Predictions improve but quake losses stay high in California
Editorial argues scientists may forecast quakes within days but cannot prevent tragedy. Most casualties and damage come from aftershocks, fires, and debris, not the initial shaking. Strong building codes and land-use planning are urged, with economics and psychology shaping preventive choices.
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Los Angeles
California
San Francisco
Bakersfield
Caltech
Stewart Smith
The Tuna War and a Wider Question of Shared Resources
A broad reflection on the US Ecuador Chile tuna dispute and its wider implications. The piece notes waters claimed by three nations, US seizures and fines, license offers, and Washingtons stance on 12 miles. It argues the crux is control of natural resources and questions global sharing of vital resources amid ecological crisis.
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Vietnam
Mideast
South America
Peru
Chile
U.S
Washington
United States
Earth
Boyle's Column: Everyday Ironies From HAL BOYLE
HAL BOYLE offers wry vignettes on modern life from a bachelor’s view. He jokes about marriage, success ladders, consumer quirks, and gender norms, ending with a quip on office coffee breaks and gossip.
Supreme Court moves right during mid term
The Supreme Court leans conservative under Nixon with Burger and Blackmun driving the shift. In 47 rulings the two appointees sided 45 times, shaping cases on welfare aid for home visitors and other issues while four 5-4 decisions hint at a still fragile balance amid pending big questions.
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Barry Schweid
Associated Press
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Supreme Court
Warren
Nixon
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Earl Warren
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Burger
Blackmun
Massachusetts
Legal Act Clouds Kent State Trial
A Cleveland judge destroys part of a grand jury report blaming students and university permissiveness for Kent State while upholding indictments against 23 students and two professors. Kent State, New Haven, Angela Davis, Bobby Seale and broader calls for justice are invoked amid fears of prejudice and lost trials.
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Cleveland
Special County Grand Jury
Kent State
Kent Legal Defense Fund
Kent
New Haven
Bobby Seale
Angela Davis
California
KSU
National Guard
Kent State University
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos a Grim Challenge
U S planes and helicopter gunships unload on the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos as defense officials debate the effectiveness and cost of daily air interdiction. Bomb tonnage reaches 900 per day with 30 B 52s, while output and trafficking along many channels defy simple measurement.
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NEA
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Defense Department
Britain
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Ho Trail
U.S. Air Force
Saigon
Enterprise Assn
Suez Concessions Could Speed Mideast Peace
United Nations talks on Arab-Israeli peace continue with cautious optimism as Egypt hinted at concessions over the Suez Canal. Analysts see a potential opening if Israel withdraws within a broader contractual peace, while Meir supports an open canal for all nations.
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NEA
Egypt
Anwar el-Sadat
Gunnar Jarring
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Israel
United States
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Britain
France
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Suez Canal
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Meir
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Cape of Good Hope
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el- Sadat
Moshe Dayan
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