Global Trends Point to Dimming Prospects and Increased Interdependence
The Futurist editors with Lester R. Brown outline growing world population and urbanization, widening wealth gaps, rising unemployment in developing regions, and environmental strain. They note improved transport and communications, rising education, and increasing multinational activity as economies move toward a single global system with softened sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Futurist
Lester R. Brown
India
Asia
Africa
Latin America
New York
London
Atlantic
Editorial on guarding the right to know and press freedom
The piece argues reporters serve the public by shedding light on government, warns against harassment of journalists by judges or prosecutors, and supports protecting press freedom. It cites Senator Sam Ervin considering a qualified privilege, urging objective reporting and public support for an informed democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
Ervin
Stock concentration in hands of big investors persists
AP identifies ongoing stock concentration among institutions as a long term risk. A Wright Investors' Service study shows Dow 30 at 16 times earnings while 36 famous growth stocks trade at 38.5 times. Institutional focus on 17 superstocks may distort indices and raise reckoning potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunniff
NEW York
Mutual
Pension Funds
Wright Investors’ Service
Dow Jones
Wright
Ings
John Wright
Institutional Investor
New York Stock Exchange
China
Colorado
Things That Make Life Worth Living
HAL Boyle recalls small joys from childhood through later life. He lists simple pleasures a boy experiences in candy stores, schoolyard games, family moments, and memories that shape a long life, ending with the idea that small moments and portents define our years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
On This Date in History March 13 1973
Highlights include Caesar's assassination in 44 B C and Champlain's voyage in 1603. Jackson born in 1767 and Maine statehood in 1826. Indochina protectorate in 1874, Pershing troops into Mexico in 1916, Darwin raid in 1943. U S hot line proposal ten years ago and gold stampede five years ago. Ed dy Arnold and George Brent birthdays noted.
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Associated Press
B.C
Julius Caesar
Samuel de Champlain
New World
U.S
Andrew Jackson
Maine
France
Indochina
Annam
John J. Pershing
Mexico
Pancho Villa
Darwin
Australia
United States
Washington
Moscow
Europe
London
U.S. Senate
Eddy Arnold
George Brent
William Shakespeare
Ellery Queen pen name and Olympic quiz facts
The pen name Ellery Queen belonged to cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred B Lee, and to their principal fictional character. The 1972 Summer Olympics were held in Munich Germany. The term large in music means extremely slow. Amman, capital of Jordan, now sits on the site of ancient Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellery Queen
Frederic Dannay
Manfred B. Lee
Munich
Germany
Amman
Jordan
Palm trees flourish across broad U S range
Sixteen palm species thrive from North Carolina to Florida and the Gulf Coast, reaching inland to Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United States
North Carolina
Florida
Gulf Coast States
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
California
Letters to the Editor Guidelines
Community newspaper outlines submission rules for letters. Writers must provide signature and address on request, limit under 500 words, ensure general interest, and avoid poor taste content.
Briscoe Budget Aims No New Taxes In 1974 75
Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe proposes a 9.6 billion biennial budget with no new revenue and 300 million unallocated to cover school finance and welfare uncertainties. The plan boosts education by 240.3 million and agency funding by 111.3 million while leaving room for court and legislative needs. The proposal attracts mixed reaction from legislators as editors visit Austin for discussion on open records and ethics.
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Austin
Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
House
Senate
Preston Smith
Legislative Budget Board
Texas
Bill Hobby
Price Daniel Jr
Sec
Mark White
John Hill
Daniel
Hobby
Senate Jurisprudence Committee
Chet Brooks
Pasadena
Brooks
Sen
A. M. Aikin
Paris
Supreme Court
San Patricio County
Fort Worth
Corsicana
High Court
Frank G. Evans III
Houston
First Court of Civil Appeals
Tom F. Coleman
Evans
Willie L. Scott
Belisario D.J. Flores
San Antonio
Army
Air National Guard
Permanent School Fund
Bot Armstrong
Houston Oil and Minerals Corporation
Galveston County
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Dick Turner
Boyle
Pecos Enterprise
South Cedar Street
Pecos
TEXA
Press Association
Philadelphia
PINE
Jack Strong
Longview
Strong
Constitutional Revision Commission
Dallas
Texas Air Control Board
Texas Water Rights Commission
Trinity River
House Committee
Sierra Blanca
Irving
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