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...Wildlife Service acknowledges these drawbacks but feels that its decision to try to breed captive condors offers the only hope for survival of the species. Arthur Risser, an ornithologist at the San Diego Zoo, agrees: "We can't compromise when they're so close to extinction...
...stresses the local angle in news events. Says former Washington Post Ombudsman William Green: "It is enormously influential in its state." The paper is the nation's best in reporting about agribusiness. Farming-related stories won two Pulitzer Prizes, in 1976 and 1979, for Washington Bureau Chief James Risser, and earned his colleague George Anthan a top 1983 award from the National Press Club...
...measure of the knowledge and concern of these would-be Presidents. In a couple of weeks, a debate sponsored by the Des Moines Register will allow these men to question one another and answer a few queries from the newspaper's scholarly Washington bureau chief James Risser and a few more from knowledgeable lowans. No Phil Donahue, no Ted Koppel, no Hollywood, lowans have always had a bit more than their share of good sense...
...strategy worked. One couple immediately resumed the age-old condor courting ritual in which the female nibbles provocatively on her mate's neck. Soon there was a new egg in the roost. At the zoo, Bird Curator Arthur Risser and his crew eagerly monitored the incubation. Two weeks ago, one egg showed signs of movement. Subsequently, a chick managed to peck a peanut-size hole in the shell. Like mother condors in the wild, the zoo staffers tapped on the eggshell. When the chick's strength seemed almost sapped from its struggle to free itself, Keeper Cyndi Kuehler...
...around Iowa, an elaborate stringer network and a large, aggressive contingent at the statehouse in Des Moines. Four reporters, two editorial writers, a columnist and an editor are assigned to Washington. They concentrate on topics that have special significance back in Iowa, most notably farm issues. Bureau Chief James Risser won Pulitzer Prizes in 1976 (writing about grain-export corruption) and in 1979 (for stories about soil conservation). The Iowa staff has exposed substandard conditions in old-age homes, written extensively about railroad safety problems and tangled with insurance companies. Politics gets blanket coverage year round. "We're loaded...