Alaska Pipeline Nears Final Green Light Despite Ecology Talk
The Alaska oil pipeline appears set to gain final approval soon after compromise with federal officials. Construction could begin next spring with concerns about ecological impact reduced by design and testing data showing minimal lasting damage. Economic potential dominates the debate as Alaska leans on the project for future growth. In a separate note, American and Soviet scientists in Byurakan discuss contacting life beyond Earth, acknowledging signals travel at light speed and rounds trips would take decades.
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Oil
Alaska
Byurakan
Ussr
Silver Price Decline Seen Not Spreading to Other Commodities
Silver slumped recently after a steep drop that did not affect other metals. Washington maintains a $1.25 per ounce purchase obligation for newly mined silver when the price hits that level. Despite a prior shortage scare, global hoards remain substantial and industry use outpaces new mining. Experts foresee a recovery but offer no timing or extent.
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Washington
Faith as substance and motive power for better days
The piece explains faith as giving substance to hopes and ideas for action. It notes faith along with energy and persistence drives achievement, cites Frank Laubach’s literacy work, and expresses cautious optimism about progress despite fears of violence.
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Frank Laubach
Laubach
Nixon Faces Busing Crisis as He Pushes Confidence
President Nixon directly grapples with nationwide protests over court ordered school desegregation busing. Senate leaders urge Justice Department intervention to modify Swann rulings, while Chief Justice Burger warns against fixed quotas.
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Washington
Nixon
South
San Francisco
Boston
Michigan
Senate
Robert P. Griffin
Justice Department
Supreme Court
White House
John Ehriichman
Leonard Garment
Ed Morgan
Ehrlichman
HEW
Congress
Alabama
George C. Wallace
From Old Guard To the New Left Debating Karl Hess in Fort Worth
Fort Worth hosting the fall lecture season features a debate with Karl Hess, once a GOP figure, now aligned with the New Left. The piece contrasts Hess on liberty and order with campus leftists seen as suppressors of opposing views, urging a return to individual liberty within a decentralized society.
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Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Texas Christian
Texas Wesleyan
Sewanee
Karl Hess
Barry Goldwater
Hess
New Left
Black Panthers
House
The
Panthers
Jefferson
Paine
Henry
Adams
Boston Harbor
Chase Manhattan
Liberty
Burke
Things We Could All Do Without
HAL Boyle lists annoyances from ticklish girls to wax fruit and plastic roses. He lampoons hotel prices, fake plants, gum popping, and imitation shrunken heads. The piece reads as a humorous urban catalog of small irritations and pretentious quirks.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Virux X
Vietnam
Buster Brown
Orwellian Newspeak in Middle East debate cited by Egypt
William S. White argues at length that Arab leaders, backed by the Soviet Union, use semantic tricks echoing Hitler and Orwell to frame Israel as the blocker of peace. He asserts Israel’s frontier withdrawals and arms purchases are labeled as aggression in Newspeak. The piece links Egyptian diplomacy to broader Cold War rhetoric.
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William S. White
Washington
United Nations
George Orwell
Orwell
Adolph Hitler
Poland
Egypt
Mahmoud Riad
U.N
Middle East
Israel
Arab Sea
United States
Soviet Union
Israel and Egypt Arms Policy and Soviet Strategy Critique
A column argues the UN ignores Soviet aims to arm Egypt and deploy Arab forces to dominate the Mediterranean littoral. It condemns Western support for Israel and calls for intellectual honesty as the core issue at the UN: Israel's right to live after decades of assaults.
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Israel
Egypt
Soviet Union
Mediterranean
U.N
Great Glass Tower
New York
Winston Churchill
United Nations
Questioning county drug problems and narcotics training
A letter to The Star criticizes delayed action on drug crime in the county. The writer applauds election year attention and urges earlier training for narcotics officers, asking why two trainees were only planned after new cases emerged.
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the Star
Sheriff's Office
Kennedy warns of gravest danger in East West clash
President Kennedy says no easy or early halt to East West tensions with the Soviet Union. CLARKE COUNTY honors Remembrance Day with an all day program October 19 to remember WWII heroes. Mrs Nelson Page and Mrs Lewis Hyde Jr win Monday Contract Bridge at George Washington Hotel. Rebecca Emerson wed Upton L Snider as announced by Mr and Mrs W Ralph Pifer. Winchester Equitation School to present its fifth annual show at McHale Farm. Handley High faces Lexington High in a prep football game after a rough week for Coach Maddox.
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Kennedy
Soviet Union
Nelson Page
Lewis Hyde, Jr
George Washington Hotel
Winchester Equitation School
Eva S. McGuigan
McHale Farm
Clarke County
Handley High School
Hunter Maddox
Lexington High School
W. Ralph Pifer
Rebecca Emerson
Upton L. Snider
W.B Snider
Memory Quiz Report Prompts Student Knowledge Levels
Daily 100 questions scoring shows memory Genius Very Superior Excellent and Good bands. It asks about chemistry history geography and biographical facts including Booker T. Washington and Woodrow Wilson. A prewar Cedar Grove note hints at Rockbridge County growth expectations.
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PUGENE P_ MILLER
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Mich
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Charlotte
N.C
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Edmund Muskie
Maine
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Republican Weekly Paper
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PiXies
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Ut Siew
Tere
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Volga River
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University of Michigan
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