Word: environmental
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Simple Relief. As Nixon continues his careful preparations for the Inauguration, ten task forces are preparing reports on such problems as taxes, transportation, public welfare, and the environment. Michigan Economist Paul McCracken, a member of Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers, will supervise the writing of reports on what...
When Irving Williams discusses Washington as a "transition environment," he is not talking politics. "The hot, muggy nights bring on fungus and disease," says Williams; yet the winters are neither cold nor wet enough for northern grass. As head gardener of the White House, Williams solves the problem by planting...
Besides the workers who will be staying on, the Nixons may inherit another White House regular. Blanco, the President's sometimes shy and nervous white collie, has finally grown accustomed to the grounds, and L.B.J. is hesitant to transplant him to the nontransitional environment of Texas.
In Manhattan last week to receive the National Institute of Social Sciences medal for "distinguished services to humanity," Charles Lindbergh spoke with concern about man's relation to his environment. "In the short period of time after intellect gained domination over instinct," said Lindy, "it has made man the...
Shortly after liftoff, Apollc 8 will go into a "parking" orbit 115 miles above the earth. If mission controllers are satisfied that all the ship's systems are working properly, the final stage of the Saturn booster will be reignited during the second or third orbit. The resulting thrust...