Unity could empower UMW on safety and strikes
The union’s leaders hail Sam Church for unifying UMW after the December convention. They push for disciplined growth, safer mines, and a tougher stance against company abuses in the grievance system while urging careful Westward expansion and adherence to democratic union principles.
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United Mine Workers of America
Sam Church
UMW
West
Union
International
Tony Kujawa
Illinois
Church
Arnold Miller
Miller
Southern Illinois
A Grandfather's Century and the 1970s Debris
In a reflective essay Russell Baker compares the 1970s to his grandfather born in 1854. He imagines which events a man of that era would find worthy, asserting earlier decades held more dramatic happenings than the 1970s. He notes technological and social changes across 125 years, but suggests the 1970s lacked weighty, sweeping events by older standards.
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Russell Baker
New York Times
New York
California
American Social Museum
Richard Nixon
Andrew Johnson
Washington
Queen Anne
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Cleveland
Harrison
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Morrisonville
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Union
Germany
Russia
China
United States
Cuba
Africa
Hayes leads national solar energy program shift
Anthony J. Parisi surveys Denis Hayes appointment at the Solar Energy Research Institute and the shift toward smaller scale solar tech. Hayes emphasizes practicality and frugality, aiming to link research with commercialization while reducing reliance on grand, complex systems. The plan includes a lean budget, a 650 staff growing toward 1,000, and a new campus on South Table Mountain built to be energy efficient.
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RCA
Sarnoff Research
Seri
Hayes
Solar Institute
South Table Mountain
Siren voices urge repeat of Vietnam era bombing folly
Anthony Lewis argues that recalling the Christmas bombing helps warn against repeating Vietnam era policy. He notes Kissinger’s claims, Bundy’s critique, and the limits of American power, urging restraint, consensus in foreign policy, and patience over force in shaping credibility.
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United States
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Vietnam
Kissinger
McGeorge Bundy
Bundy
Congress
America
Cambodia
Nixon
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National Laboratory For Solar Development
Denis Hayes
Worldwatch Institute
Dracula
Stanford
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Anthony Lewis
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