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...then, one of the recipients of their letter-writing campaign responded. Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom, put the kids and their message on his Nickelodeon Channel. News of the crusade spread everywhere--and outside contributions began streaming in. A Texas company kicked in $5,000; a homeless Alaskan scraped together $100; a destitute elderly woman mailed in a dollar, calling it "all I can afford." When Casey Reed, a Wisconsin trucker, heard about the kids on his radio, he sent $200 and spread the message on his travels...
...disaster, the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. After Exxon agreed to pay a $1 billion settlement, environmentalists had a great idea: Why not have the U.S. and Alaska governments use the funds to buy development rights to some of the 44 million acres of land held by native Alaskans? Then tracts could be set aside as protected forest. Native Alaskans could invest the proceeds, and forests would be saved for hunting, fishing and tourism. But the natives would have to forgo income from logging. Advocates of the plan needed a native Alaskan to help sell it, so Rick Steiner...
...final vote on this week, does include some disappointments. The Food and Drug Administration will not be permitted to evaluate abortion inducing drugs like RU-486. Internet pornography has been restricted, which is a serious threat to First Amendment rights. In addition, there will be an increase in Alaskan logging, laxer grazing permits and more ozone-depleting pesticides. And despite the IMF funding and promises to the contrary, this year's budget does not come close to settling America's outstanding debt to the United Nations...
...dove silently into the murky Pacific. Marine biologists hoped she would head north along the traditional migratory path to Alaskan waters, but at the end of the week both transmitters attached near her blowhole had come loose, forcing researchers to try to track her visually. The trick for J.J., her keepers say, will be to remain free of aquatic bacteria, avoid killer whales and learn to feed herself at sea. Still, spirits were high as the Conifer returned to port. "I've got a cold one waiting at home," said a grinning Yip. Then he amended: "Bud, of course...
...virus rocketed to the farthest points of the globe. From September 1918 through March 1919, it killed 33,387 people in New York City, just over 1% of the city's population. In some Alaskan villages, the death toll topped 50%; in one, Teller Mission (now Brevig Mission), 85% were dead within a week...