Boston Bicentennial Under Fire Over Busing Controversy
A controversial Boston Bicentennial feature mocks the 1776 fight for freedom by portraying buses carrying black youths to white Charlestown and other neighborhoods as a new threat. Guards in fatigues replace red coats as debates over busing and equality surface amid historical reflections.
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Boston
Paul Revere
Charlestown
Revere
Old North Church
Longfellow
Ben Boston
Roxbury
Arizona bids to become federal solar energy research hub
Arizona seeks selection as the home for federal solar energy research and reports ongoing funding such as Town's $200,000 solar heating project for public buildings while California New Mexico and others commit millions to solar energy. Arizona lags behind peers but eyes concrete action and economic gains from sun driven innovation.
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Arizona
California
New Mexico
I New Mexico State University
United States
Environmental groups face funding vs. ethics in green investing
Environmentalists defend investing income as necessary to survive while reducing ecological harm. Audubon and EDF warn against mindless growth, seek expert help, and await SEC rules on disclosing environmental impact. Some donors gift stock, creating tension between activism and shareholder involvement.
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Edward Flattau
United States
America
Audubon Society
Audubon and the
Environmental Defense Fund
EDF
Securities and Exchange Commission
Joe Pierpont
Louisiana
Environmental Policy Center
Standard Oil of
Ohio
Worry Properly Milton Haberdash and the Crisis Era
Arthur Hoppe reflects on Milton Haberdash a once shunned American who fretted about every danger from nuclear war to the missile gap. The piece traces his shifting worries through Berlin Crisis Vietnam and the energy era, ending with his realization that nothing left to fear means no worries at all.
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Arthur Hoppe
Milton Haberdash
Milton
Berlin
Vietnam
Nixon
Senator Fannin Defends Solar Research Budget Increase
Senator Paul Fannin responds to a newspaper editorial on the solar energy research budget. He defends the FY76 ERDA funding level, noting increases from 7.1 to 106.2 million, a loan guarantee, and transfer provisions. He argues for supervised research and demonstrations to bring solar to commercial use, and emphasizes continued support for future demonstrations and economical designs.
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Senate
Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Energy
Mike Gravel
Alaska
ERDA
Frank Church
Idaho
Kelme
Sen. Fannin
Sen
Gravel
Front Page Praise for Dr Pratt Story and Editorial Tone
Readers applaud the August 93 front page feature on Dr Fred Pratt by Michael Petryni. Praise goes to the reporter layout editor and publisher for setting a more constructive news tone and policy.
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Sam ‘Adams
John ‘Hancock
Bunker Hill
Crispus Attucks
Flattau
ALOE
Paul Fannin
Pratt
Scottsdale Progress
Jonathan Marshall
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale
Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
EvEarll Dr
Ariz
Progress
Audit Bureau of Circult Cartier and Motor Route
Ision
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