Prairie Park Plan Struggles Faces Congressional Hurdles
Washington AP reports efforts to create the Prairie National Park in Kansas and Oklahoma face strong local opposition and a stalled push in Congress. Advocates plan a new, better funded campaign in 1982, aiming to sway lawmakers with a $200,000 effort across Wichita, Topeka, Salina, Manhattan, and surrounding areas.
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Washington
Midwest Prairie
National Park
Kansas
Steve Parcells
National Park and Conservation Association
Parcells
Congress
House
Larry Winn
R-Kan
The
Prairie National Park
Oklahoma
Winn
Mike Synar
D-Okla
Synar
Government Looks At Steel Charges Across Imports
Washington AP The federal government opens an inquiry into U S Steel's charge that European rivals dump steel on the U S market at unfairly low prices Commerce Secretary Klutznick said the probe into import pricing could set duties that raise foreign steel prices and shut out imports If the ruling goes for U S Steel analysts warn of a possible trade war and market upheaval The Carter administration delayed the trigger price mechanism amid debate over protection The move followed a North Carolina suit seeking reinstatement of trigger pricing with France Italy Belgium Luxembourg the United Kingdom West Germany and the Netherlands named among producers in the dispute
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Washington
U.S. Steel
Commerce
Philip Klutznick
U.5. Steel
Commerce Department
Carter
North Carolina Steel Company
Korf Industries Inc
Charlotte, N.C
U.S
France
Italy
Belgium
Luxembourg
United Kingdom
West Germany
Netherlands
Mount St Helens eruptions persist with ash and small quakes
Clouds of ash continue as Mount St Helens rumbles into week three of eruptions. A 4.4 magnitude quake at 6:19 a.m. and a 4.2 at 1:08 p.m. rattled the volcano, with tremors described as very weak and possibly caused by magma movement or steam. Ground observers see little due to cloud cover. scientists weigh magma versus gas movement explanations.
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Vancouver
Wash
Mount St. Helens
U.S. Forest Service
Craig Weaver
U.S. Geological Survey
Weaver
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Roll ‘Reg
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