Ocean nodules and brines spark race for sea wealth
The piece surveys rising interest in seabed minerals and brine deposits in the Red Sea. It notes pilot mining by Deepsea Ventures, projected funding, and cost doubts. Experts foresee deep sea mining transforming land ore industries within a couple of decades amid legal disputes and deuterium potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Sea
U.S
Deepsea Ventures Inc
Tenneco Inc
Johar Flipse
Brgg
John L. Mero
California
William McKlhenny
Dow Chemical Co
McIlhenny
Department of the Interior
Ana
American Petroleum Institute
Editorial: Alaskan oil pipeline risks outweigh potential gains
Opinion argues against the 800 mile Prudhoe Bay to Valdez pipeline citing environmental threats, earthquake risks, and long term unemployment. It urges redirecting energy spending toward nuclear fusion and solar power, backing Nixon's call for a broader energy program to develop alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudhoe Bay
Valdez
Oil and Construction
United States
Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
Houston
U.S
Alaskan
Nixon
Illinois residency veto urged amid welfare bill debates
Lawmakers send the residency requirement for welfare recipients to Gov. Ogilvie even as protests persist. Critics cite New York court defeats and Supreme Court rulings, arguing a veto would spare Illinois costly legal battles and administrative headaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Court of Appeals
Illinois
Ogilvie
U.S. Supreme Court
Privacy Rights and Arbitration in the Workplace
An article outlines how Fourth Amendment protections generally do not apply to labor arbitration in industry. It discusses searches of lunch boxes and rooms, inferences from silence, polygraph limits, surveillance via CCTV, recorded telephones, and interrogation practices. It notes occasional challenges to these approaches and cites management viewpoints and union arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith A. Reed
Chicago
Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather and Geraldson
Afl-Cio Maritime Trade Department
Industry
Transportation Institute
Freed
Metric Measures and Latin Prefixes Shape a New System
David Felts argues for adopting the metric system in the United States starting in schools. He warns that conversion tables slow acceptance, advocates teaching metric as itself, and notes Latin prefixes aid understanding. He contrasts metric with feet and pounds and predicts a future where metric becomes normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Southern Illinoisan Leadership Credits
John C. Gardner serves as Editor and General Manager while Robert D. Reid is Managing Editor and James K. Adams handles Business Manager duties at the Southern Illinoisan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Gardner
Minority of loudmouths in letters page stirs debate
Jeny Reynolds of De Soto Guthrie argues that a true minority is the loud egotists who incite violence for publicity. She praises Henrietta Gines and Jane L. Stowe, opposes abortion, and questions contraception while defending the value of unplanned children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illnoisan
United States
Henrietta Gines
Jane L. Stowe
Miss Stowe
Jeny Reynolds de Soto
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David A. Ross
Oceanographic Institution
Woodshore
Mass
Saudia Arabia
Metals Industry
Ross States
Bureau of National Affairs
Ecology
David Felts
Troy
British Isles
England
Mediterranean
U. S
Southern
Robert D. Reid
James K. Adams
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