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...Passamaquoddies lived in the wooded foothills beyond the village when they first met white men. Today, 400 years after they encountered settlers from Canada, they have been pushed into this inlet near the sea, where they now live in the hope of their resurrection...
Promising Prospects. Cade and New Jersey officials who have helped sponsor the peregrine program hope that the birds will adapt quickly to life in the refuge. The prospects seem promising. Two falcons released a few miles to the north near Barnegat Inlet last summer disappeared during the winter but returned to the Jersey shore this summer. Equally encouraging, birds bred in captivity have mated this year and begun raising families of their...
...weekend canoeist seems to be an independent soul who prefers to stay far from the paddling crowd. Says Dave Carleson, who manufactures, rents and sells canoes in Portland, Ore.: "Most people want to enjoy the sounds of the wilderness, or watch riverbank creatures, or explore a lily-pad-laden inlet, or hear the sound of water stirred by their paddles." Hiawatha would have bought that-if not the Potawatomis...
...proven oil reserves constitute about a third of the entire known U.S. supply. As the U.S. tries to decrease its dependence upon foreign sources for its energy, the pressure will surely increase to tap more of Alaska's lode of black gold in areas like the Cook Inlet and offshore in the Bering Strait. By 1985, the state could be furnishing 25% of the nation's oil. Alaska also has an estimated 420 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas, a supply worth approximately $420 billion and large enough to handle all U.S. needs for 18 years. Inevitably, more...
There are few incontrovertible facts about the incident. Around midnight of that fatal Friday, a black 1967 Oldsmobile sedan hurtled off narrow, humpbacked Dike Bridge, landing upside down in about eight feet of water in Poucha Pond, an inlet on the island's eastern end. Next morning, fishermen discovered the car and alerted the police...