Congress Abuses Highlighted In Overseas Travel Study
Public Citizen exposes 991 trips to 114 countries by members of Congress from 1981 to mid 1983 at taxpayer expense. The report urges limits on trips, fewer military aircraft uses, and strict per diem and delegation size rules to curb millions in wasteful junkets.
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Washington
Congress
Public Citizen
Congress Watch
Ralph Nader
Joan Claybrook
Claybrook
Ronnie Flippo
Vienna
Pete Kelley
Flippo
State Department of Pentagon
Joseph Addabbo
D-N.y
Hong Kong
China
Samoa
New Zealand
Air Force C
Kika de la Garza
Russia
Soviet Union
Texas Democrat
Agriculture Committee
Copenhagen
Budapest
Istanbul
Athens
Madrid
House
Senate Armed Services
Appropriations
Charles Mathias
Claiborne Pell
R.I
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Copper mine reopens amid uneasy peace in Morenci
About 500 workers crossed picket lines at the Phelps Dodge copper complex in Morenci as police kept order after the mine mill and smelter reopened. Union leaders urged restraint while federally mediated talks continued, with the strike affecting roughly 2,300 workers and centered on cost of living allowances.
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Morenci
Ariz
Phelps Dodge Corp
Ralph Milstead
Arizona Department of Public Safety
Phoenix
National Guard
Highway Patrol
Jerald Spreitzer
Machinists Local 1132
Meteoric clay bolsters dinosaur death theory
A Denmark clay layer and the bottom of the Pacific Ocean show smectite decay from glass likely formed by a large meteor impact 65 million years ago. Dr. Miriam Kastner cites global smectite layers as evidence, while noting the meteor’s link to dinosaur extinction remains possible but not proven.
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Rochester
N.Y
Denmark
Pacific Ocean
Earth
Miriam Kastner
Scripps Oceanographic Institute
la Jolla
Calif
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Rotary Club
Cedar Rapids Schools
Rogers
Jane N
Fleetwood Road
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Smulekoff
SPY PN Carpets
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Lees
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Antron
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Dow Corning Corporation
Saxony
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Third Avenue
Burlington
Alfred University
Alfred, N.Y
Luis and
Walter Alvarez
University of California At Berkeley