Presidents popularity follows a saucer curved pattern
Buffalo AP reports political scientist Dr James A Stimson finds presidential approval follows a regular parabolic arc through a four year term. Inaugural support is highest then declines slowly with time, ending lower than peak, slight late rise. Ike stands out. Nixon shows a compressed cycle post Watergate.
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U.S
James A. Stimson
The
State University of New York At Buffalo
Gallup
Stimson
Lere
Eisenhower
Ike
Korea
Nixon
John E. Mueller
University of Rochester
U.S. Puppetry Sees Growth Beside Global Stage
Frank Ballard of the University of Connecticut discusses how American puppetry is evolving from child entertainment toward serious art. He notes Europe and Asia treat puppetry as adult theater, while the U.S. lags but shows progress with university courses and increased membership in the Puppeteers of America.
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U.S
Moscow
Union Internationale de la Marionnette
Mainland
China
Soviet Union
Indonesia
Ballard
America
United States
The
Puppeteers of America
Brazil couple with world record family counts 72 grandchildren
In Brasilia Mr. Raimundo Carnauba and wife Maria Madalena claim the Guinness record for most children and now grandchildren. Of 32 offspring 26 survive and have produced about 72 grandchildren. The couple live in a modest six room home on a dirt street near the capital.
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Brasilia
Raimundo Carnauba
Carnauba
Maria Madalena
Juvencio
Maria Aparecida
Brazil
Army plans lava diversion to protect Hilo from Mauna Loa
Army scientist Dr. Benjamin Cummings coordinates with 14 agencies to divert lava from Mauna Loa eruption near Hilo Hawaii using shaped charges and Special Forces teams. Tests at Pohakuioa area show feasibility though wind protection gear and high heat remain challenges.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Benjamin E. Cummings
Mauna Loa
Joint Technical Coordinating Group
Cummings
Sava
Pohakuioa
Bethlehem Steel sees improved second quarter profits
Bethlehem Steel Corp reports 9.4 percent rise in Q2 profits to 54.4 million while first half income falls 36 percent to 82.8 million. Demand for domestic steel improves with better production and shipments. price hikes of 6 to 8 percent noted but unclear for further increases. Also awarded a 156.7 million contract to build two 27 340 deadweight ton container ships at Sparrows Point shipyard.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Louis W. Foy
Foy
Board of Directors
Sparrows Point
States should run wetlands protection not the Corps
Maryland natural resources chief James Coulter told a Senate Public Works panel that states already enforce wetlands laws better than the Army Corps of Engineers. He argued federal land use overreach would duplicate programs and urged delegation of wetlands controls to states.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Maryland
Natural Resources
Senate
James Coulter
Senate Public Works Committee
Coulter
Army Engineers
Corps
Marvin Mandel
Congress
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