Editorial on basic research funding and military involvement
The piece notes lean times in scientific research due to federal cuts and campus antimilitarism. It cites Truman's 1947 veto of NSF creation, then Pentagon roles through the 1950s, and later civilian control with the 1950 NSF, while highlighting ongoing cuts and the mixed view of militarism in supporting science.
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Defense Department
Truman
National Science Foundation
Pentagon
James B. Conant
Harvard Universit
Conant
National Science Board
Pees
Congress
Defense
Interior faces delay as Alaska pipeline decision nears
The Interior Department will likely back a pipeline despite injunctions and environmental protests. Public hearings are planned for February in Anchorage and Washington as industry, agencies, and public views are examined before a possible lifting of the injunction and a final decision.
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Interior Department
Nature
Alaska
Anchorage
Washington
Alaskan
North Slope
Valdez
Boyle's Column: Miscellany and reflections from 1900s notes
A collage of short items decrying nothing in particular: prenatal noise effects, White House visits, heat death risk, surgical volumes, ancient golf, Edison phonograph, interior laundry tips, Kopacaban quip, kangaroos in trees, ferocious weasels, rattlesnakes, polar bears, and a San Francisco quake followed by a far larger fire loss.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Pat Nixon
White House
United States
England
Wales
Rome
Thomas A. Edison
Signs of the Times
Jules Podell
Aerospace layoffs spur retraining and new ventures in Dallas Fort Worth
The Dallas Fort Worth area contends with widespread aerospace job cuts as firms delay and cancel programs. Some engineers shift to new fields, start consultancies, or build playhouses for income. Ben Hamner, 56, advocates retraining and warns many with 20 year aerospace careers face bleak options without quick adaptive skills.
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Dallas-Fort Woth
Godfrey Anderson
Associated Press
Dallas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Texas Instruments, Inc
Long-Temco- Vought
Vought Aeronautics Division
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Houston Space Center
A. O. Smith Corp
Houston Ship Channel
Ting
Armco Steel
Braniff International
Texas Employment Commission
Tarrant County
Fort Worth
Wichita
Kane
Seattle
Los Angeles
Aerospace
John Kearley
Opportunity Unlimited
Ben B. Hamner
LTV
Hainer
Texas A&m University
Texas Christian University
Hamner
Gulf of Mexico
Charlie Farrell
Texas Instruments
Germany
Jerry Norris
Elfab
Ammon & Champion
Farrell
Norris
Regional waste treatment plants expanding across regions
Wilmington company Rollins Purle operates incineration and biological and chemical treatment facilities near Philadelphia and Baton Rouge and plans a third plant in Houston next April. The growing business charges customers from 60 cents per gallon plus hauling fees for waste disposal with additional plants in the pipeline.
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Wilmington
Del
Rollins-Purle
Philadelphia
Baton Rouge
Houston
Job training ignored for Americans over forty five
NEA columnist Ray Cromley highlights how less than 10 percent of federal and state job training targets the 45 plus group, estimating 4.4 million unemployed or underemployed and nearly eight million living below the poverty line. Many are capable and want work, yet face systemic barriers and poverty.
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Washington
Nea
Peace Corps
European troop withdrawal issue framed in 1972 campaign
In Europe Prime 72 Issue Senate leader Mansfield urges heavy U.S. troop withdrawal, stirring 1972 campaign debate. McGovern backs the Mansfield plan while Muskie, after talks with Willy Brandt, hedges with cautious remarks.
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Gls
Europe
Washington
NEA
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
George McGovern
Edmund Muskie
McGovern
Muskie
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Bonn
Mansfield
Atlantic
Germany
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Poland
East Germany
Moscow
Warsaw
Kremlin
Russia
Ni Flatly
NATO
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Washington Correspondent
Bruce Biossat
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