Nuke waste bill ignored by Congress in campaign rush
Washington report notes the House did not take up the nuclear waste bill as Congress rushed to campaign. Texas faced risk of a Palo Duro Basin dump with no federal compensation, while House veto provisions and full funding remained contentious.
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Jin‘ Landers
Dallas Morning News
Washington
Congress
Texas
Senate
House
F Energy Department
Palo Duro
Panhandle
U.S
Energy Department
I.I.S
Washington State
Nevada
Utah
Mississippi
Louisiana
Bill Clements
National Governors’ Association
Reagan Administration
Nuclear Power Industry
Robert Odle
Secretary of Energy
Congressional Affairs
White House
Odessa councilman presses district voting change
Odessa City Council member Thomas Perkins urged abandoning one man one vote and adopting single member districts to improve minority representation. He seeks a council vote to send a charter amendment to voters or face a petition drive for aApril ballot. Perkins says he has verbal support from four council members but faces opposition from Mayor Bob Bryant and others.
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Odessa
Thomas Perkins
Perkins
Bob Bryant
Keith Weddell
Houston Seabolt
Bryant
Weddell
Seabolt
North Odessa
Southside
What cost health care
Daniel Q Haney reviews the rising cost of U S health care, noting $287 billion spent yearly yet stretching budgets. He contrasts dramatic medical advances with questions about affordability and the nation’s medical system, quoting federal budget director Stockman on rethinking health care as an economic good.
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Daniel Q. Haney
Associated Press
Boston
David Stockman
Health Affairs
United States
Water finds its way into Jones Stadium at Texas Tech
MIKE COCHRAN reports from Lubbock Texas where a massive groundwater intrusion under Jones Stadium threatens the sunken football field and surrounding areas. Officials warn of potential subsidence as engineers study a trillion gallons of water, spurring humorous local quips about aquatic football.
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Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Lubbock
Texas
Methodist Hospital
Texas Tech
Jones Stadium
Red Raider
Robert Yn
Tech
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