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...curling from chimneys in Tibet, the glow of lights in Perth, Australia, even spotted his present home town of Clear Lake, Texas, near Houston's new Manned Spacecraft Center. In all. Cooper sped over more than 100 nations. To recover him promptly if he came down on foreign soil, the U.S. State Department got advance promises from some 80 embassies and 17 consulates that they would permit U.S. rescue teams to seek him. Had he landed in Red China, the U.S. was prepared to demand, through an Iron Curtain intermediary, probably Poland, his immediate release...
...large quantities some chemicals can do harm, and the small amounts of pesticides that get into human bodies at present may have long-term effects that have not yet been recognized. New pesticides may prove to have unexpected dangers, and familiar ones may become damaging if they accumulate in soil or ground water. To avoid such threats, the report recommends: > More federal research on the effects of pesticides on humans so that better protective rules can be drawn...
...Elimination of large-scale spraying campaigns that are not really necessary. > Continuous watch on the amount of pesticides and similar chemicals accumulating in air, water, soil, man, wildlife and fish...
...Reduction, when practicable, in the use of pesticides that persist in soil and water...
...them away. Among them was Germany's Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, who also accepted but then found the pressure of events too great. He wrote: "It would have afforded me great pleasure to be able to thank the American people once more from all my heart and on American soil for the readiness to help and the friendship which it has shown us immediately after the war and during the following difficult years." Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, presiding at the birth of a new nation, regretted that "with Malaysia in the offing, my presence in Malaya is very necessary...