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...Vogelmann's 20-year study of Camels Hump has shown a rapid decline in nine species of trees on the 4,083-ft. peak. The biomass (the combined weight of tree trunk, branches and foliage) has dropped sharply for several kinds of trees: 25% for sugar maples and beech and 34% for white birch. Red spruce has been the hardest hit, with a biomass decline...
...rules for combat coverage are real. The networks, newspapers, wire services and newsmagazines were willing to testify before - but not to be part of- the Sidle group or any other Government body attempting to write guidelines for the press. Journalists on the panel, however, included such men as Keyes Beech, a Pulitzer-winning war correspondent, and Richard Salant, who once headed CBS News...
...Many of us probably feel like weeping, but we won't give way," protestor Elizabeth Beech told reporters...
...certain cliquishness, with union and church groups, dressed in identical T shirts, sticking together. At one point, a small band of Hare Krishnas moved along the sidewalk, oblivious to a Pennsylvania group a few feet away carrying signs advocating peace in Central America. In the shade of an old beech tree near by, a band of antinuclear activists stood in a circle, hands linked, eyes closed, as a middle-aged woman in braids and a long skirt led them in prayer...
City fathers regard their current problems as a temporary setback and are banking on Wichita's diversified aircraft industry to ignite a new takeoff. Beech Aircraft, Cessna and Gates Learjet serve the general aviation market, while production at Boeing, the city's largest employer, is 55% defense related. Boeing and Beech reportedly plan to hire 8,000 more employees over the next few years. Unlike many other Midwest cities, Wichita may need no major economic retooling. Says Jerry Mallot, a Chamber of Commerce official: "Much of our industry is in the high-tech area...