National Parks Fight to Preserve Gems Under Strain
A five part AP series examines mounting pressure on the National Park System. Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier and Everglades face inflation, budget cuts, staffing cuts, overcrowding and pollution as officials warn parks risk erosion of their pristine resources. Public concerns and funding battles shape the future of America’s crown jewels.
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Yellowstone
America
Jack Schreibman
Associated Press
Yosemite National Park
Calif
Yosemite
Interior
James Watt
Congress
Reagan
el Capitan
Yosemite Falls
North America
Sierra Nevadas
Los Angeles
San Francisco
National Park System
National Park Service
Herb Sansom
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Dick Marks
Marks
U.S
Nxt
Bob Binnewies
Yosemite Valley
Park Servie
Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains
Glacier
Island of
Wilderness
U.canada
Western sheep herding faces labor and lifestyle hurdles
Hinds and Bonde discuss why attracting reliable labor for 1000 head on remote ranges is hard. Herders must cope with high altitude cooking, housing, hygiene, and months away from towns. Most Western ranchers rely on foreign workers, about half of Wyoming’s 300 sheepherders being migrants from Basque Spain Peru and Mexico, with 60 percent placed from Peru alone.
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Hinds
Bonde
Jum Popple
Wyoming Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Popple
Wyoming
Spain
Western Range Association
West
Peru
Mexico
Bridget Rau
Mexico seeks balanced stance as Cuba and trade loom large
Lopez Portillo describes Cuba as the Latin American country most dear to Mexico a move some officials call cynical others say reflects duty to support nearby revolutionary movements. Mexico faces a $2.4 billion US trade deficit despite being a major oil supplier. The Reagan administration worries about subsidies making Mexican exports unfair and contemplates countervailing duties. A guest worker program is reportedly favored to address illegal migration without proposals yet.
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Lopez Portillo
Cuba
Mexico
Central America
United States
Reagan
Enders
Blanton trial enters fifth day of liquor license case
The jury in the Ray Blanton liquor license conspiracy trial recesses after a brief weekend, weighing conspiracy and mail fraud charges tied to 12 suburban Nashville liquor licenses awarded in 1976. Blanton James Allen and Clyde Hood Jr testified they did nothing wrong. If convicted Blanton Hood face up to seven years and $29 000 fines Allen up to 35 years and $16 000.
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Nashville, Tenn
Ray Blanton
U.S
Clare Morton
Blanton
James Allen
Clyde Edd Hood Jr
Nashville
Hood
Allen
Woman Found Inside Sealed Jet Cargo Hold Charged
Atlanta based airport worker heard noises from a sealed plane cargo hold and found Kathy Hargan 21 inside the compartment. FBI says she conspired to steal from interstate shipment and violated the federal stowaway act on a New York bound Delta flight. Delta says her oxygen tank and nose piece were present and her life was at risk.
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Atlanta
FBI
Kathy Hargan
New York
Delta Air Lines
Mark Smith
Horgan
Delta
Jim Ewing
Odessa American pricing and delivery notice
Public notice detailing postage rates for daily and Sunday, Sunday only subscriptions, mail delivery contact numbers, and delivery problem line. Includes rates for 6 and 3 month periods and monthly options.
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Queens mother charged in fatal shooting of teen neighbor
Denise Spencer, 29, told police she shot Leonard Mosby, 15, on a Queens street to avenge a sexual attack on her 9-year-old son. A witness described Spencer approaching Mosby at 4 p.m. Saturday, grabbing him by the neck, firing, then calmly walking away.
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New York
Queens
Denise Spencer
Leonard Mosby
The
Daily News
Urban conversion fever spurs housing bill plan
In Washington Rep. Benjamin S. Rosenthal says condo conversions create city refugees. As chair of a consumer subcommittee he will seek a two year moratorium on conversions and tax changes to curb the trend. He warns of renters forced from converted apartments who cannot buy or find affordable replacements.
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Washington
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
D-N.y
Rosenthal
Rose bush dispute turns deadly shootout in San Diego
In San Diego AP reports an argument over a rose bush led to a gunbattle killing three. Police officers Harry Tiffany and Ronald Ebeltoft were shot to death as they arrived, and suspect Thomas Soita aged 39 was later killed by police after a half hour barricade siege.
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San Diego
Thomas Soita
Bob Augustine
Softa
Shannon Rooney
Harry K. Tiffany
Ronald R. Ebeltoft
Texas Weather Outlook Across Regions
National Weather Service forecasts sunny and hot conditions across Odessa and Permian Basin with highs near 100 to 102 degrees and light SW winds. Southeast Texas cleanup continues after heavy rain and dam damage with multiple road closures and evacuations.
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Texas
Odessa
Permian
National Weather Service
West Texas
Mountains
Panhandle
Big Bend
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By Jack Schreibman
Yellowstone National Park
John Townsley
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
North Carolina
Glacier National Park
Montana
Phil Iverson
Watt
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Phillip Burton
D-Calif
Sierra Club
Joe Shellenbarger
Everglad 'S National Park
Florida
Cumberland Island
Georgia
Shepherds Semi
GOV
Fourth Street
Odessa American
P.O
Rosebush
Midland Regional Airport
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Alice
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont
Brownsville
Childress
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Corpus Christi
Dainart
Shreveport
la Stephenville
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Tyler
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