Concern Over Canadian Investments Drives U.S. Action
Washington lawmakers urge Congress to curb foreign takeovers of U S energy firms amid a Canadian push to control energy assets by 1990. Bills seek nine month moratoriums on 5 percent ownership and a borrowing limit of 60 percent for foreign buyers.
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Washington
Canada
U.S
Kansas
Bob Whittaker
R-Kan
Whittaker
House
Reagan
Ottawa
House Interior
Bill Emerson
R-Mo
Richard Gephardt
D-Mo
Department of Interior
Congress
House Energy Subcommittee On Finance
House Energy Committee
Government of
United States
Seagram
St. Joe Minerals
Conoco
Peter Towe
Whittaker Whittaker
Cities Service
Midwest
Emerson and
Gephardt
St. Joe
Missouri
Jim Santini
D-Nev
Subcommittee
Largest undercover sting nabbed 175 wildlife suspects nation wide
An 18 month Fish and Wildlife Service operation dubbed the Atlanta Wildlife Exchange netted 175 suspects across 35 states in a major crackdown on illegal trafficking of endangered snakes lizards birds. Officials said thousands of reptiles and migratory birds were moved, with hundreds of thousands of animals believed taken annually, and 27 arrest warrants plus 45 search warrants issued across 11 states.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Fish and Wildlife Service
Clark Bavin
Atlanta Wildlife Exchange
Doraville
Bavin
Legal Wildlife
Japan
Europe
Kevin Berlin
Justice Department
Berlin
California
Texas
Indiana
Alabama
Louisiana
Georgia
Florida
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Wisconsin
Missourians Plan Park For Population Center
Desoto Missouri residents Herman and Henry Koch turn the 50 acre population center site into a park, selling 40 acres and keeping 10 for a concession park near a cemetery. The sign proclaims Future home of Koch Park 1981 1991. Local reactions vary as officials plan a marker and the public is invited to visit.
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Koch Park
U.S
Herman and
Henry Koch
Ozark Hills
DeSoto
St. Louis
Chestertown
Baltimore
No Railroad Car Shortage For Kansas Wheat This Year
AP reports Kansas faces no rail car shortage as the 1981 wheat crop shrinks to 305 million bushels due to frost and rain delays. Santa Fe Railway cites smaller crop, delayed harvest, reduced Gulf exports, and a surplus of 2,000 covered hopper cars as factors.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
John Carlin
Santa Fe Railway
Gil Sweet
Sweet
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Wheat
Crop and Livestock Service
Santa Fe
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G. Ray Arnett
Interior Secretary
Arnett
Missourians Plan Park
West Virginia
Ohio
Finois
The
Census Bureau
John Drew
Edward Brinkman
Kochs
Vinita Koch
Herman
Franklin County
Franklin Co
Franklin County Fair Grounds
Farn Lime &Ment
Gulf Ports
Galveston
Freda
Sidewalk Bazaar
Uassmer
Ottawa Retail Association
P `S Electric
Olmste
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