Litter bills stumble in North Carolina legislature
The North Carolina General Assembly stalled key litter legislation for a third time with H 697 and related measures failing in committee and on the floor. Support grew from county associations, but bottling and packaging groups and labor opposed the efforts. A Washington style tax bill H 425 remains in limbo, while the session ends with no landscape cleanup victory.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Institute of Government
Charles Webb
Guilford
Oregon
Association of County Commissioners
House Committee On Water and Air Resources
House
Washington
General Assembly
Carter Commencement Address at Notre Dame Mixed with Humor
President Jimmy Carter spoke at Notre Dame commencement last Sunday, delivering a foreign policy overview rather than a rallying call. He shared a joke about a man arrested for drunken bed fire, ending with a light note as graduates prepare to go forth.
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Jimmy Carter
Notre Dame University
Carter
Truman
Charles Kirbo
Notre Dame
Arizona Water Fight Highlights Central Arizona Project
Arizona lawmakers and business leaders defend the Central Arizona Project as President Carter approves most of its 1.8 billion budget amid drought. The 290 mile tunnel would deliver about 1.2 million acre feet annually to Phoenix Tucson land, yet overuse of groundwater and urban growth threaten farming, with agriculture supplying 89 percent of state water and districts planning conservation efforts.
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Phoenix
Salt River
Arizona
Carter
Colorado
State Farm Bureau
Central Arizona
Phoenix-Tuscan
Theodore Roosevelt
Here
Maricopa County
Tucson
C. Laurence Linser
Arizona Water Commission
White House
Water Commission
Morris K. Udall
Helms Pushes Bill to Curb Federal Higher Education Rules
Sen. Jesse Helms warns that federal regulation costs universities billions and burdens faculty time. He cites Harvard and Duke cost figures and cites affirmative action program expenses at Michigan and Berkeley. Helms seeks an early committee hearing, hoping liberal educators join his stance.
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Sputnik
Helms
Harvard
Change Magazine
Duke
Georgetown
University of Michigan
University of California At Berkeley
San Francisco Community College
Senate Human Resources Committee
Cyber 76 computer sale could aid Soviet military aims
Washington debates export of the Cyber 76 a $13 million Control Data computer described as a weather study tool but capable of tracking missiles submarines and decoding sensitive U S transmissions Officials warn it could be repurposed for military use with no safeguards to prevent misuse Some see benefits in meteorology while critics label the deal dangerous and risky to U S security.
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Thomas Sowell
Frank Cook Pierson
Department of Economics
Swarthmore College
Pennsylvania
Swarthmore
Washington
Control Data
U.S
Commerce Dept
Russia
Henry Kissinger
United States
Kremlin
John Schubert
Moscow
$101.7 Million B-1 Bomber Emerges in U.S. Air Force Plans
A veteran reporter recalls the Air Force pushing contractors to create a $101.7 million B-1 bomber, aiming for an expensive, high tech aircraft with nuclear capability. The piece notes Navy opposition and the bid to make the program a vital deterrent.
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Air Force
Navy
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Claremont Men's College
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Anatoly Dobrynin
China
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International Trade Commission
Tony Capaccio
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
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Pentagon
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