Word: sierras
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...delegates arrived with disruption in mind. Many sported crew cuts; one wore a T shirt from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Many were nominated by Governors, party youth groups and organizations ranging from the Boy Scouts to the Sierra Club. One girl from San Francisco was a veteran demonstrator: she had organized a pro-Nixon rally during last spring's nationwide protests against Administration policies. When a rock band deafened the proceedings, the kids promptly began dancing in 1950s style, cheek to cheek...
...McCarthy, though, can be misleading. While sharing McCarthy's sincerity and distaste for demagoguery, the squarejawed, handsome McCloskey is more Kennedyesque in appeal. The father of four, he is a dedicated conservationist and at least once a year tries to head for Jackson Hole, Wyo., or the High Sierra for backpacking and fishing. He comes across well on television. After his 1967 race, McCloskey took a poll. It showed that of the people who had voted for him, only 5% did so because they knew his views and agreed with them, while 84% admitted they had no idea...
...shoestring operators who created most of today's mess. So long as U.S. population and incomes keep rising, more people will be seeking a home away from home, and the demand for leisure-time projects can only increase. Not long ago, the Daily Union Democrat in the sleepy Sierra Nevada foothill town of Sonora, Calif., extended a note of sympathy: "Whenever there's an ecological lynching party, Boise Cascade comes out on the loop end of the rope...
...Role. In another attack on stripping, three national conservation groups recently filed suit in a federal district court against the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation's largest purchaser of strip-mined coal and producer of electricity. The Sierra Club, National Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense Fund seek to void $101 million worth of TVA's contracts for strip-mined coal and to enjoin further purchases. The litigants argue that TVA failed to comply with the Environmental Protection Act's requirement that federal agencies file "impact statements"-in this case, detailing the environmental effects of strip mining...
...local Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, the Sierra Club and the National Audubon Society, the Memphis conservationists challenged both Secretaries' decisions in court. According to the 1966 Department of Transportation Act, they argued, federal funds may not be authorized for highway construction in parks if "feasible and prudent" alternative routes exist. Furthermore, such construction may proceed only if "all possible planning to minimize harm" has been undertaken. Neither Secretary, the plaintiffs claimed, heeded those requirements...