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RICHARD D. LAMM, 38, Colorado state legislator who is in the forefront of brash new band of growth critics. Led successful campaign against locating the 1976 Winter Olympics in Vail and Steamboat Springs, on ground that the Games would cost the taxpayers too much, lead to overdevelopment of trailer parks, second homes and industry and attract huge crowds of people - some of whom might settle in Colorado...
...frequent criticism lodged against many U.S. newspapers is that they discourage aggressive young reporters from doing tough exposes and offbeat features and waging anti-Establishment crusades. Eight years ago, Cleveland Plain Dealer Publisher Thomas Vail decided that his paper needed revitalizing. Over several years, he recruited nearly a score of new staffers who were nicknamed "the young tigers." He loosed them on the seamier side of Ohio's largest city, and the paper's investigative reporting blossomed. Beamed Vail: "Terrific, just terrific...
...more. Most of the original "tigers" have moved on to other jobs and they are not being replaced by others of similar temperament. "We're shifting gears," says Vail, "and hiring guys with a track record of seven, eight, nine years' experience." Vail, 46, and his executive editor, Thomas Guthrie, 61, simply soured on the kids. "We took on a wild lot of young reporters," Vail says. "Some of them wrote stories that were full of inaccuracies and made-up sources. They were fun, but they didn't want to do the nitty-gritty work it takes...
...coverage of local affairs is less enterprising than it was a few years ago. The paper's competitive position, however, shows no sign of being damaged. The Plain Dealer remains Ohio's largest daily, with a circulation of 409,-000. Ad linage is increasing. As far as Vail is concerned, the troubles have ended. "I've got the best management team I've ever had," he says. "We're going to be better than ever...
...VAIL, COLO. Though it lacks the patina of a European resort, Vail, with its well-planned village, is a complete ski area: fine runs, restaurants, rooms. Compared with Aspen, Vail is newer and richer; skiers are generally older and more clothes-conscious; parties are more luxurious but more subdued. A week: about...