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...many areas, where local pocketbook issues predominate, his name is rarely even mentioned in campaigns. Democratic candidates seek his help in raising money and getting out the vote, but they do not expect much beyond that. "Kansans have a respect for the presidency," says Bill Roy, who must contend with farmers angry over Carter's agriculture policies. "I'm not sure his visit will change a single vote, because Kansans are very independent when it comes to voting. They don't vote for candidates because they are endorsed...
Pressure for weakening the act is likely to build. A dozen major federal construction projects now on the drawing boards could be stymied under the law as it now stands. (Largest among that dangerous dozen is Maine's proposed $559 million Dickey Lincoln Dam, which environmentalists contend threatens the Furbish lousewort, a weed protected under the law.) In addition, the Interior Department may add 1,000 plants and 100 animals to its endangered species list, a move that could eventually hold up even more construction. Environmentally concerned legislators in the House last week were scrambling to gain support...
...pilots contend that the technology for such a system is at hand, and they cite one "black box" device used successfully by the McDonnell Douglas Corp. on the F4 Phantom jets it produces and tests near St. Louis. The airborne box sounds a Klaxon when a Phantom pilot is on a collision course with another plane and even tells him whether to go up, down, left or right. Simultaneous and opposite orders go to the other approaching pilot. But the device is expensive (up to $15,000 by one estimate...
...ominous possibility of rejection of a treaty by Congress. California's Senator Alan Cranston has gone so far as to say that failure by Congress to ratify a good agreement by the necessary two-thirds majority would be "catastrophic." SALT's foes, led by Senator Henry Jackson, contend, on the other hand, that a bad treaty would have its own catastrophic consequences...
...some 400 unfortunate students not assigned to live in the Yard had to rely for advice on the haphazard collection of sophmores, juniors and seniors with whom they lived, who represented a variety of fields and a host of different approaches to the "Harvard experience." Freshmen had to contend with a torrent of unsolicited advice in late-night bull sessions in the hallways, over football matches and at meals taken in a common dining facility. At the time, many of us wrongly believed that there was some benefit to freshmen from being routinely associated with this diverse group of upperclasspersons...