Rich nations unlikely to close gap with poorer countries
Bruce Biossat argues that despite romantic hopes, the income gulf between affluent and less developed nations will not close. He notes slower per capita gains in poorer lands, rapid population growth, high poverty, and limited impact of trade and aid, with wealthy countries' large bases amplifying any gains.
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Gulf
Free World
South Korea
Taiwan
United States
C. Fred Bergsten
Divestiture Trend Defines the 1970s Corporate Shift
The era moves from the 1960s urge to merge to a broad divestiture pattern. Through early 1971 mergers fall 19 percent from 1970, with 2200 deals announced and 1400 subsidiary sales up 75 percent from 1969. Companies prune product lines and idle facilities, signaling a decade of divestitures, though some firms still buy to grow.
Crown of Thorns Starfish Crisis Ends Without Human Help
Scientists say the Crown of Thorns starfish crisis in the Pacific eased on its own, with the outbreak likely a natural cycle. Dr. John F. Bardach notes no single human factor can be tied to the event, despite early theories of pollution and proposed congressional funding.
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Pacific Ocean
Hawaiian Islands
Australia
Congress
Hawai
Hiram Fong
Crown of Thorns
John F. Bardach
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
Sandra Blakeslee
Bardach
Second Skylab push faces funding gap at NASA
NASA aides push for a second manned Skylab station as the first mission completes. Marshall Space Flight Center leaders favor more space hardware and joint U.S.-Soviet flights, but funding limits and priorities risk delaying a 1976 program. Dr. Eberhard Rees says money governs likelihood, with success of 1973 missions shaping decisions.
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Frank Macomber
Military Aerospace
Copley
Federal Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
NASA
Washington, D.C
Globe
Earth
Apollo
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Eberhard Rees
Marshall Center
Wernher von Braun
Space Agency
Rees
U.S
History highlights mark 1972 date in brief
On Jan 21 1972 the day notes key events from 1793 Louis XVI beheading to 1950 Alger Hiss perjury verdict and 1961 Jefferson Davis resignation. It also previews Skylab costs and space science shifts as Dr Rees explains ambitions and budget estimates for multiple orbital programs.
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Associated Press
New York
State Department
Alger Hiss
Louis XVI
France
Thomas ‘Stonewall
Jackson
Clarksburg
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
Senate
Nikolai Lenin
Groton
Conn
Italy
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
First widely known comic strip Hogan's Alley origins
Richard Outcault created Hogan's Alley in the 1890s with The Yellow Kid as its hero. The quiz also notes Admiral Byrd's dog Tigloo, aluminum comes from bauxite, and chimpanzees live about 15 to 20 years.
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Richard Outcault
Admiral Byrd
South
Poles
Jumping to conclusions and quiet humor from Hal Boyle
New York columnist Hal Boyle muses on money love aging society and ego with bite and whimsy. He jokes about vamp legends Theda Bara middling power in kindergarten and the imperfect poet while skewering modern vanity and ambition.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Theda Bara
America
First Woman Nominated for U S President in 1872
Victoria Claflin Woodhull led a ticket with Frederick Douglass as vice president per the World Almanac. Woodhull won only a few thousand votes while the Pecos Valley area highlights the Reeves County Junior Livestock Show and a major sale at the rodeo grounds. The Pecos Valley Southern railroad is praised for heavy cotton traffic and consistent progress. Hayes Garment Co announces a new plant near term with executives from Nashville. Pecos attorney John F. Tomlin to attend the Texas State Bar midwinter meeting in Laredo.
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U.S
Victoria Claflin Woodhull
The
World Almanac
Equal Rights Party
Frederick Douglass
Woodhull
Reeves County
Joe Bennett
John F. Tomlin
Pecos
Texas State Bar Board of Directors
Laredo
16Th Bar District
State Bar of Texas
Legal Association
Pecos Yesterdays highlights and local notices
Pecos Yesterday notes editor Sylvia Sandoval reports Pope family illness in Toyah and Big Spring, a car accident near Petrican Springs injuring Mrs Clifton, oil land visits by Mr Birdsell, the Pinal Dome drill in Loving County and possible oil bearing formation. Also reported are a truck accident near Junction, duplex construction on East Second Street, a waste paper drive by Scouts, US Air Corps officers visiting Pecos for a proposed $8 million flying school, Colwell's Sandwich Shop opening, a Masonic lodge visit, Water Well Service awards, and a largish miscellaneous shower at the airbase.
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F. M. Pope
Big Spring
Petrican Springs
Pinal Dome
Loving County
Toyah Bell
Pecos
Colwell
East Second Street
Harold Colwell
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Bruce Biossat
Pecos Enterprise
Mike Oestreicher
Peggy McCracken
Sor
South Cedar Street
Texas
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Washington
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Boyle
Pecos Valley Southern
Toonerville
Toynhvale
Robert F. Hayes
Hayes Garment Company
Howard Hayes
Nashville
Tennessee
By Gill Fox
Sylvia Sandoval
Albert D. Birdsell
Chicago
John Owen
Junction
Owen
San Antonio
Pecus
Kerrville
Billy Prewit
Hugh Roberson
Pevis B90
United States Arms Air Crops
War Department
Chamber of Commerce
Raymond Lindsey
Grand Lodge of Texas
Pecos Valley Country Club
Gordon Hinds
Ted Lindemann
Water Well Service
Mattie Haden
David Blassingame
Nebraska
L. C. Talley
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