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...after all, not so much different from dropping logs at his Pocono Mountains training camp--work on them in the right place, use their own weight against them, step away at the "timber" point and enjoy the scene...
...Council staff in 1969 as Henry Kissinger's main economics adviser. Convinced that Kissinger considered economics peripheral to foreign policy, the Brooklyn-born Bergsten bailed out in 1971, later joined the Brookings Institution. A monetary-problems specialist, Bergsten warns that the West faces cartelization in timber, bauxite, rubber and coffee as well as in oil. He also cautions that Kissinger will become an anachronism if he does not pay more heed to economic questions...
...wild as never before, backpacking their way home to nature, the main trail up Mount Whitney has become about as lonely as Times Square on New Year's Eve. Last summer some 15,000 people made the trek, most camping overnight along the way. Verdant stands of timber were denuded by ax-happy hikers hunting for firewood, and trails became littered with trash...
Many powerful conservative and special-interest groups lobbied hard against land planning. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce called the bill a worrisome manifestation of "no growth" philosophy. Timber, real estate and home-building officials feared that it would restrict their business. Right-wing organizations, including the John Birch Society, claimed that the legislation would amount to "confiscation of property without compensation...
Mired in Mud. Japanese and Soviet representatives have until September to work out final details on the three ventures. Late last week the coal project was settled, and early agreement on the timber venture appeared likely. But everything hinges on getting the gas deal, with U.S. participation, sewed up too. If that can be done, the Soviets could start receiving Japanese mining and foresting machinery by September. Siberian timber could start moving to Japan as early as this fall, coal by 1979 and natural gas some time in the 1980s at the earliest. If the September deadline...