Word: montana
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hours and see hardly a soul." Los Angeles Bureau Chief William Rademaekers, who will soon be leaving the U.S. to become senior correspondent in Europe, picked up a memento of the West's vast distances during his many long days reporting the story: a $5 speeding ticket in Montana. The friendly patrolman told him, "If you want to drive fast, just keep $5 on your dashboard. We don't take checks...
...dusty Wyoming prairies, where Buffalo Bill Cody ended his pursuit of bison, the black rocker arms of oil wells thump to and fro through the night. In southern Montana, where the proud Sioux won their great victory, bulldozers scrape away the topsoil of cliffs to reveal vast seams of coal below. In western New Mexico, where legends tell of the Spanish explorer Coronado searching for the Seven Cities of Cibola, drills sink into the earth in search of uranium. The Mountain States hold vast deposits of the nation's coal, oil and uranium; they are at the heart...
Central to the contradictions of the region's future is the fact that the Mountain States, unlike most of the U.S., have a huge absentee landlord: the Federal Government. Of the eight states, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, which occupy 863,524 sq. mi., an area considerably bigger than all of Western Europe, Washington owns about 80% of the resources and nearly one-half of the land. These landholdings range from 30% of Montana to 87% of Nevada. The Government is not only the largest landowner but the largest employer and the overall regulator...
...persists about the judges' cause. Regional variations in the cost of living make judicial salaries look more than adequate to many Americans, especially away from the big cities where private lawyers' six-figure salaries provide a perspective. One congressional aide expresses this "rural factor" by saying: "In Montana, $60,000 still goes a long way." Others warn that a judiciary that is too well rewarded loses touch with the society it is serving. Two recent vacancies on the D.C. Court of Appeals attracted a pool of more than 90 applicants, many of them highly qualified, and even Harold...
...many Frostbelt states. Beginning in 1979, insolvent unemployment programs forced states to borrow funds from the Federal Unemployment Account to pay unemployment insurance benefits. As of July, 1979, twelve Frostbelt states showed loans outstanding totaling $4.9 billion; Pennsylvania alone owed $1.2 billion. In all the south and west, Arkansas, Montana, and the District of Columbia owed only $100.6 million...