Word: matheson
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Officials who try to plan ahead for anticipated growth complain that no one in the Federal Government will listen to them. Says Utah Governor Scott Matheson: "We're growing so fast now that we can see almost unmitigable problems -even without the development of synthetic fuels or the huge MX program. We estimate that in the next ten years the state will increase in population from 1.4 million to 2 million. That's explosive. Now all these things are supported by the Federal Government, but the Feds never sit down and tell you that all these things have...
...James Hunt Jr.-D North Dakota Mark Andrews-R Outcome Uncertain Ohio John Glenn-D Oklahoma Don Nickles-R Oregon Bob Packwood-R Pennsylvania Arlen Specter-R Rhode Island Jospeph Garrahy-D South Carolina Ernest Hollings-D South Dakota James Abdnor-R Tennessee Texas Utah Jake Garn-R Scott Matheson-D Vermont Outcome Uncertain Richard Snelling-R Virginia Washington Slade Gorton-R John Spellman-R West Virginia Jay Rockfeller-D Wisconsin Outcome Uncertain Wyoming
...Andy Coats Don Nickles Oregon 6 Ted Kulongoski Bob Packwood Pennsylvania 27 Pete Flaherty Arlen Specter Rhode Island 4 Joseph Garrahy Vincent Cianci South Carolina 8 Emest Hollings Marshall Mays South Dakota 4 George McGovern James Abdnor Tennessee 10 Texas 26 Utah 4 Daniel Berman Jake Gam Scott Matheson Bob Wright Vermont 3 Patrick Leahy Stewart Ledbetter Jerome Diamond Richard Snelling Virginia 12 Washington 9 Warren Magnuson Slade Gorton James McDermott John Spellman West Virginia 6 Jay Rockefeller Arch A. Moore Wisconsin 11 Gaylord Nelson Robert Kasten Wyoming 3 TOTAL: 538 *Jacob K. Javits, Liberal Party Incumbents listed in bold...
Appearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Utah's Democratic Governor Scott Matheson and Nevada's Republican Governor Robert List attacked the Administration's plans to install in their states the new mobile MX missile that is billed as the nation's most important ICBM of the future. Both men feared that the $34 billion missile system would do irreparable harm to their states...
...tracks would be scattered over 45,000 sq. mi. of federally owned land in the Great Basin desert of Utah and Nevada. Matheson and List urged Congress to reconsider the sites because of the damage the project would cause the fragile ecosystem of the area. They were particularly concerned that the construction would increase an already severe water shortage. In addition, Matheson claimed, the invasion of the construction crews would change forever what he called "the chosen way of life" of people in the region's tiny rural communities. Beyond their plea to Congress, the Governors plan to wage...