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 Vol. 043 Issue 006 (June 1 1979)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 LETTERS
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LETTERS First Amendment At first I was very confused over the reports in the media that The Progressive would publish a "how to" article on the H-bomb. But your May 1979 issue shows it was another...
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COMMENT
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COMMENT 'Keep them confused' It may be scant comfort to the victims and survivors, but the rest of us can draw useful instruction from being more knowledgeable now — at long last — about the...
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NO COMMENT
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NO COMMENT The rising cost of being poor The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that the average non-farm family of four must earn $500 more this year than last year to stay above the poverty...
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CORPORATE MELTDOWN
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Keisling, Bill; Perrone, Ed
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Corporate meltdown The lessons of Three Mile Island Bill Keisling and Ed Perrone Pennsylvania's recent nuclear accident produced a raw, gut fear in thousands of people — not the fear of a known...
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THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT THREE MILE ISLAND
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Sternglass, Ernest
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The whole truth about Three Mile Island NRC ignored the full hazard Ernest Sternglass The accident at the Harrisburg nuclear power plant may have exposed about a million people to up to 130 times...
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NO JUICE FROM ZWENTENDORF
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Lucas, Michael
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No juice from Zwentendorf Austria says no to nuclear power Michael Lucas Zwentendorf, Austria's glistening new power plant on the banks of the Danube River near Vienna, is a model of...
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THE COWARDLY LIONS OF THE PRESS
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Hentoff, Nat
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The cowardly lions of the press Some papers bought the Government line Nat Hentoff Three-lines deep, six-columns wide, the March 27 headlines in The New York Times celebrated the signing of the...
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THE WAY THE PRESS SAW IT
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THE WAY THE PRESS SAW IT In its May issue, The Progressive printed a sampling of initial press reaction to the case of The United States vs. The Progressive et. al. Here is a sampling of more...
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PLOTTING THE RETURN OF SKYLAB
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Huebner, Albert L.
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Plotting the return of Skylab A role for the Third World at last Albert L. Huebner Sometime this year — as early as May, as late as autumn — an object the size of a small house is going to fall...
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REVIVING THE DRAFT
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Seeley, Robert A.
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Reviving the draft After a seven-year hiatus, Congress is at it again Robert A. Seeley Inductions under the Selective Service System ended in 1972. The public was glad to be rid of a hated...
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A BIZARRE WORLD
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Colhoun, Jack
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A bizarre world In discussing the possible revival of the draft, it is important to consider the military's archaic discharge system and the harshly punitive effects on veterans of...
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THE GUINEAPIGS OF CAMP DESERT ROCK
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Rosenberg, Howard L.
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The guinea pigs of Camp Desert Rock Atomic 'stress tests' for unwitting soldiers Howard L. Rosenberg When Russell Jack Dann wheeled through the huge double doors of the House Interstate and...
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THE BILLBOARDS ARE BACK
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Steif, William
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The billboards are back And so are the junkyards William Steif When President Carter signed a highway bill last November, he doomed Lady Bird Johnson's chief contribution to her husband's "Great...
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WORKER TURMOIL IN ITALY
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Barkan, Joanne
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Worker turmoil in Italy New militance in the rank and file Joanne Barkan Early last October, workers marched out of Florence's major hospitals and into the piazzas. The wildcat strike spread...
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EAST GERMANY IN FERMENT
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Conrad, Thomas
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East Germany in ferment A challenge to the ruling Communists Thomas Conrad The city of Jena was the site of an important secret meeting of socialists from all over Germany during Easter in 1916...
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THE WAY WE SAW IT
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THE WAY WE SAW IT The following are excerpts from articles and editorials published by The Progressive since its founding on January 9, 1909. They have been edited only to achieve brevity. Unless...
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BOOKS
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BOOKS The cult of the sell Jonathan Cobb THE CULTURE OF NARCISSISM: AMERICAN LIFE IN AN AGE OF DIMINISHING EXPECTATIONS by Christopher Lasch W.W. Norton. 268 pp. $11.95. PERSON/PLANET: THE...
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THE LAST WORD
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Getlein, Frank
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THE LAST WORD Crisis intervention Frank Getlein A friend of mine has two old ladies in his life, his mother and his mother-in-law, both of whom require a certain amount of attention as they edge...
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