Editorials Say Natural Foods Not nutritionally Superior
Nutrition experts challenge claims that organically grown foods are healthier than standard produce. Dr. Sarah Short of Syracuse University notes equal nutrition in supermarket vegetables and health foods, cites pesticide evidence in some so-called healthy items, and warns against reliance on preservatives as inferior. She cautions against open bins and imbalanced vegetarian diets, stressing formula nutrition for infants and prudent spending on higher organic prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Short
Syracuse University
Short
Strick
Dr. Short
Natural gas aplenty this winter eases supply fears
The article notes ample natural gas across the nation allowing heating of homes and institutions after shortages a year ago. Higher prices, conservation, and warmer weather boosted production and storage, with gas industry officials not expecting supply problems for the remaining winter. January peak demand has passed.
Hazardous materials move by railroad says railroads
AP analysis notes about 1,600 hazardous material commodities move by rail today, versus 30 to 40 at century start. It cites Waverly Tennessee and Youngstown Florida wrecks, safety stats, track defects, and a claim that 91 percent of such accidents involve trucks.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Waverly
Association of American Railroads
Richard Briggs
Association
FBI seeks message switching system to centralize police data
Washington columnist Jack Anderson reports the FBI pressed for a computer telecommunication system called message switching that would link all state criminal data and speed cross jurisdiction inquiries. Critics warn it could create a national data bank and a de facto federal police force while pledges to consult Congress were allegedly violated.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
FBI
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
White House
Justice Department
Congress
John Moss
D.-Calif
Jack Watson
Capitol Hill
Jay Cochran
Bureau
Gary Cohn
Cochran
Carter
General Services Administration
Frank Carr
GSA
George Orwell
Moss
This Day in History March 8 1978 Highlights
March 8 1978 marks the 67th day of the year with global events listed. Riots and a strike in St Petersburg sparked the Russian revolution on this date in 1917. Other items include the Stamp Act in 1765 and Rangoon captured in 1942.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
House of Lords
Netherlands
Amsterdam
North Sea
New York
Rangoon
Burma
Soviet Union
Far East
China
Makarios
Cyprus
Pope Paul
Terence Cooke
Cardinal Spellman
Clifford Irving
Switzerland
Howard Hughes
Senate
Paul Warnke
U.S
Mixed coal strike settlement may not solve industry crisis
The article argues the longest coal strike will not fix the industry or national energy reliance. It highlights UMW factionalism under Arnold Miller, the shift toward strip mining, and the broader carbon energy strategy. It warns that without industry restructuring, a coal settlement risks lasting national vulnerability to fuel cutoffs and inflation.
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United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
UMW
John L. Lewis
Congress
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