Baikal Amur Mainline to Span Siberian Frontier
The BAM railway project will cross seven mountain ridges and vast forests with 3700 bridges and 200 stations. It aims to unlock timber and mineral riches including copper coal and iron ore while offering a new east west route for military use, with completion target 1983 and first freight in 1985.
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Baikal-Amur
Yakutia
Nikolai I. Kryuchkov
Communist Party
Severobaikalsk
Moscow
Leningrad
Komsomol
Young Communist League
Kryuchkov
BAM
Scott Slams Door on Protesting Farmers in Washington
In Washington Sen. William L. Scott of Virginia shut his office door to protesting farmers amid a mass rally by the American Agriculture Movement. Spokesman Jim Roberts said Scott would not be pressured and aimed to balance farmer concerns with consumer interests. The scene included hallway blocks and goats and other animals on Capitol grounds as police kept corridors open. Meanwhile Minneapolis vice officers discussed prostitution issues. a woman offered to pay for protection and was arrested when meeting officers in a hotel room.
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Severobaikalsk
Baikal
Soviet Union
Kryuchkov
Washington
William L. Scott
R-Va
Jim Roberts
Scott
Virginia
Roberts
Senate
American Agriculture Movement
Richmond
Congress
Harry F. Byrd Jr
India
Byrd
AAM
Capitol
Minneapolis
Lance Zentzis
Zentzis
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