Junkyards gain sympathy from officials amid conservation push
Officials reappraise junkyards under a revised view that values resource conservation alongside visual impact. The Highway Beautification Act targeted 17 000 yards, but only about 10 percent have been screened or moved, with funding and state action cited as delays. Deputy Transportation Secretary Barnum framed junkyards as useful despite flaws, urging screening and controlled operations rather than wholesale removal.
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Washington
Transportation
John W. Barnum
Federal Highway Administration
Barnum
New York Times
Lone Star rejects Albert strike settlement proposal
Lone Star Steel Co. calls Speaker Albert's plan to end a 14 week coal mine strike in Oklahoma totally unacceptable. UMWA chief Arnold Miller supported the proposal, urging Lone Star to sign a national contract with a clause limiting employee representation, while the union claims the plan forecloses future employee choice and is rejected by Lone Star chair George Wilson.
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Carl Albert
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Albert
Low Star
Dallas, Tex
Northwest Industries of Chicago
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
George A. Wilson
Lone Star
Northwest Industries
Bache
McCurtain
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Wilson
Nitrogen Fertilizers Seen as Ozone Threat by Harvard Scientist
Harvard scientist Michael McElroy warns nitrogen fertilizers could damage the ozone layer more than aerosol sprays. He says global fertilizer use raises nitric oxide that reaches the stratosphere and may reduce ozone by up to 30 percent, prompting calls for further research and discussion amid food production needs.
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Colo
Harvard
Michael McElroy
United States
McElroy
National Center For Atmospheric Research
Nature
16 Year Old Arrested in bungled Kidnap Plot
An all out manhunt bulletin was issued for an 18 year old in St. Louis after a bungled kidnapping and extortion attempt targeted Mrs. George J. Helein 68 wife of South Side National Bank president. Alfred Wayne King 27 was charged in the abduction. The victim freed herself. Kentucky police halted King near Hopkinsville after a high speed chase. A 16 year old girl faces kidnapping and attempted extortion charges under the juvenile code.
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King
Hopkinsville
Helein
South Side National Bank
Police knew of Marin Civic Center jail break plan in advance
New details in the 1970 Civic Center shootout suggest Los Angeles police may have learned of the escape plot months before it occurred. The San Francisco Chronicle cites infiltrator Louis Tackwood and notes three Black Panther squads planned to seize the Civic Center and hijack a jetliner to Cuba.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Jackson
Civic Center
Cuba
Louis Tackwood
Santa Cruz
San Jose
Tackwood
Marin
the Chronicle
Jackson
George Jackson
Camp Pendleton
Margaret Burnham
Angela Davis
Miss Davis
Soviets Intercepted U S Calls Via Microwave Network
The Chicago Tribune reports the NSA secretly monitored a large Soviet microwave operation that intercepted U S telephone conversations including those of government and business leaders. Sources say Moscow tapped Capitol patterns and listened to Congress. NSA and FBI co operated, with Rockefeller Commission testimony censored for national security.
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Central Intelligence Agency
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York Governor Denies Secret Oil Deal Ties
Gov Hugh Carey rejected a Cox Newspapers report that he used influence to aid his brother Edward M Carey and an associate in a secret oil deal during the Arab embargo. He said his actions were above board and aimed at securing oil for constituents. Edward Carey heads New England Petroleum Co and was a major donor to Carey’s campaign.
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Cox
Edward M. Carey
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Sparkman
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Federal Energy Office
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Congress
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The
New England Petroleum Co
Bicyclists Describe Summer Ride Through Florida
Two dozen Ohio teenagers spend their summer biking through Central Florida. They visit hospital patients and the elderly to brighten their days and spread goodwill across Palm Coast and surrounding communities.
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Palm Coast, Fla
Ohio
Florida
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