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Senator Mark Hatfield arranged the Salem session to work out a compromise between two bitter enemies -- Oregon's powerful timber industry and militant conservationists. The industry needs to harvest trees to preserve some 68,000 jobs, while the environmentalists are fighting to protect ancient forests and creatures for which the old growth is an indispensable habitat. The meeting at times seemed overwhelmed by the whoop-de-do of 3,000 loggers sporting baseball caps with yellow ribbons and T shirts with provocative slogans (SAVE A LOGGER -- EAT AN OWL). But when it was over, the two sides appeared ready...
...complained that environmentalists did not have enough time to analyze the plan. Moreover, the group, which has been able to halt logging by obtaining court injunctions, was unwilling to drop all litigation for two years, as stipulated. In addition, the conservationists contended that the proposal, which allows loggers to harvest 8 billion board feet in the disputed lands through 1990, some 2 billion less than under normal conditions, surrendered too much...
Between Madras and the shore temple town of Mahabalipuram, the Tamil farmers spread their harvest across the road and wait for the traffic. Cars, buses and trucks burst through the sheaves; the rubber meets the rice, and the grains are pinched free from their husks. The vehicles move on, and women, children and Indian crows drop down through the exhaust fumes to gather in their share...
...mishap could not have happened at a worse time. Besides being rich in whales, otters, seals, porpoises, dolphins and many species of birds, the waters around Valdez also contain some of the best commercial fishing grounds in Alaska. The harvest that was to begin this week, when fish such as herring and pink salmon start their annual springtime runs, could be endangered...
...Alar on apples, it turns out that 60 Minutes did not highlight the fact that only 5% of apple growers who account for the U.S. harvest spray with Alar. On Thursday three federal agencies responsible for food safety declared that apples are not dangerous to eat and that Alar is not an "imminent hazard" to children. Nonetheless, that same day Meryl Streep testified before a packed Senate Labor and Human Resources subcommittee hearing on Alar's use, "Even now, we don't know what's on our food . . . I no longer want my children to be part of this experiment...