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...last week's public hearing in Jamestown, N. Dak., the state's officials put as much pressure as they could on the Carter Administration. Governor Arthur Link even succeeded in persuading Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus, an old friend, to come. North Dakota's three-man congressional delegation was there, as were most state officials and nearly the entire state legislature, which made the 100-mile trip from Bismarck to attend. Backing the project, State Representative Michael Unhjem bitterly asked: "I wonder if Georgia ever had a drought during...
...Died. Cecil Woodham-Smith, 80, British historian and biographer who combined assiduous research and graceful writing to make the 19th century come alive; of heart disease; in London. A former advertising copywriter and novelist, Mrs. Woodham-Smith knew so much about Florence Nightingale that in 1942 she was urged to write her biography by a publisher friend. She spent six years working on her book, which earned unanimous critical acclaim. She also wrote about the charge of the Light Brigade (The Reason Why, 1953), the Irish famine and the early years of Queen Victoria. Of the long hours she spent...
...income as directors of several corporations: Commerce Secretary Juanita Kreps, fees of $61,150 plus a $30,106 salary as a vice president and professor at Duke University; Housing and Urban Development Secretary Patricia Roberts Harris, fees of $40,535 and $55,725 as a Washington lawyer. Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus earned the least: $33,000 as Governor of Idaho...
...plan was put together by Schlesinger, Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus and their aides, working with energy specialists from Congress and existing energy agencies. There was debate, and some dissent, on specific points, but the planning sessions generally went quite smoothly...
What can be done to avert disaster? Last week Governors of eleven Western states and representatives of seven others met in Denver with Interior Secretary Cecil D. Andrus to consider specific steps. They blasted President Carter's decision to eliminate funding, at least temporarily, of 19 long-range federal water projects. Though none of these projects could have any impact on the current drought, the Governors said that they were "angry" and "stunned" at the poor timing of Carter's announcement. The Secretary promised to ask President Carter to appoint a national coordinator for drought relief...