Border tensions rise as U S military guard debated
AP report from Nogales details rising border pressures from smugglers and illegal crossings. It notes El Paso and San Ysidro economic impact after peso devaluation and a shift to high tech border monitoring including the El Paso Intelligence Center and Pathfinder system. Local editor Alvin Stark warns troops may be needed.
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White House
Tijuana
San Ysidros
United States
Mexico
Drug Enforcement Agency
Washington
EIC
U.S
Nogales
Migratory mysteries of birds still baffle scientists
Ithaca scientists report birds use multiple cues to navigate. Cornell researchers describe infrasound sensing, polarized light, and barometric pressure sensitivity as possible guides, with weather, season, species, and age shaping how birds orient themselves.
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Joe Wing
Ithaca
N.Y
Capistrano
William T. Keeton
Cornell University
Keeton
Cornell
Avian Behavior Laboratories
Donald Griffin
Rockefeller University
Roger Pasquier
American Museum of Natural History
Floriano Papi
University of Pisa
Gustav Kramer
Melvin Kreithen
New Governors Rockefeller Dupont Thompson In Spotlight
Analysis profiles Jay Rockefeller Pete duPont and Jim Thompson, three 1970s rising governors, noting their backgrounds, paths to office, political styles and potential futures. Rockefeller blends international roots with a West Virginia base. duPont shifts from Delaware legislature to governorship. Thompson pursues an austerity stance amid Illinois politics and a bid linked to Carter’s presidency.
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Dave Goldberg
Associated Press
United States of America
Jay Rockefeller
West Virginia
Pete duPont
Delaware
Jim Thompson
Illinois
Thompson
Dan Walker
Walker
Chicago
Michael Howlett
Richard J. Daley
Howlett
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Asia
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Peace Corps
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Arkansas
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Virginia
Robert Kennedy
Presidential Commission On Juvenile Delinquency
Sharon Percy
West Virginia Wesleyan University
DuPont
House
Ripon Society
Americans For Democratic Action
Americans For Constitutional Action
Sherman W. Tribbitt
Brendan Byrne
New Jersey
Ella Grasso
Connecticut
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
White House
Denmark tests zero energy house to cut heating needs
Danish families join on campus living experiment at Denmark Technical University to prove reduced energy use in a five room, 1700 square foot zero energy house. The Laustsen family say body heat and passive solar power cut cold winter impact, despite limited sun and partial reliance on conventional systems.
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Ole Duus
Copenhagen
Per
Kirsten Laustsen
Denmark
Technical University
The
University
Laustsens
Laustsen
Kokkedal
Leif Dige
Middle East
Torben Esbensen
Vagn Korsgaard
Korsgaard
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