Watt Allows Strip Mining Near Bryce Canyon Contested Site
Interior Secretary James Watt moved to permit coal strip mining in the Alton coal field adjacent to Bryce Canyon National Park Utah, asking the Justice Department to seek reconsideration of Andrus era ban. The shift triggered protests from environmental groups and support from mining interests, with lawmakers pledging investigations into department policies and future precedent for park preservation.
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Watt
Bryce Canyon
New York Times
Washington
James Watt
Bryce Canyon National Park
Utah
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
Alton
Bryce Canyon Park
Denver
Interior Department
Cecil D. Andrus
National Park
Andrus
The
Sierra Club
Rll
Ron Rudolph
Friends of the Earth
Ron Tipton
Wilderness Society
John C. Ferrell
Alton Field
Utah International
David Mastbaum
Environmental Defense Fund
Toby Moffett
D-Conn
House Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
Moffett
Allen-Warner Valley
California
Nevada
Nevada Power Co
Park
Welfare rules to cut cost require many to work
Richard S Schweiker announced new welfare regulations to end benefits for about 10 percent of AFDC recipients and save 1.1 billion dollars next year. Aimed at creating work incentives, the rules limit assets, cap gross income, require job programs, and count food stamps and housing subsidies as income.
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New York Times
Washington
Richard S. Schweiker
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Schweiker
Thas
Congress
Department of Health and Human Services
AFDC
Federal Treasury
Linda S. McMahon
Laurence J. Love
McMahon
Reagan
Arizona
Spy trial of officer to proceed
Air Force 2nd Lt. Christopher Cooke loses immunity challenge as military judge Orser orders the espionage court-martial to continue. The judge ruled the immunity promise was invalid and the May 17 confession would be inadmissible unless prosecution proves other evidence derived independently. Cooke, 26, faces up to 52 years if convicted of transmitting sensitive data to the Soviets and failing to report contacts with the Soviet Embassy.
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Cooke
Kenneth Fishman
Court of Military Appeals
David Orser
Orser
Air Force
Richard Ellis
Ellis
Strategic Air Command
F. Lee Bailey
GOP urges restudy of cuts to pass Social Security delay
Washington AP reports Republican leaders urged President Reagan to rethink a new package of spending cuts and consider delaying the July 1 tax cut for three months. They warned Congress will likely defeat the plan, and discussed deeper military cuts or waiting until March to review spending actions. Reagan planned a televised address this week.
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Washington
Reagan
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
House
Robert H. Michel
Illinois
Congress
Baker
Ted Stevens
Alaska
White House
Larry Speakes
Diablo Canyon ready to receive fuel despite protests
Operators at Diablo Canyon in San Luis Obispo say they will begin preparing the reactor to receive fuel within two weeks despite anti nuclear protests. The Abalone Alliance has staged blockades leading to 1365 arrests in seven days. Governor Brown filed in federal court to reverse the NRC decision.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
Diablo Canyon
Pacific Gas & Electric
Abalone Alliance
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Diablo
NRC
Dixon says Reagan losing edge over Social Security cuts
Chicago AP reports Sen. Alan Dixon and other lawmakers at the Illinois State AFL-CIO convention warned the federal plan to cut Social Security, calling it regrettable. Dixon urged borrowing from other funds to extend solvency to 2020, while Sen. Charles Percy predicted further retirement benefit cuts.
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Chicago
Alan J. Dixon
Ill
Dixon
Illinois
Afl-Cio
Charles H. Percy
Notice to certify as MBE or WBE for contracts
Businesses seeking department contracts must be certified as minority or female owned. Certification questionnaires available from Ms. Marietta C. L. Bailey at 217 782 2762. Collect calls accepted.
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Department
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Marietta C. L. Bailey
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