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ISSN 0036-8075 25 May 1979 Volume 204, No. 4395 LETTERS Three Mile Island: G. C. Thom; D. A. Bronstein; E. Marshall; H. W. Ibser; C. R. Maness; "Strategy": P. Murtaugh . EDITORIAL Science and Public Understanding ARTICLES One Mars Year: Viking Lander Imaging Observations; K. L. Jones et al. Science and Industry, Challenges of Antagonistic Interdependence: P. F. Drucker................................... NEWS AND COMMENT RESEARCH NEWS BOOK REVIEWS How to Assess Cancer Risks . . . . ........ ........ .. . . ..... Coral Reefs in Potential Conflict with Oil and Gas Development . Briefing: Japan-U.S. Cooperation on Energy R & D Agreed to; Different Route Accepted as Way to New Department; U.S. Geological Survey-On the Map for 100 Years; On the Way to the Forum; Endangered Review Body Seems to Be in the Clear. More Help for the Mentally Ill .......................... Viets and Vets Fear Herbicide Health Effects. Nonnonprofit Chronicle of Higher Education . 811 812 814 816 817 818 Toxic Waste Disposal a Growing Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819 New Breed of Telescope Born in Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 Unification of Elementary Forces and Gauge Theories, reviewed by B. Holstein; Lakes, P. Kilham; Upwelling Ecosystems, M. M. Mullin; Chronometric Explorations of Mind, T. Shallice; Books Received REPORTS Geothermal Convection Through Oceanic Crust and Sediments in the Indian Ocean: R. N. Anderson, M. A. Hobart, M. G. Langseth. Stratospheric Wave Spectra Resembling Turbulence: E. M. Dewan. Effects of Raw Materials on Biface Manufacture: P. R. Jones. Direct Marine-Continental Correlation: 150,000-Year Oxygen Isotope-Pollen Record from the North Pacific: L. E. Heusser and N. J. Shackleton . 794 797 799 806 825 828 832 835 837

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ISSN 0036-8075

25 May 1979

Volume 204, No. 4395

LETTERS Three Mile Island: G. C. Thom; D. A. Bronstein; E. Marshall;H. W. Ibser; C. R. Maness; "Strategy": P. Murtaugh .

EDITORIAL Science and Public Understanding

ARTICLES One Mars Year: Viking Lander Imaging Observations; K. L. Jones et al.

Science and Industry, Challenges of Antagonistic Interdependence:P. F. Drucker...................................

NEWS AND COMMENT

RESEARCH NEWS

BOOK REVIEWS

How to Assess Cancer Risks . . . . ........ ........ .. . . .....

Coral Reefs in Potential Conflict with Oil and Gas Development .

Briefing: Japan-U.S. Cooperation on Energy R & D Agreed to;Different Route Accepted as Way to New Department; U.S.Geological Survey-On the Map for 100 Years; On the Wayto the Forum; Endangered Review Body Seems to Be in the Clear.

More Help for the Mentally Ill ..........................

Viets and Vets Fear Herbicide Health Effects.

Nonnonprofit Chronicle ofHigher Education .

811

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814

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Toxic Waste Disposal a Growing Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819

New Breed of Telescope Born in Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823

Unification of Elementary Forces and Gauge Theories, reviewed byB. Holstein; Lakes, P. Kilham; Upwelling Ecosystems, M. M. Mullin;Chronometric Explorations of Mind, T. Shallice; Books Received

REPORTS Geothermal Convection Through Oceanic Crust and Sediments in the Indian Ocean:R. N. Anderson, M. A. Hobart, M. G. Langseth.

Stratospheric Wave Spectra Resembling Turbulence: E. M.Dewan.

Effects ofRaw Materials on Biface Manufacture: P. R. Jones.

Direct Marine-Continental Correlation: 150,000-Year Oxygen Isotope-Pollen Recordfrom the North Pacific: L. E. Heusser and N. J. Shackleton .

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PRODUCTS ANDMATERIALS

Power-Line Harmonic Radiation: Can It Significantly Affect the Earth's RadiationBelts?:R. M. Thorne andB. T. Tsurutani ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839

Isolation and Characterization of an Endogenous Type C Virus of Rhesus Monkeys:H. Rabin et al. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841

,8-Adrenergic-Sensitive Adenylate Cyclase in Secretory Cells of Choroid Plexus:J. A. Nathanson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843

CARNA 5, the Small Cucumber Mosaic Virus-Dependent Replicating RNA,Regulates Disease Expression: H. E. Waterworth, J. M. Kaper,M. E. Tousignant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845

Mortality of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus L.): Avian Predation at FiveOverwintering Sites in Mexico: W. H. Calvert, L. E. Hedrick, L. P. Brower. . . 847

Prolactin Receptors in Rana catesbeiana During Development and Metamorphosis:B. A. White and C. S. Nicoll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851

Extrapituitary Action of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone: Direct Inhibition ofOvarian Steroidogenesis: A. J. W. Hsueh and G. F. Erickson . . . . . . . . . . 854

Periodicity of Deoxyribonuclease I Digestion of Chromatin: A. Prunell et al. 855

"Transfer Connections": Specialized Pathways for Nutrient Translocation in aRed Alga?R. Wetherbee ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858

Normal Anterior Endoderm Corrects the Heart Defect in Cardiac MutantSalamanders (Ambystoma mexicanum): L. F. Lemanski, D. J. Paulson,C . S. Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860

Intercellular Communication in Pancreatic Islet Monolayer Cultures: AMicrofluorometric Study: E. Kohen et al. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862

Immunoassay by Differential Pulse Polarography: W. R. Heineman,C. W. Anderson, H. B. Halsall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 865

f3S- and p2-Adrenergic Receptors in Rat Cerebral Cortex Are IndependentlyRegulated: K. P. Minneman et al. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866

Induction of Differentiation in Human Promyelocytic Leukemia Cells by TumorPromoters: G. Rovera, T. G. O'Brien, L. Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 868

Species-Specific Perceptual Processing of Vocal Sounds by Monkeys:S. R. Zoloth et al. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870

Fluorescent Retrograde Double Labeling: Axonal Branching in the AscendingRaphe and Nigral Projections: D. van der Kooy andH. G. J. M. Kuypers . . . . 873

Binocularity in Kittens Reared with Optically Induced Squint: E. L. Smith III et al.. 875

Testosterone Reduces Refractory Period of Stria Terminalis Neurons in the RatBrain: K. M. Kendrick andR. F. Drewett . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 877

Physical Factors Affecting the Mutagenicity of Fly Ash from a Coal-Fired PowerPlant: G. L. Fisher, C. E. Chrisp, 0. G. Raabe . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 879

Technical Comment: Estimating Fatness: J. Reeves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881

Centrifugal Freeze Dryer; Liquid Chromatography Module; VideoChartRecorder; Radioiodination for Proteins; Spectrophotometer; MethodsProcessor for Liquid Chromatography; Ultrasonic Cleaner for Pipettesand Glassware;Literature . . . . . ............. .. ..... .... 882

COVER

Predation of a monarch butterfly (Dan-aus plexippus L.) by a black-backedoriole (Icterus abeillei) from a clusteron a tree trunk at a recently discoveredoverwintering site of the monarch but-terfly in Central Mexico. See page 847.[Photographs by George D. Lepp (Da-vis, California) at a 2-second intervalusing a Nikkor 400-millimeter lens,Norman telephoto strobe, and Koda-chrome 64 film]

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