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...year pilot with 30 years of flying experience, Guthrie says that the dumped fuel either falls on the runway, where it can become a "greasy and slippery" hazard for other aircraft, or else it contributes to airport smog that is "often so thick you can't see the earth horizon." One of Guthrie's friends crashed in such murk...
...trucks that are furnaces in summer and freezing in winter. A good percentage of truck drivers have chronic stomach trouble and other health problems due to the existence they have to lead. Contrary to popular opinion, most truck-stop food is not very good. Truck driving is a physical hazard. Many men die on the highways every year...
...Middle East, Richard Nixon had observed several times, is the greatest hazard to world peace because it could draw the superpowers closer to the ultimate conflict. The melancholy accuracy of his warning was established anew last week when Jordan's civil war threatened to go international. The column of tanks from the puny power that is Syria challenged more than King Hussein's army; it tested statesmanship and will in Washington, Moscow, and throughout the Middle East. Jordan's agony deferred still further any efforts to start Arab-Israeli peace talks...
...really durable peace. Nixon's burden, and the world's, is that the second cannot come without the first, that the passions and ambitions of dozens of countries conflict with each other, the peacemaker, no matter how intentioned and astute, often risks hurt for his efforts. It is a hazard which and his nation must face...
Worst Offenders. Once the hazard was recognized, the Federal Water Quality Administration moved with remarkable speed. Within the past year, the agency has clamped down on polluting industries and has asked the Justice Department to prosecute ten companies accused of polluting the waters of seven states. Investigators found that the worst offenders were paper companies that either used mercury to prevent the formation of slime in the production of paper, or chemical companies using mercury cells to separate chlorine from brine solutions...