Debates Shape Underdogs and Winners Across Campaigns
Editorial notes show televised debates lift underdogs in national races but vary in local contests. It cites Kennedy Nixon Humphrey and McGovern cases, plus New Castle mayoral debates where candidates faced limits, suggesting debates can boost turnout and perception but are not decisive every time.
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Richard L. Worsnop
Editorial Research Reports
John F
Rogan
Cialella
Worsnop
Nixon
Saturday Evening Post
Humphrey
George C. Wallace
California
The Population Bomb and Population Control Dogma
In a commentary, a Zero Population Growth office explains how Paul Ehrlich's The Population Bomb helped launch the movement and how its core claim of a looming crisis from rapidly growing population has taken on dogmatic status. The piece notes the argument that infinite growth in a finite universe is impossible and critiques the movement's focus on global population trends, citing Bangladesh as an example discussed in the debate.
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Zero Population Growth Inc
Paul Ehrlich
Ehrlich
Bangladesh
New Castle News Ounediad Editorial Page Notice
The item describes a New Castle News edition from The Newt Company with publication details and subscription rates in Lawrence County. It includes a quoted reflection on population assertions and a remark contrasting US density with European nations, indicating a partisan editorial stance.
Bangladesh’s Postwar Struggles Threaten Stability
Five months after independence, Bangladesh faces food shortages and deteriorating internal security. Government plans import of about 1.5 million tons of grains aim to ease hunger, but countryside robberies rise as an empowered, underground-influenced cadre challenges law enforcement. Awami League legislators are urged to stay in districts to aid policing efforts.
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Far Eastern Economic Review
Bangladesh
Awami League
Herbert Feith
Ecological Movement Faces Criticism From Critics
The essay cites critics who say ecological activism lacks solid knowledge and warns against crusades without proper controls. It references Philip Handler of the National Academy of Sciences and argues that understanding complex interrelations is essential before pursuing broad cures.
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Philip Handler
National Academy of Cierces
New attitudes for 70s ecosystem stability and relatedness
A reflective piece argues for tempered ecological zeal, praising controlled experiments and man made reefs while warning against overreaction to oil seepage and pesticide use. It contrasts historical neglect of study with a call for practical, educated stewardship. It attributes views to various figures and hints at social shifts in the 1970s.
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California
Santa Barbara
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
North Sea
Western
New England
Adolf Hitler
John Chapaberlain
Who Are the Futurists The 184 Respondents and Their Views
Mark Wynn summarized findings from 184 futurists in The Futurist. They are highly educated, politically active and optimistic with diverse education from high school to PhD. Majority are in their thirties and forties, liberal in ideology, and politically varied.
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World Future Society
Mark Wynn
The
Futurist
Wynn
McGovern Inheritance Tax Plan Draws Fire From Critics
A column critiques Senator George McGovern’s proposed inheritance tax above 500000, arguing a 77 percent rate could drain middle Americans and spur capital flight. It contends the plan would curb work, spur early retirement, and soften investment while highlighting support from Galbraith and Samuelson and questioning Cambridge economics.
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George McGovern
McGovern
R. H. Tawney
George
Geneva
Jess
Memories of May in a Quiet English Countryside
Poet Kathieryn Eckles recalls a May English countryside memory filled with hyacinth and marigold. Beechwood canopy, rustling leaves, birdsong, and a spellbound heart weave through fragrant grasses and dreamlike thoughts as phantom streams murmur softly.
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Kathieryn Eckles
Growing Pains Between Siblings Mentioned by Margaret
A brief note states growing pains between siblings with affection and occasional conflict. Margaret Gerstnecker is cited as the author or source of the account.
Prejudice and the call to fair judgment
The piece explores the origin of prejudice from pre meaning before and judicium meaning judgment. It urges forming opinions only after obtaining full facts and truth, urging honesty toward God, self, and others and citing Matthew 7 2. It ends with a request to receive The Christophers Words Notes by mail.
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Christopher News
Christophers
New Castle News
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