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New Castle News

Location

New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1986

Page

11

Life after 2000 seen with hope and fear by scholars

American scientists historians and philosophers debate the third millennium as they reflect on the past and anticipate future risks and wonders. They cite nuclear threats genetic engineering space settlement population growth and a shift of world power from Asia to Western Europe.

Washington Jonas Salk Salk Institute For Biological Studies Salk Dr. L.S. Stavrianos University of California, San Diego Stavrianos T.A. Heppenheimer Isaac Asimov Ben Bova National Space Institute Paul Horowitz Harvard-Smithsonian Oak Ridge Observatory Europe Avery Andrews George Washington University France Robert China India Andrews Constantinople McNeill Africa Americas Yucatan Illinois Mexico New World Leif Eriksson North America Nova Scotia Western Charles T. Wood Jaroslav Pelikan Yale University Pelikan Florence Italy Notre Dame Paris Marco Polo Thomas Aquinas Asia Ross E. Dunn World History Association Dunn

Major World Developments in the Last Millennium

A panel of nine leading historians names the ten most significant events since AD 1001. Highlights include Western Europe’s rise, the Mongol invasions, the 14th century plague, Columbus’s 1492 voyage linking hemispheres, the Enlightenment, the American and French Revolutions, 19th century railways, the late 19th century Industrial Revolution, the 1945 atomic bomb, and ongoing global issues like hunger, pollution, and nuclear threat.

Washington Europe Eurasia China America

Peace Corps faces funding test on 25th anniversary

As the Peace Corps marks 25 years, it confronts tighter budgets and rising overseas requests. Budget cuts slashed 1986 funding by over 5 million from 130 million, reducing volunteers from about 6,000 to 5,600 across 62 countries. Officials warn future expansion faces fiscal limits while emphasizing need for skilled personnel.

John Kennedy Peace Corps America Gramm-Rudman Corps Congress Rick Mead Los Angeles Mead Senegal Kennedy R. Sargent Shriver Ghana Nixon Action Joseph Blatchford Kevin O’donnell Reagan Loret Miller Ruppe Ruppe Caribbean Pacific Central South America Mark Baron la Mesa Calif Sierra Leone Baron Africa Ethiopia Mike Tomcik Botswana Paradise Valley Hospital National City Tomcik U.S

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