Battle over Missouri Black River use by ATV riders
In Lesterville Missouri conservationists clash with river riders over ATVs and other off road vehicles on the Black River. Environmentalists warn of fish spawning disruption and increased turbidity while riders defend long standing access. Despite fines for littering, enforcement is limited and legislation to curb river use failed in the Senate.
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Missouri
Black River
Lesterville
Ed Stegner
Stegner
Missouri Conservation Federation
Mike Morrison
St. Louis
Reynolds County
Mark Twain National Forest
Mike Christensen
Ironton
Chris Capps
Missouri Conservation Department
Senate
House
Bob Parks
Former Kazakhstan leader blamed for ethnic tensions
Moscow AP reports the Communist Party faulted former Kazakhstan party head Dinmukhamed Kunaev for December ethnic violence in Alma Ata after his removal in favor of Gennady Kolbin. Rioting left two dead as cars and shops burned, while Pravda cited Kunaev’s alleged role in worsening nationalist tensions.
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Moscow
Communist Party Today
Kazakhstan Party
Dinmukhamed Kunaev
Kazakhstan
Alma Ata
Kunaev
Gennady Kolbin
Communist Party
Pravda
Party
Central Committee
Catholic bishops urge NJ Supreme Court to outlaw surrogate parenting
New Jersey Catholic Conference filed a 26 page friend of the court brief in the Baby M case urging the court to ban surrogate motherhood on legal moral and public policy grounds. The brief argues surrogate births reduce child creation to a commercial transaction and equate the womb to a lease.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey
State Supreme Court
New Jersey Catholic Conference
Mary Beth Whitehead
William and
Elizabeth Stern
Superior Court
Harvey R. Sorkow
Whitehead
Stern
Sterns
Sorkow
Windfall profits tax repeal gains Senate passage
The Senate approved repeal of the windfall profits tax on oil companies 58 to 40, attaching the measure to a sweeping trade bill. Senator David Boren praised the bipartisan support as pivotal for final enactment, with conference talks ahead involving Lloyd Bentsen and Jim Wright. The 1,013 page bill faces House action and a conference committee. The timetable targets a vote on the full bill by 6 p.m. next Tuesday.
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Senate
David Boren
D-Okla
Conference Committee
Boren
Senate Finance Committee
Lloyd Bentsen
House
Jim Wight
Phil Gramm
Texas
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
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