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...Capitalism, personal involvement and humanism, as exemplified by H. Ross Perot [Jan. 12], are essential to the solution of such vexing problems as urban decay, air and water pollution, and social injustices. Certainly the '60s taught us that big government, the Silent Majority, and the don't-give-a-damners...
Rural Relocation. Now the movement is into, rather than away from Oklahoma. Escaping metropolitan racial problems and physical decay, residents elsewhere are responding to Governor Dewey Bartlett's notion of rural relocation for both industry and individuals. Since his election as Governor in 1966, Republican Bartlett has made his pitch personally to 106 presidents of the nation's top 500 companies, calculates that he has attracted $422 million worth of new industry and 26,300 jobs. He has even mailed 58,000 letters to former Oklahomans, inviting them to return to the state. Some 11,000 have expressed...
...Cold. One of the more surprising revelations at the symposium was the age difference between the dust and the rocks found at Tranquillity Base. Using dating methods based on the decay of radioactive elements, scientists determined that, although the dust particles were 4.6 billion years old -the apparent age of the moon itself -most of the rocks were about 1 billion years younger. How could there be such a huge age gap between material picked up only a few feet apart? "This is a major puzzle," says Rice University Geologist Dieter Heymann. One small rock fragment, though, was considerably older...
...session will likely center on debate over welfare programs, voting rights, revenue sharing, crime and the best ways to halt environmental decay. But unless Nixon's plan to disengage from Viet Nam goes awry, the big issue is likely to be the economy...
...devastating metaphors against his opponents. He is also fond of quoting from classical Chinese literature. In a 1959 meeting, he cited a Han Dynasty poet to belabor his colleagues for their laziness and love of luxury: "When one travels in a carriage or sedan chair, the body begins to decay. Women with pearly teeth and false eyebrows are the axes that cut down the body's vitality. Delicious meats and fatty foods are the 'medicines' that corrode the intestines...