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...impending settlement has touched off a scramble by both sides to funnel as much equipment as possible to their forces In South Viet Nam before peace breaks out. The U.S. estimates that large amounts of war matériel were moving down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in September and that the flow has increased noticeably in recent weeks. The U.S., too, is taking the utmost advantage of the delay in Paris, rushing to South Viet Nam equipment already authorized and funded by Congress for next year. Explains one Pentagon official: "The agreement allows for one replacement [for each piece...
...money to cut property taxes. Though the Administration welcomes this move, which would ease pressure on Washington to provide tax relief, it is far from what revenue-sharing supporters in Congress hoped for. Atlanta will devote at least part of its $4.5 million to paring property taxes. Oregon will funnel all of its $22 million into aid for schools as a means of cutting local taxes...
...developments of the summer, however, has eased a number of fears about the potential traffic trap. City Planning officials, in consultation with Center architect I.M. Pei, reached rough agreement in late July on the location of a major new road to connect Memorial Drive to Boylston Street. Designed to funnel cars from North, South, and West quadrants to the heart of the Library site, it will probably be recessed of built underground for several blocks...
...twisting, snakelike stream from which it takes its name. It is one of the most densely settled areas of Logan County, with a dozen coal mines and more than 10% of the population. Not much wider than a football field at some points, the hollow forms a natural funnel from the dam to the Guyandot River 17 miles away. Often, a heavy rainfall is enough to flood the valley's 16 mining towns, many of which border right on Buffalo Creek...
Expected to sell for about $10 when it appears on store shelves this week, the kit consists of a blue plastic tray of diluted chemicals, four test tubes, five "dropping bottles," a funnel, magnifying glass, microscope slides, a smoke chart and parts for assembling a "smoke trap." One of the experiments described in the instruction booklet shows children how to test the effect of phosphates on algae by adding fertilizer to pond water in a jar; another calls for testing the acid or alkaline content of water in their home washing machine by putting five drops of a chemical (called...