Editorial: Solar energy worth study
The piece argues solar power deserves more federal research funding amid concerns about fossil fuels and nuclear energy. It highlights two proposals from the October 1971 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: producing hydrogen from water via solar heat, and Meinel solar farms using optical concentration to generate and store heat. The editorial urges government backing for safe, pollution free solar solutions.
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Atomic Scientists
Norman Ford
Joseph Kane
University of Massachusetts
Tucson
Aden and
Marjorie Meinel
Optical Sciences Center
University of Arizona
Meinels
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
If I ran the Telephone Company ideas for Ma Bell
A friend proposes a game where every home gets one book and extra copies are charged to raise revenue and cut waste. He suggests biennial directories with a yearly supplement to skip annual reprints, sparking debate on moves and paper savings.
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Asmaraphone Hirectony
Esigh
Ma Bell
Telethon proposed to erase Democratic debt before 1968 crisis
Democratic treasurer Robert Strauss pursues a nationwide telethon over a TV network to raise 5 million in pledges and erase the party's 9 million 1968 campaign debt before the Miami Beach convention. Support from Lawrence O'Brien. timing uncertain with May or June weekend eyed. costs loom and donor collection questions remain.
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Robert Strauss
Lawrence F. O’brien
Strauss
O'Brien-Strauss
Dallas
Texas
John Y. Brown Jr
Louisville, Ky
Brown
Nixon
Miami Beach
Harry Truman
Progress welcomes letters to editor with 400-word limit
The Progress invites letters to the editor limited to four hundred words and requests letterwriters include their name and home address for verification. Typewritten letters are preferred.
SCS dredging myths unravelled in tobacco region rivers
Wildlife biologist Burdick exposes how the Soil Conservation Service overstated benefits of two 1960s dredging projects on Catawhiskie and Ahoskie creeks in Hertford and Northampton counties. The programs cost near 1 million dollars and boosted tobacco losses by 30 percent, while benefiting tobacco quitters more than flooded cropland.
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Stewart Udall
Jeff Stansbury
U.S . Soil Conservation Service
SCS
George E. Burdick
North Carolina
Martin Technical Institute
Hertford
Northampton
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Burdick
Mailbag Letter Urges Fair Campaign in Scottsdale
A Scottsdale reader urges mayoral and council candidates to focus on issues and a civil, transparent race. He cites concerns about divisiveness and calls for publishing campaign contributions and expenditures, referencing Steve Shadegg and Phoenix politics.
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Steve
Tisan
Shadegg
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Williams
Guy Stillman
Officials Called 44 Fools in Bucks Game
Officials called 44 fools in the game with eight on the Bucks, per summaries in Albuquerque Journal and Harvey Star-Tribune. This report cites Bob Hanrahan speaking to hear Bob.
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Albuquerque
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Bob Hanrahan
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Hanrahan
Harvey
Ill
Star-Tribune
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