Editorials Recycling Kills Two Birds In Waste Plan
A UCLA professor converts cow dung and glass bottles into a foamed ceramic material. The process uses 5-10 percent dung with 90-95 percent powdered glass to create an insulative, water and gas impermeable material that can be painted glazed drilled or nailed. The inventor cites addressing California waste from 1 million tons of dung and 50 million weekly glass bottles while offering a cheap production path.
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Long hair on the wane at University of Chicago campus
University of Chicago barber Carl Alkire reports a shift toward moderately long but neater hair among students and shorter cuts for graduates and faculty. He notes growing pride in appearance and trimmed beards, though it may be too early to declare an end to the scruffy era nationwide.
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Carl Alkire
University
Alkire
Desegregation Debate Grows Over Busing Across States
Seven Northern cities and the federal government face lawsuits forcing extensive busing to desegregate. Pontiac Michigan may become the first Supreme Court test, with related actions in San Francisco Pasadena and pending cases in South Holland Tulsa Waterbury Indianapolis. The era's law remains disputed between courts HEW and President Nixon who opposes busing to balance races.
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Puritan Moralism in Maoist China At Home And Abroad
James Reston reports from Peking on the Hsinhua routine moral maxims under Mao and the zeal of officials who frame production and daily life around a Protestant Ethic like revival. He notes the rituals of tours, slogans, and common rooms shaping workers and visitors alike while raising questions about managing a modern industrial society.
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Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Soviet Economic Flaws Emerge From Czechoslovak Reforms
Ota Sik argues in Problems of Communism that centralized planned management since 1948 created misaligned production, weak incentives, and inflated quotas. He notes higher costs, poor quality, and rising inflation as shortages of consumer goods and limited foreign technology hindered Russia’s ability to reform. Computers are tried but failing to fix fundamental planning defects.
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Roots Are Sunk Deep but. Adieu to Wooded Refuge
A Michigan writer bids farewell to 25 years of Lake Michigan woods and paths. He recalls building rustic bridges and log steps with his brother, the bond to land, and the woods as a personal anchor amid changing American life.
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Michigan
World Almanac
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