Truth Is SST Issue Fuels Capitol Hill Debate
Senate rejection of further SST funding sparks sharp rhetoric and a polarized debate. Authors argue ecologic and economic angles, noting 700 million already invested and 290 million more at stake, while some suggest letting France and Britain advance. Ecological clout emerges as a defining theme for the 1970s.
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Senate
Capitol Hill
United States
Henry M. Jackson
Nixon
Sputnik
America
Jackson
Seattle
Ecology
Shocked Oyster Caper Solved by Microwave Energy
National Marine Fisheries Service reports a breakthrough in opening oysters. Gloucester researchers found microwave energy opens shellfish with minimal cooking, reducing labor by about one third, raising production, and lowering shell fragment risk. The method applies to oysters, quahogs, hard clams, mussels, surf clams, and bay scallops.
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National Marine Fisheries Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
Fisheries Service
Gloucester
Mass
Newsprint, forests, and recycling debate across nations
A detailed look at newsprint use and forest impact, noting Canada supplies about two thirds of US newsprint and that 17 trees yield one ton of paper. The piece discusses sustainable harvests, recycling rates, and economic factors, with examples from Tribune Co. forests and Madison Wis. programs, concluding broad recycling growth is likely. It also cites a New York Times letter about street people and capitalism.
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Newsprint Information Council
Canada
United States
The
Tribune Co
Chicago Tribune
New York Daily News
San Francisco
Madison
Wis
New York Times
Otto F. Reiss
New York
Letters defend Sheriff's Dept amid jail critique and praise
In a two letter set the writers challenge sheriff coverage and defend jail conditions and staff. Ella V. Jacobs and Helen M. Crum recount long service and access to records as evidence of proper operation while calling for fact checking. Dorotily Ke. Eensor praises Frederick Hospital doctors for performing seven abortions in two years as commendable for preserving lives.
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Frederick
Frederick Hospital
Frederick Countians
Missionaries and the Faithful After They Depart
The article surveys financial shake ups in American churches funding overseas missions. It notes a drop in personnel and new assignments since the 1970 recession, with over 100 Presbyterian workers returning last year. Despite cuts, the Far East, especially Korea and Hong Kong, show strength as local leadership grows and funding shifts to local sources. It cites India’s Christian education impact and asks what follows when missionaries leave, concluding the work endures locally supported efforts.
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Philippines
United Church of Christ
United States
Far East
Korea
Hong Kong
Christian Service
Peace Corps
Donald T. Kauffman
India
Illustrated Weekly of India
A. Soares
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Fire Destroys Barn on West Seventh Street Pike
A morning fire at the Paul L. Willard farm on West Seventh Street Pike caused about 500 in damage and the loss of 125 chickens weighing about 1.5 pounds each. Fire crews used three hoses to bring the blaze under control.
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Paul L. Willard
West Seventh Street Pike
Urbana youth charged with threatening to kill father
An 18 year old Urbana man was arrested at his home by Sheriff William O Werten baker and Deputy Charles H Klipp and will have a hearing this afternoon before Justice J Grahame Johnson. In Frederick J A Ramsburg says Christmas tree abundance is not nationwide with only Balsam firs from Maine imported this year. Eugene Walters dramatization of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine at the Opera House drew a good crowd with a solid cast delivering the Virginia hills tale in a pleasing manner.
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Frederick County
Austin Arnold
Sheriff's Dept
Arnold
Austin
Fredenck County
Grand Jury
Urbana
William O. Wertenbaker
Charles H. Klipp
J. Grahame Johnson
Frederick
J. A. Ramsburg
Maine
Eugene Walter
Opera House
John Fox
Virginia Hills
Worthington named temporary county deputy Civil Defense head
News Post reports Dr. Frank D Worthington, a leading physician, will serve temporarily as county deputy Civil Defense director in charge of medical services and has agreed to be drafted for emergency service. The Buckingham School near Buckeystown is transferred to the Protestant Episcopal Church of Maryland in affectionate memory of founders William G Baker Joseph D Baker and Daniel Baker.
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Frank D. Worthington
Civil Defense
Ernest Helfenstein
Worthington
Buckingham
Buckeystown
Convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese
Muskie Widens Lead for '72 Nomination
NEA Washington Correspondent Bruce Biossat reports that Senator Edmund Muskie leads the 1972 Democratic field with no strong challenger emerging. McGovern and Hughes position left of Muskie, while Kennedy remains the sole major prospective rival, and Muskie's lead grows as rivals struggle to present a united alternative.
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Washington
NEA
Edmund Muskie
John F. Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Muskie
White House
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Birch Bayh
Indiana
George McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Hughes
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Bayh
Washington Redskins
New York Giants
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Midwest Research Institute
Kansas City
U.S
Sheriff's Office
Baumgartner
Jacobs
Ella V. Jacobs
Helen M. Crum
Dorotily KE
More Heights
Frederick, Md
News-Post
By Bruce Biossat
Berry's
Howard Hughes
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