South Korea’s rise under Park Chung-hee drives rapid growth
South Korea, 53 year old President Park Chung-hee, and five-year plans foster land reclamation, a modern infrastructure, and a shift to heavy and chemical industries. Exports surge from 32 million in 1960 to an anticipated 3.5 billion in five years. Per capita income climbs from 94.2 to about 370 by 1976.
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Korea
South Korea
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Park Chung-hee
Park
Blue House
Houston
Kipling
South Vietnam
Making of pollution fighter and the fight against smog
Dr. Roderick Nash, UC Santa Barbara co-chair of Environmental Studies, argues that effective pollution control requires deep science and interdisciplinary knowledge. He cites Stanislaus River dilemmas and warns against gimmicky slogans without real understanding of physics, ecology, and policy.
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Roderick Nash
University of California In
Santa Barbara
Congress
Nash
Stanislaus
California
Cornell Social Roundup Notes Visits and Family News
Cornell residents host and visit relatives across Illinois and Florida. Notable gatherings include Mrs. John Svensson honoring Mrs. Lorene Sullivan, several weekend visits in Dwight Streator and Leonore, and birthdays like Mrs. Mary Johnson turning 81. Earl Garretson underwent back surgery in Los Angeles with recovery reported as satisfactory.
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Harold Asper
Cornell
John Svensson
Lorene Sullivan
Aldine Myers
Mary Mills
Lottie Weinberg
Pontiac
Sullivan
John Farero
Oscar Swanberg
Carl Swanberg
William Pollock
Dawn
Aledo
Louis Meyer
Cullom
William Spray
Kankakee
James Myers
Jeffrey Myers
Egbert Knudson
Hazel Barry
Streator
Charles A. Knudson
Ernest
Nixon meets crowds at Illinois State Fair in Springfield
President Nixon toured the Illinois State Fair greeting cheering crowds and inspecting cattle with daughter Julie Eisenhower as 125000 people lined the route. He signed a bill designating Abraham Lincoln's home a national historic site and defended U S farming as highest output at low cost. Police briefly detained five antiwar demonstrators before releasing all but one.
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Michael Robinson
Associated Press
Springfield
Nixon
United States of America
Farmers of America
Abraham Lincoln
Julie Eisenhower
Richard B. Ogilvie
Thomas B. Evans
Brad Lindskog
Prophetstown
Prand
Don Shriver
Quincy
Heinzmann
Carlisle
FFA
Capitol
Air Force One
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Old State Capitol
Lincoln
Illinois
William G. Stratton
Ralph T. Smith
U.S
Paul Findley
Pittsfield
Benjamin O Davis, first Negro general. World Almanac notes
The World Almanac records that Benjamin O Davis became the first Negro general in the U S Army when appointed October 25 1940. His son Benjamin Davis Jr a West Point graduate rose to lieutenant general before leaving the Air Force.
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Benjamin O. Davis
U.S. Army
Benjamin Davis Jr
West Point
Air Force
POWs endure captivity better than expected study suggests
An unpublicized Defense study by Albert Biderman concludes American POWs in Korea adapt to captivity with greater resilience than widely believed. The report argues ordinary Americans underestimate their capacity to endure hardship and calls for government action to keep POWs connected with family and country during captivity.
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Nea
Hanoi
Albert D. Biderman
Biderman
America
Defense Department
Manhattan
Bensonhurst
Jackson Heights
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Landfield Furniture
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