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MUST AMERICA POLICE THE WORLD?
lt is the
U.
S.- not Soviet Russia- that keeps the world
from exploding, that holds the KEY to the world's
"balance of power." How long can the U. S. cominue
withour faltering? See page
2.
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"OH, WAS THAT YOU SCREAMING?"
"Sure I heard screams," che neighbor said. " In fact, they
were so loud,
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had to rurn up the volume of my television
ser." Unusual? Not in our sick, self-seeking age. See page
7.
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EUROPE CONFRONTS ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
Western Europe's leaders are urging concerted, united
action on che common enemy - widespread, nearly un–
comrolled pollution and environmental decay. The very
heritage of Europe's rich cu ltural past is at stake. See page 9.
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PREHISTORIANS PUZZLE OVER WORLDWIDE
MAMMAL MASSACRE
Noc many thousands of years ago, a series of bizarre
cacastrophes rurned our earth imo an animal disaster area.
It was a massacre of worldwide proponions. Today
paleontologists stare at the foss il record. They ask them–
selves, "But why - and HOW?" See page
17.
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WILL AMAZONIA FEED THE WORLD?
Scientists warn of famine and mass starvation in the decade
ahead. A world BREADBASKET is desperarely oeeded.
Does the Amazon Basin hold che key ro sraving off world
hunger? Here is the conclusion of a rwo-part report on the
mighty Amazon Basin. See page 25.
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THE GROWING CRISIS OF PESTICIDES
IN AGRICULTURE
The good earth is under siege. Its crops are being attacked
by increasing myriads of insects. Fighting back is man.
His
weapons- a bristling arsenal of more than 50,000
commercial chemicals. How did ir happen? Is there no
way out of chis unending srruggle? See page 33.
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WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT
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WHAT THEN?
Tens of thousands of teen-agers- facing summer vacation
with nothing to do - will soon spill omo city streets.
The vasc majority will waste three months. All too many
will end up in trouble. Are YOU a teen-ager? Why not
make your summer vacarían pay off? See page 41.
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