The question considered hereâhow does population growth affect the direction. and magnitude of economic change today as world population approaches 6 billionâis. germane to a key argument invoked to defend international population assistance. programs since their inception in the early 1960s.
Late June-July 1971: Nixon Authorizes âPlumbers,â Orders Media Leaks to Smear Ellsberg. President Nixon authorizes the creation of a âspecial investigations unit,â later nicknamed the âPlumbers,â to root out and seal media leaks.
When the founders of Musco Lighting formed a partnership in 1968, Joe Crookham was a part of a successful law practice in Oskaloosa, Iowa, while Myron Gordin was working as an engineer at Pella Corp and running a toolmaking business out of his living room.