Showdown Over Southwest Power Plants Faces Court Challenge
Interior Department rejects requests from Environmental Defense Fund National Wildlife Federation and Native American Rights Fund to suspend federal cooperation and require an environmental impact study for four corners power plants. The groups warn of smog water pollution and visual blight affecting the Four Corners region serving Los Angeles San Diego Phoenix Tucson and Las Vegas. The department says no moratorium and study won’t be an EIS under the 1969 act.
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Montoya warns minority tensions risk violent backlash
Senator Joseph Montoya of New Mexico links rising discontent in the Spanish speaking minority to discrimination and poverty. He urges nonviolent political engagement, cites higher unemployment and illiteracy among Hispanics, police prejudice in the Southwest, and disproportionate Vietnam drafts, while contrasting with Cesar Chavez’s nonviolent farmworker movement.
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Office acting stars in daily life drama
Hal Boyle argues there is no national acting award for business life yet offices stage real drama. He sketches office types from the drinkers at 9 a.m. to the secretary, the office wolf, the sage, the gossip, and the boss, noting their daily acts rival theater.
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