Enforced strip mining rules loosened in Appalachia shift
Bruce Boyens, a fixture of federal strip mining enforcement, leaves Appalachia as the Reagan era restructures the OSM. The agency cuts staff, relaxes rules on ponds and topsoil, and shifts power to states, while critics warn of weakened oversight and industry leniency.
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Washington Post
Washington
Bruce Boyens
Appalachia
Boyens
Interior Department
OSM
Reagan
Congress
Ronald Reagan
Heritage Foundation
James Watt
Watt
Knoxville
James R. Harris
Indiana
Steven J. Griles
Virginia
Griles
Taxpayers lobby stalls on Capitol Hill
Washington analysts say grass roots taxpayer groups have faded after 1981 euphoria. Leaders like Jim Wright and Barry Goldwater question their clout as groups fold debt and scale back lobbying. Despite aims for a balanced budget amendment, movement weakness persists amid complex tax rules and limited resources.
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Ownur
Washington
Capitol Hill
House
Jim Wright
Texas
Sen
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Sam Gejdenson
D-Conn
National Tax Limitation Committee
National Taxpayers Union
Senate
Thomas O'Neill
Congress
Tax Limitation Committee
Rep
Barber B. Conable Jr
R-N.y
Claude D. Pepper
D-Fla
New Mexican leader inherits old problems
United Press International reports Mexico heads to the polls as Miguel de la Madrid seeks to succeed Jose Lopez Portillo. Despite pledges to curb corruption and aid peasants, Mexico faces inflation, debt, devaluation, and uneven growth after a oil boom era. The PRI prepares to retain power amid limited opposition and economic strain.
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United Press Internationa
Mexico City
Mexico
Miguel de la Madrid
Revolutionary Institutional Party
PRI
Jose Lopez Portillo
de la Madrid
Lopez Portillo
United States
Soviet Union
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Socialist Unified Party of Mexico
National Action Party
Fast, doomed chase ends in a fatal shooting in Columbia
Charles Raymond Morris a 19 year old unarmed Black fugitive who fled a jail breakout was shot by white officers after a four hour pursuit ending at Ruby Brent's house in Jamestown. The incident prompted NAACP and ACLU scrutiny and calls to reform police use of force.
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Barry Bearak
Los Angeles Times
Columbia
Miss
Charles Raymond
Reform School
Charles Raymond Morris
Tom Boy Forbes
Charles
Ruby Brent
Jamestown
Mississippi
NAACP
American Civil Liberties Union
Floree Smith
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Forbes
River Pearl
Walter Payton
Chicago Bears
Reform
John Sapen
Big John Pittman
Pittman
Miss Toot
ACLU
John
Baptist Missionary Baptist Church
L. Z. Blankinship
Mobile
Ala
William Winter
Public Safety
The
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Taxation With Representation Fund
Thomas F. Field
Nader
Public Citizen
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