Newsworthies

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March/April 1982
By Loretta Swit 
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IN BRIEF . . .

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WALTER S. TAYLOR, the maverick winemaker and veteran of a court battle with Coca-Cola over the right to use his own family name in conjunction with the products of his winery (see "Newsworthies" in MOTHER NO. 61) has a new interest: space exploration. To mark the first launch of the Columbia space shuttle, Taylor's winery introduced a new vintage called Space Shuttle Rose, and Walt is also a member of the NASA team of artists assigned to cover future launches .... Britain's PRINCE PHILIP, as international president of the World Wildlife Fund, works to preserve imperiled animal species. The royal consort is also reportedly energy-conscious: He drives a nonpolluting electric car around London .... Nearly centenarian homesteader and MOTHER columnist SCOTT NEARING appeared in Warren Beatty's epic film, Rcds, as one of the witnesses who share their memories of journalist John Reed .... The 1981 Alternative Nobel Peace Prize (given by the Right Livelihood Foundation) was shared by scientists from Britain and South Africa, and BILL, MOLLISON: author of Permaculture One and Permaculture Two, and subject of the Plowboy Interview in MOTHER NO. 66—JM.

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