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Though the Progressive said Morland's material came from "unclassified sources," the Government claimed that publication should be barred under the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, which prohibits the dissemination of secret information about nuclear weapons. The article, said the Government's suit, would "result in grave, direct, immediate and irreparable harm to the national security...
...which no interest would be charged on loans. Most hotels and restaurants began to conform with a prohibition on alcoholic beverages. X-rated films disappeared from cinemas, and television programs like The Six Million Dol lar Man will no longer be broadcast. A mutton shortage loomed as a result of the Ayatullah's ban on meat imported from Australia and New Zealand. Because the importers could not prove that the sheep had been slaughtered according to Muslim standards, he declared the meat to be "unclean and forbidden...
Journalists and diplomats trying to make sense of it were already calling China's invasion of Viet Nam the "Great Inscrutable War." All things considered, it was probably the most bedeviling and worst-reported major conflict in recent history. The result: misinformation (mostly on casualty figures), unbridled speculation and wild surmise. Items...
...both the twelfth Duke of Argyll and Chief of the Clan Campbell, says he is surprised how "darned fast" the news of the sale got around and claims a dozen offers "from all over the world." Campbell is selling the island because he owes the government $1 million, the result of estate duties incurred on the death of his father in 1973. He says he shares his countrymen's concern for lona's future and would prefer to turn it over to the National Trust of Scotland, which would ensure the preservation of its historic sites and natural...
...trucks use up 40%, or 7.4 million bbl. a day, of all the petroleum burned in the U.S. The oil price explosion has sent the average cost of gasoline from 350 per gal. four years ago to 700 today, and that figure is sure to rise as a result of the latest increases by Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Algeria and other OPEC members. Spot shortages of low-polluting unleaded gasoline are already occurring, and its price is expected to climb to $1 or more a gallon in the next year...