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Udall believes that the legislation now before Congress offers the U.S. a unique opportunity to preserve these and other valuable lands as a part of the national heritage. Says he: "Never before in our history have we been able to set aside areas of this magnitude." Other conservationists, including spokesmen for the 16-organization Alaska Coalition, endorse his views. "This is it," says Jack Hession of the Alaska chapter of the Sierra Club. "This is the nation's last chance to set aside meaningfully large areas of Arctic and subarctic lands. It doesn't make sense to sacrifice...
...than nibble away at the other. But last week government troops not only halted the advance of the ragtag invasion army toward Kolwezi, the center of Zaïre's copper-mining district, but also took the initiative for the first time. By week's end, government spokesmen were claiming that "a general offensive against all enemy positions" was under way with the primary purpose of recapturing the towns of Mutshatsha and Kapanga...
...Spokesmen for HEW said earlier that Howard H. Hiatt, dean of the School of Public Health, had been considered for the position...
...spokesmen announced that King Hassan II of Morocco had agreed to rush about 1,500 troops to support government forces in the mineral-rich southeastern district. The Moroccans-with Washington's apparent blessing -were expected to join the effort to defend Kolwezi (pop. 150,000), the center of the copper-mining industry that provides Zaïre with more than 60% of its foreign exchange. Zaïre also disclosed that another African country, possibly Egypt, would also send troops. Uganda and the Sudan have promised supplies, France promised air support and China began airlifting 30 tons...
...week's end, officials of the United Steelworkers Union approved a new three-year contract that provides for an 800-an-hour increase over the life of the agreement. It also makes a modest start toward guaranteeing steelworkers lifetime job security. Union and company spokesmen disagreed on whether the contract, which needs rank-and-file approval, was inflationary...