Large Western range fires threaten Montana town
Firefighters battled nearly 300000 acres of western range fires as hot winds spread one blaze near Columbus Montana to within a couple miles of a town of 1400. Two to three homes may have burned. retardant drops considered. An 1800 acre blaze in Sweet Grass County also out of control as Utah reports 200000 acres burned. I 80 reopened after a six hour closure.
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Associated Press
Montana
Central Plains
Columbus
Mont
Don Kendall
Billings
Department of State Lands
Sweet Grass County
Kendall
EPA to add 100 to 150 dumps under Superfund overhaul
Washington AP The Environmental Protection Agency plans to expand the worst hazar dous waste dumps list by 25 percent, adding 100 to 150 sites to the 419 currently eligible for federal cleanup. The expansion accompanies tighter standards, stricter deadlines, and revised cleanup rules amid past probes and resignations in the Superfund program.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Aue
EPA
Congress
Anne M. Burford
Rita Lavelle
Hazardous Waste Office
William Hedeman Jr
William Ruckelshaus
Lee Thomas
Ms. Lavelle
Air Force estimates 70 billion for Midgetman missiles
Washington AP An Air Force study places a 70 billion price for developing deploying 1000 Midgetman intercontinental ballistic missiles and operating the system for 10 years Brig Gen Gordon Fornell says the plan would have the small single warhead missiles ready by the early 1990s Defense Secretary Weinberger favors deploying them in hardened vehicles to resist Soviet surprise attacks and moving around vast military reservations each vehicle weighs 35 to 45 tons and would be built to withstand blast effects
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Washington
Air Force
Gordon Fornell
Fornell
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
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