Alaska’s future at stake in lands debate
In the congressional fight over Alaska preservation the Alaska lands bill seeks to protect 110 million acres as national parks refuges and wilderness while leaving most oil gas and mineral lands outside. The Senate moves toward a companion bill S 1500 as amended with broad bipartisan backing. The author argues preservation is compatible with development and urges public support to shield caribou, forest, and wetlands from unchecked exploitation.
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Alaska
House
Senate Committee On Energy and Natural Resources
Japan
Congress
Senate
Yukon River
Thurmond strategy irritates Ravenel in South Carolina
In South Carolina the Thurmond reelection plan relies on his wife Nancy and their children to campaign while he stays in Washington. Ravenel, a Harvard-educated financier, denounces the cookbook handouts as insulting. Polls show Thurmond leading, with heavy TV ad campaigns from both sides and black voters courted by all candidates.
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Joan Mower
Columbia
S.C
UPI
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Washington
Charles D
Pug’ Ravenel
Ravenel
Thurmond
Senate
Capitol Hill
Nancy
United States
Allison Dalton
Dick Riley
Ed Young
Young
James Edwards
Nancy Stevenson
Charleston
Stevenson
John Stroud
District of Columbia
Congress
Alaska Development and Conservation in the Carter Era
An opinion piece urges cautious growth of Alaska’s oil pipeline and timber exports while preserving wild lands. It argues federal action is needed to balance development with conservation, noting House actions following Carter administration recommendations after extensive hearings.
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Alaska
Seward
House of Representatives
Carter
Citizens urged to report injured eagles in Illinois
Illinois residents are asked to report dead or injured bald eagles to the U S Fish and Wildlife Service or the Illinois Department of Conservation as migrating birds arrive from now through mid winter. Biologist Carl Becke r explains the state may exceed 1000 eagles in January and February, mainly along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, aiding conservation planning. Residents can contact Ralph B VanDane in Springfield or Glenn V Orton in Rosemont, or report to any Conservation Department police officer. If response is delayed, preserve carcasses or cool injured birds and provide water and food to calm them.
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Springfield
Fish and Wildlife Service
Illinois
Ralph B. VanDane
Glenn V. Orton
Rosemont
Conservation Department
Becker
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