Two Alaskan Mills Seek Special EPA Exemption
Two giant paper producers Louisiana Pacific and Alaska Lumber and Pulp Co seek a 10 year extension of pollution permits via a Congressional amendment to the Clean Water Act. House Public Works Committee backed the measure to help Alaska mills in Ketchikan and Sitka face EPA denied variances. Strong lobbying and PAC money cited. critics warn it would tilt competition.
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Washington
Congress
House Pablic Works Committee
Alaska
Louisiana Pacific Corp
Mil
Ketchikan
Alaska Lumber
Pum Co
Sitka
Environmental Protection Agency
Don Young
R-Alaska
John Paul Hammerschrmidt
R-Ark
Young
Louisiana Pacific
National Forest Service
John Crowell
EPA
ITT Rayonier
Northwest
Rayonier
Gregon Gay
Victor Atiyeh
United Paperworkers Union
Oregon
Youngechord
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston
Alan Bernson
ICC
Grave Bernison
Friendly lawmakers aid Alaskan mills amid ICC dispute
The article notes political support for Alaskan paper mills, while disputes over Bernson and alleged harassment persist. It reports anti Semitism concerns by a former ICC official, congressional interest, and ICC actions handing the case to a federal investigator. The $25,000 fine remains, with Boston U.S. attorney pursuing collection.
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ICC
Congress
Bernson
B'nai Brith Anti-Defamation League
Maryland to Form Southern Maryland Tobacco Study Commission
Maryland lawmakers move to create the Southern Maryland Tobacco Study Commission after Sen Bernie Fowler urges action. He notes Maryland tobacco sales may fall to about 40 million this year from a normal 80 million while drought, reduced foreign demand, and a health driven cigarette decline hurt growers. The commission aims to assess long term policy for the aging industry across Arundel, St. Mary’s, and Calvert counties.
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Stursland
Maryland General Assembly
Southern Maryland Agricultural Commission
Aki
Tobagecom
Legislation Palley Committee
Bernie Fowler
Maryland
Ai Arundel
St. Mary's
Calvert
Melvin A. Steinberg
Bitline
Fowler
Marsbane
Allegany
Upper Marlboro
Steinberg
Tubween
Outlook for Maryland farming shifts from tobacco to new crops
In Annapolis, Fowler urges alternate farming to replace declining tobacco income. Southern Maryland faces the task of persuading stubborn farmers to switch from tobacco to vegetables and other crops while the Legislature forms a new commission to oversee the transition. The panel includes Sen James Clark and delegates from tobacco regions, with the Department of Agriculture recommending broader agency representation.
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Maryland
Fowler
Florida
Georgia
Legislative Policy Committee
Wesday
Commission
Senate
del. A. Benest Bell
Southern Maryland
House
James Simpson
St. Mary's
I Marie Miller
Prince George's
James Clark
D Howard
John Parlett
Thomas Rymer
Del
Ethel Murray
Induction of city officials marks long ceremony
On June 18 1934 Mayor Lloyd C Culler and six city officials were formally inducted after a lengthy ceremony. The Frederick County Ministerial Association held its annual meeting at Christ Reformed Church Middletown with over 80 ministers and wives attending. Plans for a thrilling riding exhibition by Troop F Third Cavalry Fort Myer at the Frederick Fair Grounds were finalized for the June 28 29 and 30 Frederick County Historical Pageant and celebration.
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Frederick County
F. Third Cavalry
Fort Myer
Frederick Fairgrounds
Moler elected president at fourth anniversary banquet
Forrest G. Moler of Brunswick was elected president of the Independent Retail Grocers of the Shepworth Food Stores during the fourth anniversary banquet at the Veteran Inn Urbana. More than 500 grocers and food industry members attended the event. Donald F. Stitely of Braddock Heights was elected president of the Optimist Club of Braddock Heights Inc at its Braddock Heights Fire Hall meeting. He will be installed with other officers alongside Frederick clubs at Fort Detrick Officer's Club.
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Forrest G. Moler
Brunswick
Shepworth Food
Tri-State
Veteran Inn
Urbana
Donald F. Stitely
Braddock Heights
Optimist Club of
Bipartisan foreign policy under Vandenberg and limits
CHALMERS ROBERTS reflects on Senator Arthur Vandenberg’s bid for bipartisanship in foreign policy, noting its wartime origins and postwar limits. He contrasts early bipartisan Europe policy with today, where China policy and partisan divides complicate united action at the water’s edge. The piece traces shifts through Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon, and Reagan, highlighting the enduring tension between executive prerogative and congressional power.
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America
Free World
Sen
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Reagan
Middle East
Central America
Soviet Union
Lebanon
Kissinger Commission
Moscow
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry Truman
United Nations
Atlantic Alliance
NATO
China
Adolf Hitler
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Senate
League of Nations
Europe
Chiang Kaishek
Mao Tse Tung
Truman
Joseph R. McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
Robert A. Taft
Chio
McCarthy
Foreign Service
Nixon
State Department
Alger Hiss
William Howard Taft
Dwight J. Eisenhower
Vietnam
Korea
Eisenhower
Lyndon D. Johnson
House
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Chesapeake Board
Anne Arundel County
News-Post
Lloyd C. Culler
Chalmers M. Roberts
Copley News Service
Chalmers Roberts
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