Rio Grande Declared Wild River In New Mexico Taos Gorge
The Rio Grande between Taos and the Colorado border is designated a Wild River under the 1968 act. Forty eight miles of the 1900 mile river are now off limits to dams mining logging and heavy development to preserve its wild character. Other rivers slated for protection include Clear Water Idaho Eleven Point Missouri Feather California Rogue Oregon St Croix Minnesota Wisconsin and Wolf Wisconsin with potential future additions across several states.
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Rio Grande
Boyd L. Rasmussen
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Rasmussen
Taos
New Mexico
Colorado
Washington
Rio Grande Gorge
Clearwater
Idaho
Eleven Point
Missouri
Feather
California
Rogue
Oregon
St. Croix
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Wolf
Little Miami
Little Beaver
Ohio
Hudson
New York
Youghingheny
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Con
West Virginia
Niobrara
Nebraska
Suwanee
Georgia
Florida
Buffalo
Tennessee
Heat Kills Rise in Summer Deaths Cited
An ES S A report warns heat causes about 175 deaths yearly in a normal year with higher tolls in extreme summers. The 1952 heat wave saw 1 401 deaths, making heat a leading natural hazard after extreme cold, and urges simple safety steps like staying hydrated avoiding sunburn and lighter meals.
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Commerce Department
Environmental Science Services Administration
Dehiring Expendables Reflects Shifts In Corporate Layoffs
A domestic vignette illustrates executives coping with job cuts as firms trim staffs. Labor data show 17 of every 1000 professionals out of work in May, a 5 percent rise from last year. Dehired and outplaced terms ease the blow, with some executives seeking new roles or even opportunities abroad.
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Labor Department
Henry Ford
Say No at the Right Time in HAL Boyle’s Column
HAL Boyle argues the era’s yes men exist beyond offices, urging readers to reject tempting invitations that harm well being. He lists examples from social enticements to advice offers, then adds notes on nutrition and the origin of foolscap paper with a Shakespearean watermark.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Hospitals vs Medicare tighten rules force Texas hospitals to close
Texas hospitals face Medicare and Medicaid rules weeding out small facilities. Granbury Commerce Groesbeck and others have closed or halted admitting Medicare patients, sparking nurse shortages and patient travel hardship. Officials defend strict enforcement while locals warn of reduced access and hospital districts.
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Country
Texas
Jim Brigance
Associated Press
Commerce
Granbury
Groesbeck Hospital
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
L.G. Ballard
Granbury General Hospital
Hood County
Ballard
Medicare
Jim Bray
Bray
van Rush
Groesbeck
Stanley Cox
Cox
Walter Walthall
Texas Medical Association
Nixon
West Berlin Ailing City Holds Hope for Unified Capital
A NEA feature portrays West Berlin as a vibrant yet imprisoned enclave ringed by the Berlin Wall. It notes a 2.2 million population, heavy Bonn subsidies, incentives for marriage and housing, and a 1969 7.8 percent growth with rising emigration and a restless youth, while asking if can endure as a free city.
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Berlin
NEA
West
East Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Germany
Free Germany
Frankfurt
Dusseldorf
Ommerz Bank
West Germany
Bonn
London
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Bob Moore
Orb Roden
Bonnie Dearley
Women's Editor
South Cedar Street
Pecos
Boyle
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dennis Short
Theona Cantrell
Dallas
Legisla
Burton Hackney
HEW
Walthall
Gecovery Oy
Thanx
David Grant Hopwood
Sec
West Third St
Cleveland
Psst
Bruce Biossat
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