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...autos for a population of 7,000,000, and the number is growing faster than the human population. There is little public transport; less than 8% of Angelenos travel to and from work by public transport v. 54% of New Yorkers. The auto, of course, is ihe main contributor to the city's infamous smog, which keeps spreading-despite a recent requirement for exhaust devices-simply because the number of vehicles is increasing so fast...
...Then last week, Feisal announced that Saudi Arabia would not go along with postponement. "More than ever before," said Feisal, "there is dire necessity for Arab summit conferences, in order to unify the Arab effort." Moreover, said Feisal, his country, which is the Middle East's second highest contributor ($22.4 million) to Arab summit organizations, would refuse further payments unless the meeting were held. In the end, only Jordan rallied to Feisal's side, and the Arab League had no choice but to postpone the meeting. Undaunted, Feisal began pressing even harder for his Islamic summit next spring...
...pollution disaster of major proportions-given the same sheltered topography as Los Angeles, New York City would be uninhabitable." The biggest offender is the city government itself, whose eleven garbage incinerators alone spew forth some 39 tons of filth daily. The local utility, Consolidated Edison, is another major contributor, last year burned 10 billion Ibs. of soft coal and more than 800 million gals, of oil inside city limits...
...reader of Lithopinion need feel insulted. Articles deal with overspecialization in today's science, the joys and hazards of retirement, the bad side of the "good old days" in the early-20th century U.S. Why, one contributor asks, are workingmen rarely portrayed in any television dramas? "The deep thinkers who arrange things on the home screen," he wrote, "have somehow made the whole paycheck populace disappear. Automation at its deadliest couldn't possibly be more thorough...
Money & Results. The question of nuclear sharing is also uppermost in Erhard's mind. As the second biggest contributor to NATO, Bonn believes it is entitled to play a greater role in atomic strategy and weaponry. The NATO Polaris force would be one answer...