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...Superfund issue has exploded into a nasty struggle over power and poli cy that has shattered the once proud agency and deepened doubts in some quarters about the Reagan Administration's commitment to environmental protection. Last Monday, President Reagan tersely fired Rita Lavelle, the EPA official who oversaw hazardous waste programs, after she refused to resign at Gorsuch's request. Lavelle's ouster provided a glimpse into the bizarre infighting and bitter policy battles that have given the agency under Gorsuch the ambience of a Borgia palace on the Potomac. Appalled by allegations of perjury, conflict...
Pete Vuckovich of the Brewers won the Al Cy Young Award...
...Cy received another report from Rockefeller telling us the Shah was quite ill with a disease difficult to diagnose and to treat. Some of the doctors suspected cancer. The physicians wanted to bring the Shah to Cornell University Medical Center in New York City An eminent Columbia Medical School professor was to see the Shah on Oct. 18 and then consult with the State Department medical director before making a joint recommendation to Vance about what treatment the Shah required...
...Cy explained this to me on Oct. 18 and added, "If we permit the Shah to come to the U.S. for treatment, we would want to inform the Iranians that we were doing so for humanitarian purposes and to leave open any question of future residence." In the margin I wrote "O.K." and returned a copy of the document to Vance...
...following morning, a Friday, Cy made it obvious that he was prepared to admit the Shah for medical reasons. I was now the lone holdout...