Solar heating goals rise at Palm Springs conference
Solar enthusiasts urge raising the 1985 target from 2.5 million to 11.5 million homes in 1985, backed by loans and tax credits. They argue a competitive market will weed out poor equipment while cautioning about subsidies and caveat emptor. Jacques Cousteau predicts life in 2000 will hinge on total commitment to solar energy.
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Carter
Palm Springs
Calif
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
A.D
Jacques Cousteau
Framingham Study Probes Heart Risk Factors
The Framingham Heart Study tracks 5,000 plus participants to identify what raises heart trouble risk. Researchers led by Dr. William B. Kannel emphasize physical fitness, diet, not smoking, and HDL cholesterol as key factors in predicting or protecting against heart disease.
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Framingham
Massachusetts
Boston University-Framingham
William B. Kannel
Heart Research
America
Admiral Turner reshapes CIA image amid White House ties
The piece critiques Stansfield Turner as CIA director who clings to Navy status, keeps Oval Office proximity, and shifts the agency toward a caretaker role. It notes his ambitions, family payroll ties, and doubts about long term expertise versus political maneuvering.
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Washington
CIA
Stansfield Turner
U. S. Navy
Turner
Navy Constellation
Carter
Central Intelligence Agency
Jimmy Carter
Annapolis
Naval Operations
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Manhattan
Ted Sorensen
Pentagon
White House
Sorensen
Ford
George Bush
Bush
Langley
Executive Office
Oval Office
Stan Turner
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Senate
National Intelligence
Intelligence
National Security Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency
Navy
Geoffrey Turner
Bitter clash over Britain's trade union bill
A 1927 London note describes a fierce political battle as the Government fights to pass the trade union bill with the Labor Party and unions opposing it. A 1947 Washington item reports Senator Taft warning that a Truman veto of a tax cut bill could end this year's income tax reduction.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
Washington
Taft
Truman
Congress
Year of the Three Sevens Brings Frontier War to Wheeling
In 1777 British plans aimed to split the colonies with three armies converging near Albany. Howe lingered in Philadelphia, St. Leger was defeated at Oriskany, Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga, boosting American morale and French involvement while frontier settlements faced Indian raids. Wheeling Fort Randolph and Fort Henry endured sieges and massacres as the migration frontier pressed westward.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
KFL
Walter Cronkite
New York Harbor
New York
New England
Hudson River
Canada
Lake Champlain
Albany
William Howe
Philadelphia
Barry St. Leger
Oriskany
John Burgoyne
Saratoga
France
America
Dale van Every
Allegheny
Kentucky
Holston
Boonesborough
Harrodsburg
Logan’s Station
Upper
Ohio
Kittaning
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Fort Henry
Fort Randolph
Kanawha
Public integrity bill criticism and calls for expanded federal oversight
In Washington critics challenge the Ribicoff- Percy public integrity bill as a misnomer noting it would curb corruption. Common Cause argues for pre employment income reporting and post tenure audits, claiming disclosure is only a first step toward broad government scrutiny. Amelia Earhart departs Miami on a second around the world attempt at 5 57 a m EST.
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Washington, D. C
Dogood
Common Cause
Fred Wertheimer
Senate Government Affairs Committee
Miami
Fla
Amelia Earhart
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Two U S Helicopters Pioneer First Nonstop Atlantic Flight
The June 1 1967 Paris report recalls two U S helicopters that completed history making nonstop Atlantic crossing covering 4 270 miles in 30 hours 48 minutes marking a milestone for aviation and rotorcraft teams.
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Paris
U. S
Atlantic Ocean
Government ethics reform and public policy groups clash
A discussion of ethics oversight in the federal civil service, Common Cause critique of Big Government, and proposed S.555 for a staffed Ethics Division. It contrasts Heritage Foundation with Common Cause and questions expanding the Federal Election Commission and adding consumer advocacy agencies.
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Big Brother
Common Cause
Civil Service Commission
Executive Branch
S.555
Heritage Foundation
Heritage
American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Research
AEC
Monroe News-Star Branches of AP and Branham Co Ads
The Monroe News-Star credits Associated Press dispatches and local news. It lists Branham Company as national advertising representatives with offices in New York New Orleans Chicago Atlanta Detroit St Louis Kansas City Minneapolis Dallas San Francisco Los Angeles Charlotte Boston and Miami.
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Branham Company National Advertising Representatives
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Boston
Miami
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Federal Election Commission
AEI
Republic
Sam Ervin
Allen
Nunn
Brock
Faia
Monroe News-Star
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
Monroe
Robert Ewing Brown
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown Jr
Robert Ewing VI
Patricia Ewing Hendrick
Esther Ewing Jensen
Kenneth C. Berranger
Toulmin Hunter Brown
John D. Ewing Jr
John A
Associated Press
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Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
William H. Bronson
Jack S. Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
Jack C. Gates
Charies Bever
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