Resource Devouring Technology and Population Decline Warning
UPI report warns industrial civilization faces collapse within decades without new raw material sources and population restraint. It highlights reliance on foreign minerals, ERTS space prospecting, and calls for faster resource management and population control to prevent a future of near starvation and environmental decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Earth Resources Technology Satellite
ERTS
Interior Department
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Om Space
National Academy Ofciences
Seaborg
Academy of Sciences
Academy
Byrd Keynotes West Virginia Cancer Drive Meet
Senator Robert C Byrd spoke at a West Virginia Division education and fundraising kickoff at Holiday Inn Charleston to push a drive themed We Want to Wipe Out Cancer in Your Lifetime. The group aims to raise 325000 by expanding research education and service programs with local officers and residents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Byrd
State Cancer Crusade
West Virginia
Holiday Inn No. 2
Charleston
Virgil A. Sarrett
Tony Gonzalez
A. J. O’brien
D. R. Lindley
University of the Americas
Pueblo
Mexico
West Viriiinia Division
Legislative
P. QO
Beckley
W. Va
P.m
United Systems, Inc
c/o
Windmill Truckers Center
P. O
Wheeling
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Temple Street
Delta Queen Restored With Space Age Upgrades Reopens
The Delta Queen, last overnight paddleboat on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, resumes service after a 1970s modernization. Engineers replated iron hull, applied fire retardant coatings, overhauled engines and updated communications. The boat retains 19th century charm with gold plated calliope and restored woodwork. The first voyage from New Orleans to Cincinnati, a 13 day trip, is booked by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Flynn
Cincinnati
UPS
Mississippi
Ohio
New Orleans
Green Line ‘Steamers, Inc
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Trust For Historic Preservation Group
Informal TV newsroom banter noted in broadcast style
A UPI column observes growing informality on local TV newscasts with anchors trading chatter and light jokes. It highlights San Francisco’s KQED as a leading example and contrasts it with less hard nosed offerings, then sketches a playful exchange among a fictional station crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick du Brow
Hollywood
UPI
San Francisco
KQED
Harry
Joe
Tom
Dead Air and Wiretaps Echo Through a Call
S I D E by Dick West notes the weird failures of dialing 555 5555 and a dead air machine at the phone company. He quips that wiretapping by FBI and other agencies could someday rival the phone system in reach and reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick West Washington
UPI
FBI
Cairo Elects White Council Reelects Mayor
Cairo Illinois voters elected Mayor A B Pete Thomas to a second term and four white commissioners in a race backed by the United Citizens for Community Action. The race followed two years of racial tension with the United Front, including arson and sniper incidents, while Thomas said he would push mediation and seek cooperation from new leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Ill
UPI
A. B
Pete” Thomas
United Citizens For Community Action
Commission
United Front
Thomas
Bob Cunningham
UCCA
Death notices and funeral arrangements
W M Taylor age 77 of 30012 Elm Street funeral 2:30 p.m. Thursday Grace Primitive Baptist Church Shady Spring with Elder George Foley Merrill Lilly and Rev Otis Clyburn officiating burial Canaday Cemetery Glen Ew Sneed Minnie Rose Sneed age 79 Flat Top funeral 2:30 p.m. Friday Flat Top Missionary Baptist Church Rev Wilmer Lilly burial Tom Lilly Cemetery Ghent Blevins Charles age 78 Scarbro funeral 11 a.m. Friday Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel 1901 South Kanawha Street Evangelist Dennis Moss officiating burial Paw Memorial Park Oak Weidensall Mrs Bessie Wood 62 504 North Oakwood Avenue funeral 3 p.m. Thursday Melton Mortuary Chapel burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Melton Mortuary Lilly Everett Byrd 93 Ghent funeral 11 a.m. Thursday Elder Dean Pack officiating burial Brammer Cemetery CLASSIFIED DISPLAY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Taylor
W. M
Elm Street
Grace Primitive Baptist Church
Shady Spring
George Foley
Merrill Lilly
Otis Clyburn
Canaday Cemetery
Glenew
Sneed
Minnie Rose
Flat Top
Flat Top Missionary Baptist Church
Wilmer Lilly
Tom Lilly
Ghent
Blevins Blevins
Charles
Scarbro
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
South
Kanawha Street
Dennis Moss
Paw Memorial Park
Oak
Weidensall Weidensall
Bessie Wood
North
Oakwood Avenue
Melton Mortuary
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Lilly Lilly
Everett Byrd
Fairmont Court Sifts Through Faculty Suit Over Renewals
Seven Fairmont State College faculty members sue the school for 350000 claiming violations of constitutional rights after teaching contracts were not renewed. Named defendants include college president B K Feaster West Virginia Board of Regents and its chancellor Dr Prince Woodard. Plaintiffs Jarrett C Chitwood Clarence Wolfshot Ernest E Chapman Ada N Parkinson Daniel McConnell Edna Baker Dorothy Schwer seek 50000 each.
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Joseph L. Myler
Washington
Earth
William T. Pecora
U.S. Geological Survey
Interior
I. Braxton Anderson
Anderson
Walter .H. Griswold
Frances Foltz
Kenneth Bays
Betsy Hatcher
Phyllis Edmunds
Helen Gagalis
Raleigh
Dr. Griswold
State Cancer Society
Delta Queen
TV In Review
Middle East
Beirut
Arnold Palmer
Buddy
Philip Mills
Odd
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Fairmont
City Ave
Charles C. Wilcox
Bill Booth
Oak Grove Christian Church
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Anna Mae Almond
Emma Jean Gentry
Ruth Darlene Bell
Tower Garden
Blue Ridge Memorial
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Red Feist
Robert L
Besley Newspapers
Call
Joe Linville
Call Gene Crone
Sam G. Foley
Lowell Foley
L. Stewart
Mankin Ave
Seckley
Wright’s
Crab ‘Orchard
COLE
Andy
Halstead
Joseph St
Prince St. Ph
Eric
C. Shumate
Coal City
Daniels
Beaver
R. M. Simmons
Ralsigh Miracle
Fron
Stanaford
Stanaford RD
Aid
TE Et Truste
CRETE
E. Campbell Herman Warden
Volkswagen
Jan Campbell Music Co
Dial
H. M. Richmond
Glade Creek Secion
Leonard Collins
Welch
Molly Collins
Camp
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Son i Parsons
Jesus
P.O. Box
W.va
Ed QO
Ed QO. James, 3918 MacCorkle, Charleston, W. Va
Prince Street
Charles House
Royal Spagetti House
Bradley
OWN & Country
Eizenhower Drive
Obugene
Pavex, Inc
Prosperity
Amigo
Wyoming County
Reece
Low
Fayetteville
AC Power and Wilcox
Princeton
Carpenter
Bishop
Marty
South Heber Street
Mr. White
Arnold Dodge, Inc
Jim Meek
MGR
Appalachian Tire Products
Beckley Plaza
Care Beckley Newspapers Corp
A. Royal Carpet Cleaners
Brat
Phone
Bennie Carte
G & W Contractors
Gilbert & Stinson
John Baker
B&b
Baker's
Leed's
Prince St
Carl Johnson
Beckley, W. Va
Daniels Bible Church
Dairy Queen
Christ
Russia
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