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...past. Yet after his nomination in December, Hickel did not hesitate to say that he found little merit in "conservation for conservation's sake," a remark that created an even bigger furor among lovers of nature than Ronald Reagan caused when he said that seeing one redwood was to see them all. Hickel also remarked that industries might be scared away if the Interior Department's regulations against water pollution were set too high. This immediately evoked fears among conservationists that, as Interior Secretary, Hickel would be lax in enforcing standards that they already consider scandalously inadequate...
Easy Neighbors. Now workmen are planting a thick hibiscus hedge around the compound to protect residents from the eyes of the curious. Bay Lane, on which the three houses stand, is blocked off by a five-foot-high, tightly latticed redwood screen. (An island resident says that she "really thinks most of the people feel sorry that he now has to live the way he has to.") There are rumors that one of the other two houses on the bay side of Bay Lane is currently occupied by Secret Servicemen, who control all entry to the street. Mrs. Perry...
Bowing to conservationist pressures, Secretary Hickel agrees to convert California's last Redwood into a national monument. Hickel personally supervises the task of digging an elevator shaft to its top, where he opens a small heliport. Trish Nixon breaks her engagement to George Hamilton, reported honeymooning with Mark Rudd in Elkton...
...mile "Farewell Tour" of the U.S., Lady Bird Johnson strolled through the cathedral-like majesty of the redwood country of northern California. Pausing at the base of a 657-year-old giant, she placed a plaque designating the 27,000-acre Redwood National Park, a project that has pitted the Government and conservationists against private lumber concerns that have been felling great swatches of the dwindling redwood stands. "This is the crowning moment of a crusade that has lasted two generations," she said. "It would be a tragedy if tomorrow's tourists find a repetition of yesterday...
Founded 18 months ago on the site of a former hot-springs resort, the stone-and-redwood monastery compound at Tassajara was purchased for $300,000 by a group of wealthy Zen enthusiasts. There is a Japanese roshi, or Zen master, Shunryu Suzuki, 65, who gives guidance in meditation. The American director of the monastery, Richard Baker, 32, is a Berkeley graduate who specialized in Oriental studies. His 60 fulltime novices include college students-for some reason, most come from Minnesota and Texas-professors, a psychiatrist, an importer, a bookshop owner and a former naval commander. There is also...