers, directors, and staff including Robert Ewing Brown as board chairman Edmond G Brown and Jack S Campbell as managers. It notes the paper is independent and prints news impartially while opposing what it believes to be wrong regardless of party politics.
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John D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
Wiliam H. Bronson
News-Star— World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th
Uiive Streets
Monroe
Robert Ewing Brown
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown Jr
Patricia Ewing Hendrick
Esther Ewing Jensen
Kenneth C. Barranger
Toulmin Hunter Brown
John B. Ewing Jr
Paula Wray Ewing
Virginia Clay Hill
John A. Hendrick
Jack S. Campbell
Edmond G. Brown
Jack C. Gates
William C. Hardin
Associated Press
Brannam-Moloney Company
National Advertising Representatives
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Qanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Boston
Miami
Monroe News-Star
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