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...change wipes out the not-very-wise Homo sapiens. If we were really smart, we would take into account our track record of raping the earth and devise an exit strategy for our self-indulgent species, leaving the planet to the invertebrates to carry on without us. Tim Symonds Burwash, England Calling the Kettle Black? re The viewpoint by terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna on the Maoist insurgents in Nepal [Feb. 14]: The counsel to Nepal's King was typical of that of an academic like Gunaratna, who is based in Singapore and feels free to dispense his advice without introspection...
...instance. As I travel the world, I realize we are incredibly lucky here in the U.S., and it amazes me how many people try to find fault with our country instead of showing appreciation. No society is perfect, but we sure have a lot to be thankful for. PETER BURWASH Carmel Valley, Calif...
...time melt." No one, however, knew when or how long Steele would keep going in the meantime. Fortunately, it posed no immediate threat to human life. At week's end, as it crunched along in a vaguely northeasterly direction, the nearest town in its path was Burwash Landing (pop. 200), 50 miles away on the Alaska Highway. Even at the Galloping Glacier's thoroughbred pace, it would take 16 years to get there...
Good start to a system of military fields through the main body of Alaska is the airport system of Pan Am's sourdough subsidiary, Pacific Alaska Airways. Bossed by Alaska Veteran Joe Crosson, P.A.A.'s pilots operate in & out of Fairbanks, Whitehorse, Burwash Landing, Tanana Crossing, Ruby, Nome, McGrath, Ophir, Flat and Bethel. To help civil aeronautics and, in the long run, the defenses of the northwest frontier, the Civil Aeronautics Bureau is dotting Alaska with emergency fields, installing radio range stations for navigation at night and in bad weather...
Died. Mrs. Caroline Starr Balestier Kipling, 73, American-born widow of English Rudyard Kipling; in her home, Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex. Kipling was born Dec. 30, 1865, she Dec. 31, 1865; they were married Jan. 18, 1892; he died, with her at his bedside...