Delay in oil routes stirs Alaska North Slope debate
Two routes for North Slope crude oil are debated. The all U S route via Trans Alaska to Valdez faces support from Nixon administration and Alaska officials for speed and simplicity. Trans Canada route faces eco groups and a Mondale Bayh amendment demanding a nine month study and negotiations with Canada.
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Alaska
Valdez
U.S. Territory
Nixon
Interior Department
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
Birch Bayh
Ind
Congress
Trans- Canada
Canada
North Pacific
North
Department of the Interior
Minnesota
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Indiana
John B. Anderson
Les Aspin
Wisconsin
William E. Simon
the Treasury
Ottawa
Enemies Named Back Mondale Bayh Amendment Support
A list of 19 environmental groups backing the Mondale Bayh amendment spans American Rivers Conservation Council Animal Protection Institute Cordova District Fisheries Union Defenders of Wildlife Environmental Defense Fund Ienvironmental Policy Center Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs Friends of the Earth Fund for Animals Izaak Walton League National Audubon Society National Federation of Fishermen Northern Environmental Council Sierra Club The Wilderness Society Trout Unlimited United Automobile Workers United Fishermen of Alaska Zero Population Growth.
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American Rivers
Conservation Council
Animal Protection Institute
Cordova District Fisheries Union Defenders of Wildlife
Environmental Defense Fund
Ienvironmental Policy Center
Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs
Friends of the Earth
Fund For Animals
Izaak Walton League
National Audubon Society
National Federation of Fishermen
Northern Environmental Council
Sierra Club
the Wilderness Society
Trout Unlimited
United Automobile Workers
United Fishermen of Alaska
Europeans Grow Wary of Watergate Affects on NATO Europe
Europeans fear Watergate could erode U S leadership and threaten Western security and prosperity. Analysts warn Congress may impose tariffs or force risky credits, risking the Common Market and East West détente while urging fuller disclosure to avoid a power vacuum.
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Paris
U.S
Europe
Leonid Brezhnev
Nixon
Congress
Euromart
Brussels
Ils
Free World
Die Welt
Germany
la Nation
America
London Daily Telegraph
The
Telegraph
Britain
Atlantic
Daily Mail
Pipeline Delay Provokes Midwestern Pressure in Alaska Link
Washington lawmakers rail against eco-critics as they push for faster Alaska North Slope oil access. Court ruling narrows rights of way though senators Gravel and Stevens seek to cut red tape and revive the trans Alaska pipeline project.
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Washington
Middle East
United States
Alaska
U. S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Valdez
Mike Gravel
Ted Stevens
Channel Tunnel debate stalls as Canada route revived
Birmingham News notes a decision on a Channel Tunnel and environmental feasibility studies due this summer for the estimated 895 million project. The piece reports renewed interest in a trans-Canadian pipeline with Alaska oil delays and cites lawmakers debating routes and timing.
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Birmingham News
English Channel
Channel
Journalesm
Burden of the Purse Shifts Power Toward Capitol Hill
Washington column notes Sen. William Scott proposes moving the Office of Management and Budget to Capitol Hill. The plan would require Senate confirmation only by simple majority and would rebalance budgetary control away from the executive. It highlights OMB’s growing influence and Congress’s interest in reclaiming purse strings.
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Washington
William Scott
R-Va
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Capitol Hill
Scott
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Bureau of the Budget
Executive
Treasury Department
Mansfield
Legislative Branch
No Molotov Cocktails No Molotov Cocktails
Hanover, N H commentary on French culture subsidies and revolutionaries seeking public funding. The piece mocks the idea of state support for subversive artists, citing Druon and echoes debates about the National Endowment for the Humanities. It notes Baudelaire and others in a satirical light.
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Hanover
N.H
Marquis de Sade
Baudelaire
Rimbaud
Genet
Maurice Druon
Eere
Paris
France
Ministry For Culture
Druon
Psst
National Endowment For the Humanities
Mao
Che
Fanon
Goebbels
Hitler
England
General Aupick
Ministry of Culture
Splinters on politics and youth rhetoric
A brief op-ed fragment notes that political humor is harmless until elected and urges reflection on who educated the younger generation before criticizing them. The piece hints at intergenerational debate and responsibility without naming individuals or events.
Farmers Told to Plant More to Cut Food Prices
The piece argues that lifting production caps will let American farmers grow more wheat, corn, soybeans, and other crops. It cites 24 million extra acres planted this year and forecasts 10 percent more corn and wheat and 15 percent more soybeans next year, hoping lower prices follow.
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Chicago
Glen Weir
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Earl Butz
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