Arctic road plans spark clash over tourism and tolls
Environmentalists warn the Arctic road poses greater threats than the pipeline while oilmen seek calm. Gov. Hammond and state resources commissioner weigh opening pristine areas to tourists as Alyeska suspends road transfer. Natives fear subsistence disruption. fishermen worry about Valdez weather and tanker routes. fines on spills proposed to enforce protections.
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Arctic
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Yukon River
Prudhoe Bay
Arctic Ocean
Robert LeResche
Jay Hammond
Valdez
Texas
Alaska
Prince William Sound
Valdez Narrows
Middle Rock
Alyeska
Feminists learn blunt tactics at Illinois conference
Laura Green notes feminists in Illinois State University Normal used firm rules and strong tactics to push their platform at the IWU conference. Adie Wyatt chaired sessions while opponents walked out. Despite decisive debate, no laws or amendments passed, with Houston meeting planned to produce a shelved report.
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Tom Keane
Phyllis Schlafly
Illinois State University
Mexico City
Congress
Houston
Senate votes wary on Carter Korea Cuba Vietnam foreign policy
The Senate rejected tight conditions on Korea troop withdrawal and denied preconditions for talks with Cuba. It passed a 1.6 billion State Dept bill 64 to 21, with a Byrd provision pulled and a Byrd compromise urging deliberate talks with Cuba on reciprocal concessions. Senate debate covered Vietnam aid and U.S. involvement.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
U.S
South Korea
Cuba
Vietnam
Foreign Relations Committee
Korea
Congress
Robert Byrd
Nebraska
Edward Zorinsky
Carl Curtis
Howard Baker
Baker
North Korea
South
United States
Asia
George McGovern
D-S.d
Byrd
U S Steel wins extension on Gary pollution cleanup
U S Steel agreed to pay 4 million including the largest civil penalty for water pollution in exchange for an extension of deadlines to curb discharges at its Gary Indiana plant. The EPA ordered about 70 million in anti pollution gear by July 1 to curb ammonia cyanide and phenol releases into Lake Michigan. An agreement among U S Steel Indiana and the EPA was filed in Hammond Indiana federal court giving until August 1 1980 to install the equipment.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S. Steel
Gary
Ind
Environmental Protection Agency
Lake Michigan
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Chuck Champion
Champion
Frank Fisher
Fisher
LeResche
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IWU Commission
Normal
Addie Wyatt
Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union
Elie
Anh
Kent Kings
FTC Methog
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