Legislature closes in on minor bills amid minerals tax push
Colorado lawmakers race to finish technical bills before a minerals severance tax and property tax relief. The Senate sent a Land Use Commission bill to conference after restoring powers, while House members defeated a sweeping revision of the 10 month old Mined Land Reclamation Act. A grand jury attorney presence measure passed second reading. All three measures were sponsored by Sen. Ralph Cole.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colorado
Senate
Colorado Land Use Commission
Department of Local Affairs
House
Robert Allshouse
Aurora
Arch Decker
Ray Kogarsek
Pueblo
Funding for Big Thompson park funds in jeopardy
Denver AP report says opposition from the State Parks division jeopardizes a 962000 request for a Big Thompson Canyon park. Senate President Fred Anderson notes parks backlash, possible reduced funding, and that strickland may oppose land purchase to avoid setting a floodplain precedent. The plan seeks 2.54 million for 280 private parcels with federal and local support pending.
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Denver
State Parks and Outdoor Recreation Division
Big Thompson Canyon
Senate
Fred Anderson
Loveland Republican
Big Thompson Recovery Task Force
Tammer County
Four Comers Regional Commission
U.S. Interior
Cecil Andrus
Bul Anderson
Parks Department
Parks Committee
Anderson
Ted Strickland
R-Westmeister
Senate Appropriations Committee
Fitt Strickland
Larimer County
Anyon
Population totals 4.017 billion in 1976
The PRE Report notes world population reached 4,017 million by end of 1976, up 71 million from the prior year. Florida wetlands once hosted about 100,000 wood storks each winter, but National Geographic says the colony has declined to roughly 18,000.
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Florida
National Geographic
Skateboard injuries drive ER visits in 1975 findings
CPSC estimates 27,500 people treated in hospital emergency rooms for skateboard related injuries in 1975. Meanwhile the American Council of Life Insurance notes about one fifth of men aged 65 and older remain employed, down from about half in 1950.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
American Council of Life Insurance
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