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?jPollution Problems i~Growing Worse ~'o
">WASHINGTON. (NC)-Indivi. duals are being discouraged from .; .. having physical contact with the ~ :,,'<owaters of historic Potomac Riv:~ ..&;, which flows by the Capital. '-'. Acting upon findings of a .:. "georgetown University: microbiology professor, federal envirOnmental officials have called '~""upon health authorities of the District of Columbia to take :-'. whatever steps are necessary to ,'.. inform the public against the .' pollution of the Potomac River " ~·.and nearby Rock Creek, "and to . 7discourage or prohibit indivi.'. duals from using these waters " '. for '(water contact) recreation." ,, Pollution of one kind or an:pther is a problem all across the ? nation. Some here thought, how,;,,:,, ever, that the jolting report on , '- the Potomac might stir more ,. :than usual interest, because the . river is known to millions of Americans who, as visitors to . Washington, have seen it and cro'ssed over it to Mount Vernon, Arlington National Ceme~. tery, and other national shrines. . The nation's problems with ~
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pollution seem to grow more and more complex, and right now the solution does not appear to be an easy one to achieve. Just days ago, the House tof Representatives appropriations c9m~' mittee said environmental protection,if carried too far, can wreck the economy, jeopardize food supplies and shorten human life The committee did not minimize the threats posed by water, air and other pollutions, but seized upon the opportunity offered by its report to c.omment on "pollution versuscor1venience:" .. It said man departed from the natural processes when he domesticated his first animal, and observed that pesticides are a "must" if man is 'to control pests that compete with him for survival by atacking his farm products and serving as carriers of typhus, malaria, bubonic plague and other diseases. The committee also said it would no doubt clean up the air Turn to Page Three
Study Seeks Reasons For Sense of Crisis
. WASHINGTON (NC) - What has gone wrong, and why, in the United States and Canada to create a "pervasive sense of crisis" is the frank subject of a' new study circulated among the Catholic bishops of, both countries. The study, Ii working paper originally discussed in Mexico City at a May meeting of 22 bishops from North and South America, cited eight "points of stress": Poverty and illiteracy: "Large pockets of poverty still trap 20 to 25 percent of Americans and. Canadians." Uncontrolled technology and threat to environment: "There is an almost crippling fear that technical advance may make the environment inhospitable for man, even for life itself." The urban crisis: "Some major cities appear to face paralysis, some are considered ungovern'able. The anonymity th~y impose on lonely crowds resulted in an 'absence of community:" '. . I . The alienation of'youth: "The growing disenchantment and anger of many youth (is described) by commentators as a counterculture in the making, one formed consciously and deliberately in'. opposit'ion to the one.dimensional perspective of technical man.;' , .. Frusfrations of the older gen'eration: "There is much surprise, resentment and 'fear 'am~ng the older generations at seeing the American experiment radically called in question." The Vietnam War: "Wide-' spread revulsion is leading to a very critical examination of the United States, present cours~ and social priorities." Arms race: "Many North Americans regard the staggering
fiscal and psychological burden the old right, which favors law of the arms race as ultimately , and order to a repressive degree." The working paper commentsuicidal." Violence: "Angry demonstra- ed after its litany of calamities . tions, bombings, kidnapping and that "meanwhile the urgent demurders have become almost mands of social justice are necommon. The excesses of the gleCted." Turn to Page Three new left in turn have revived
Noted· Educator New Stonehill President The Rev. Ernest J.' Bartell, C.S.C., has been appointed President of Stonehill College-it has been announced by the Very Rev. William F. Hogan, C.S.C., Chairman of the Board -of Trustees of the college. , Father Bartell, who has been serving as Director of the Center For The Study of Man in Contemporary Society at the University of Notre Dame since 1969, suc,ceeds the Very Rev. John T. Corr, C.S.C., who has been President at Stonehill since June 1964. Father Bartell holds his Doctorate in Economics from Princeton University, received his Bachelors Degree in Finance from the University of Notre Dame and holds two Masters Degrees -one in Theology from Holy' Cross College, Washington, D.C., and the other in Economics from the University of Chicago. Prior to his present assignment he was Chairman of the Department of Economics at Notre Dame. He first joined the faculty of Notre Dame in 1961 as an instructor in Economics and subsequently taught Economics at Prinecton University at both the undergraduate and graduate Woodrow Wilson School levels, returning
to the Economics Department at Notre Dame in 1966. At present' Father Bartell is also acting as director of an economic analysis of non-public ed-
Fr. Bartell, C.S.C. ucation in the U.S., for the President's Commission On School Finance, under a federal grant contract. Upon completion of this work on September first, he will take up his duties at Stonehill Turn to Page Six
BISHOP CRONIN, LEFT, WAVES AT PASSING FISHING BOAT AT TRADITIONAL YEARLY BLESSING OF FLEET AT PROVINCETOWN, .
AND, RIGHT, SPEAKS AFTERWARDS, WITH SOME OF cREW FROM THE FLEET.