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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Back to the potting shed went IR8's developers at the U.S.-sponsored International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. By slow, painstaking crossbreeding with other varieties of rice, they gradually enhanced IR8's strong qualities and got rid of its weaknesses. As a result, IR8 is now beginning to live up to its potential. A few months ago, it was joined by IR5-47-2, a related variety that requires less fertilizer and is less susceptible to disease. Delighted with their new hybrids, the researchers are convinced that some biological kin of IR8 will eventually become Asia...
...individual motorcyclist from himself, but not to the public health, safety and welfare." So Michigan's motorcyclists no longer must use helmets. But the Rhode Island Supreme Court was "not persuaded that the legislature is powerless to prohibit individuals from pursuing a course of conduct which could conceivably result in their becoming public charges." So Rhode Island's riders must still wear hard hats...
...result, ground hang-ups often consume more of a passenger's time than the 50-minute shuttle flight from New York to Washington. In the New York-New Jersey area, the Port Authority, which runs the airports, is spending $425 million to expand Kennedy, La Guardia and Newark airports and is meanwhile seeking a site for one more all-new superport. Boston also needs another airfield, whose cost will be over and above the $225 million now allotted to expand Logan International. Pittsburgh, with traffic up 25% in one year, has earmarked $11,800,000 for immediate expansion. Altogether...
Serious & Difficult. In the aftermath of the aluminum settlement, that industry's leaders, Alcoa, Reynolds and Kaiser, promptly raised prices by 4% on primary ingots as well as a number of fabricated products. A hefty settlement in the current negotiations, similarly, is almost sure to result in steel price increases, which will make it even more difficult for U.S. steelmakers to compete against foreign companies. The union contends that the best way to combat the problem is by imposing quotas on steel imports, but that solution, obviously favored by the companies as well, runs afoul of the Administration...
Entranced by Tomorrow. "Investors are looking for the Xeroxes of tomorrow," explains Raymond Kiernan, vice president for over-the-counter trading at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith. As a result, much of the new-issue surge involves computer soft ware and leasing companies, whose prospects for future growth entrance many buyers. Last month Advanced Computer Techniques Corp. soared from $7.50 to $29 a share the day it was issued. Underwriters are still gasping over the performance of Educational Computer Corp., a manufacturer of teaching devices. From an offering price of $7.50 on March 7, the company's stock...