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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1983

Page

6

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.

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.

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.

Rochester N.Y Denmark Pacific Ocean Earth Miriam Kastner Scripps Oceanographic Institute la Jolla Calif

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