Global trends reshape world in The Futurist survey
The Futurist magazine with Lester R Brown surveys worldwide patterns likely to shape this century and beyond. Population growth, urbanization, widening wealth gaps, and environmental strain contrast with improvements in transportation, literacy, and communications, as nations increasingly share a global economic framework.
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Futurist
Lester R. Brown
India
Asia
Africa
Latin America
New York
London
Atlantic
1972 For The Birds and the Parks Funding Gap
The National Audubon Society warns 1972 will not yield real national seashores and parks due to insufficient federal funding. Marvin Zeldin notes Congress authorized nearly half a billion for land acquisition and development, but actual appropriations are far short, with a large unspent balance from 1960 authorizations. Despite new areas like San Francisco Bay Wildlife Refuge and Gateway National Recreation Area, staff shortages and funding constraints loom for several new parks, while recreation visits jump.
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National Audubon Society
Audubon
Society
Marvin Zeldin
Congress
Zeldin
San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
San Francisco
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
New York
Gateway National Recreation Area
Tinicum National Environmental Center
Philadelphia
Buffalo National River
Arkansas
Council On Environmental Quality
Redwood
California
North Cascades
Washington
Guadalupe Mountains
Texas
Voyageurs
Minnesota
National Park Service
Nixon
Nixon orders crackdown on Chicago Daley machine
A Nixon admin driven federal operation targeted Chicago politics after Daley machine influence delayed his 1960 bid. Otto Kerner’s 17 counts included conspiracy and tax crimes, with other indictments seen. Daley’s sons faced scrutiny while pressuring reform. broader probes loom. Black September CIA notes and Lettuce Boycott letters follow.
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Washington
Nixon
Chicago
John F. Kennedy
Richard Daley
White House
Justice Department
Daley
Otto Kerner
Tlinois
Cook County
Central Intelligence Agency
Khartoum
U.S
Cleo Noel Jr
Hussein
Jordan
al-Fatah
Ths
Fedayeen
CIA
Fatah
Europe
America
50 Years Ago March 16 1923 Returns from England Steamer Majestic
Mrs. Robert Dinterman Alfred and Mary Emily returned to this city from Swindon England aboard the Majestic after visiting Mrs Dinterman s parents Mr and Mrs Alfred Jones. Frederick County Products Inc seen as new MD venture by Daniel T Dutrow who hails from Frederick. Prof John J Crumlish elected president of Emmitsburg Savings Bank succeeding the late J Lewis Rhodes. March 16 1953 fashion preview raises funds for Welcome Wagon Newcomer s Club hospital fund. New Market Homemaker s Club meets at Mrs Bernard Selby s home with 12 members and one guest. Mary McGolerick discusses homemaker s civil defense role. David Burtner near Frederick wins all around grand champion in the Eastern National Spring Hog Show at Timonium after entering 289 hogs.
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Robert Dinterman
Alfred
Mary Emily
City
Dinterman
Alfred Jones
Swindon
England
Majestic
Emmitsburg Savings Bank
John J. Crumlish
Mt. St. Mary's College
J. Lewis Rhodes
NEW Market Homemaker's Club
Bernard Selby
Mary McGolerick
David Burtner
Frederick
Timonium
Diplomatic Party Life Draws Fire From Consular Readers
Bruce Biassat’s Washington column condemns the heavy party circuit in U S diplomacy noting exhausted mid level staff and lavish NATO HQ bureaucracy. He argues ceremony is overused and questions its link to genuine security.
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Frederick, Maryland
Oscar Newman
Ralph Erickson
Wounded Knee
Wafsi Tell
Cairo
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Shanquili
Riyadh
al-Abu Ayyad
News-Post
Lewistown Methodist Church
Frederick County
Donal K. Coyle
Utica, Md
T Mead
Maryland
Chamber of Commerce
The
DAR
Landmarks Association
FSK Foundation
School For the Deaf
Catoctin Furnace Historical Society
SAR
Frederick Civic Club
Frederick County Historical Society
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
Bill Parkins
NAACP
Seaven Gordon
Center Street
Daniel T. Dutrow
Frederick County Products, Inc
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NEA
Foreign Service
Lewis Mumford
State Department
Western
NATO
Brussels
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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