Nuclear power debate doubts safety and need for growth
In a Senate context Senator Domenici argues the chance of a nuclear plant disaster is essentially non existent while supporters caution that risks justify caution. Senator Gravel and others question containment realism and urge reliance on solar and fossil fuels, warning against halting nuclear development.
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Washington
Pete V. Domenici
New Mexico
Senate
Domenici
Sam
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Gravel
Nuclear Vision
James W. Symington
Missouri
Mike McCormack
Editorial on Book Burning Sparks Local Controversy in Drake
In Drake North Dakota a 700-person town bans several books from the high school shelves including Slaughterhouse-Five. Principal burns the removed Vonnegut volumes in the school incinerator drawing national attention and sharp editorials about censorship versus parental responsibility and local standards.
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North Dakota
Drake
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughter House Five
Hemingway
Faulkner
Vonnegut
Nazi Germany
Los Angeles Times
Russia
CBS
Supreme Court
Havelock Ellis
Oil shortage slows production in pockets
AP reports that the Middle East oil embargo is likely to slow the economy more than expected, with sharp regional effects. Shortages of gasoline and heating oil, factory closings, and lay offs are expected to appear in pockets, especially along the Eastern seaboard. Prices across goods may rise as energy costs propagate through processing and transport.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Mideast
Seaboard
Alan Greenspan
Townsend-Greenspan, Inc
Greenspan
Otto Eckstein
Data Resources, Inc
Eckstein
New York Column Lists Everyday Irritations
Boyle laments endless international crises, overhyped gifts, hypocritical fashion, gas cuts, dubious book titles, turkey lottery luck, large tips, hoarding, romantic imbalances, snobbery about wine, long telephone gossip, windblown trees, leaves piling on lawns, muddy kids, funeral joggers, obstructive shoppers, inflation praise, and ends with a petition for deliverance.
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New York
Expensive-account living mob style in US crime
Organized crime infiltrates legitimate business for profits yet keeps old methods. Syndicate members use stolen airline tickets at discounts, pay for lunches with stolen credit cards, and supply motels with stolen TV sets. Experts say mob control exploits offers rivals cannot refuse.
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United States
Herbert Edelhertz
Battelle Human Affairs Research Center
Seattle
Brooklyn Judge Orders Inmates Access to Local Newspapers
A federal judge in Brooklyn, NY, ruled Suffolk County jail must provide inmates with the same newspapers available to county residents. Officials argued free papers would be disruptive, but reading about the outside world may show inmates they are better off where they are.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
Suffolk County
Today in History November 28 1973 highlights
On November 28 1973 the Associated Press notes major events from history. Highlights include Magellan reaching the Pacific in 1520 Panama independence from Spain in 1821 Hawaii recognition in 1843 the first Thanksgiving proclaimed in 1863 the Cocoanut Grove fire in 1942 Tehran wartime meeting in 1943 Cape Canaveral renamed Cape Kennedy in 1963 and other items from 10 5 and 1 years ago plus recent cabinet appointments.
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Associated Press
Ferdinand Magellan
Pacific Ocean
South American
Panama
Spain
Republic of
Colombia
Britain
France
Hawaii
London
Cocoanut Grove
Boston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Tehran
Iran
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cape Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Prince Charles
Prince of Wales
Nixon
Elliot L. Richardson
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Health
Detente meanings in White House and Kremlin views
Washington analysis outlines detente limits and potential benefits. It argues detente does not imply arms spending cuts or comprehensive arms control, but could enable a hot line, reduce accidental confrontations, and allow limited cooperation such as fusion energy research with safeguards.
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Moscow
White House
State Department
Pentagon
Mideast
United States
Europe
Japan
Afghanistan
West Europe
Kissinger
Soviet Union
Eastern
North Korea
North Viet Nam
Middle East
Ussr
U.S
Kremlin
Nixon’s Watergate crisis and the call for accountability
Don Oakley notes that some congressmen urge Nixon to apologize while Nixon tours the country defending his presidency. A press conference offers little follow up, and the piece questions what real national benefit comes from his public appearances. The author urges Nixon to answer in secret oath before the Watergate Committee, criticizing his evasiveness.
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Richard Nixon
United States
Nixon
South
Congress
Watergate
Thomas Jefferson
Barry Goldwater
Watergate Committee
Richard M. Nixon
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America
Buckner News Alliance
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Texas Press Association
Ray Cromley
NEA
Don Oakley
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