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Birds of America, which he claimed (somewhat extravagantly) to have done entirely from life, the animals were nature morte. Since his subjects included the grizzly bear and the grey, or timber, wolf, this is easy to understand. Like all other naturalists, Audubon loved the things he killed. His views are reflected in this remark: "If a wolf passes your tent in the wilderness, he is likely to be less unpleasant than your next-door neighbor back home...
...World Airlines Flight 128 close to their ranch house in Hebron, Ky. The four-jet Convair 880 bound from Los Angeles with 82 persons aboard was approaching the Greater Cincinnati Airport when it clipped saplings on the bluffs above the Ohio River, caromed over a ridge, sliced through tall timber, and then ploughed into an apple orchard half a mile away...
...second consecutive year. Unemployment has gone up (2.5% of the work force), production has fallen, and investment is at a virtual standstill. Forest products-including paper and pulp-which employ over 20% of the work force and account for two-thirds of Finnish exports, are badly squeezed. Timber owners, mostly small farmers, are holding out for higher prices. Some mills closed down this year, others are working at insignificant margins or at a loss. "Against this background it would have been difficult if not downright impossible to tighten credit policy further," said Bank of Finland Governor Klaus Waris...
Flaring through parched timberland in the drought-stricken Pacific Northwest last week, the worst forest fires in more than half a century defied efforts to contain them. So far this year, some 1,800 fires have destroyed more than 105,000 acres of timber in Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Fire-fighting costs have climbed to $17 million; damage to the economy of Oregon alone is estimated at $5,000,000 a day. Because of the menace, most of the national forests in Montana, Or egon and Washington were closed to tourists and logging. President Johnson has declared Idaho...
...solid whiteoak timber...