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<br />Canada goose gets lunch tidbit
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<br />Canada goose didn't have fo honk 10 attract the St. on the shore of Sfoans lake. Mercury was in
<br />attention of Harold Strawmier of 2203 Julian the 70s under overcast skies Thursday afler-
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<br />nOQn as Slrawmier paused in waterfowl feeding
<br />area to share tidbits from his lunch.
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<br />Ecology statement on oil shale program listed
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<br />By RQnERT Tllf:U.KEU)
<br />RocAy MountainN"w~ W"shingfonCorr.,spor!denl
<br />WASHINGTON - A little- more than
<br />a year ago the Interior Department n>.
<br />leased a "preliminary" environmental
<br />statement on its propo,-;ed oil shale
<br />leasing program which was promptly
<br />branded by some environmentalists as
<br />"woefully inadequatc."
<br />So on Thursday, a.~ If to say, ..you I,t;;ked for
<br />It," the department rrleaserl a 1,003-paf;e.
<br />thN.'e-volume "draft' t'n'llronml.'nlal statement
<br />on theprogt'am.
<br />The 5tatemel:lt was sUlWOSed' to have bl>en
<br />completed last spring, but bickering within the
<br />Interior Department between "pro-environmen-
<br />talists" and "lIro-mlning" facti()llS delayM it
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<br />However, Intl!'rlor offidals are confid('nt
<br />thatll all gQf'S well the first leases can be is-
<br />sued in December as. originally pla~1 .....hen
<br />the protot)'1>e program was announcM in June
<br />197L
<br />TIle program calls for tlle leasin" of six
<br />5,21lklcre tracts of publlc land in Colorado,
<br />\V)'oming and Utah-t\.\'o in each state.
<br />The stated goal of the program is to pro-
<br />vide a new S9UI"Ce of energy by "stimulating
<br />tlle timely development of commercial oil shale
<br />technology by private enterprise _ . . in a man-
<br />ner that wlU assure the minimum posliible im-
<br />pact on the environment ....'hile prO','iding for the
<br />future restoration of the immediate and sur-
<br />rounding aroo....
<br />If aU the em,;n.mmentat, COlit and wal('f-SU!l-
<br />ply problems can be worked out, the Interior
<br />Departnwnt sa)-'s rommel'dal shalc-<lil produc-
<br />tion oould begin about 1975 at a rate or a.IXlllt]8
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<br />million barrels per year (50,000 balTl')s p('r
<br /><b)'l.
<br />By 1980, a productive capacity of more than
<br />100 million barrels p€'r year could be ll'Stab-
<br />llshed, but the department notE.>:! that these esti-
<br />mates are "most optimistic."
<br />However, unlike the ill-fated 19G5 INlsing
<br />pro."am, the new proposal doesn't include
<br />production of invC'Stment requirements,
<br />It L~ therefore tmpossible --though Interior
<br />oWcials believe not probable-for an oil
<br />company to hold on to the lease for 20 )'('ars
<br />\\i!hnut production, for payments amOllntin!( to
<br />an a\'('rage of $83 per acre per year.
<br />Also, \lnlike the 1968 proposal the new leas-
<br />ing program would allow tllc ('()mpaniCll to
<br />offset "t':><traordinary ('nvironmental i-osl~"
<br />against royalities othelWise dll~ the govern-
<br />ment.
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<br />-sTlMtleY"'Md"tcsti '(f""tliideF-Oitfi'l'iliit1Ye
<br />has two convictions gamhling off(>m;es and
<br />was fined $10,000 placed on Ulrec--year
<br />probati<:ln in Los hi c1 s federal district court.
<br />Official records, to \-hl Shanley and the rom-
<br />mission had acc . al that Fey has tmly
<br />one con"iction a placed on proba-
<br />tion.
<br />On the basis 's testimony, how-
<br />ever,and ....ith e legal op 'on of stilte assist-
<br />ant Atty. Gen, . ('5 K. .Kr utz that gambling
<br />coovictiOlls are vidence at' oral turpitude,"
<br />the commiS'Sio ers unanlmou ly \'oted to ban
<br />Fey from all , e tracks in tm tate.
<br />Wells Th da)- said that "p of :'Ir. Shan-
<br />ley's facts w e not accurate. I emph..'lSi2e
<br />part. "Ir. S anley has been u der a gr('at
<br />strain ret'en y due to a mild s e. HI" ro;>OOJi:-
<br />nizcs the in alidity ot some of h statements.
<br />TImt Is me 'eTY cogent reason that we f('lt Mr.
<br />Fey shaul ha\'e a lH'aring to set record
<br />straight."
<br />As b . s practice, the cammlss n didn't
<br />notH)' Fe. in (u:h'ance that accllSation were to
<br />be ma<w against him in a ~mmiw Noflr-
<br />ing, an he wasn't pres('nt. Amon oth('r
<br />uncontrOl icted and undOCUlnooted t>.>. timony
<br />which S anIey made against Fey were llega-
<br />tlon3 th t he bet heavily at Centennial racE'-
<br />track was an "associate" of knov.-n m_
<br />hlers \Ii Ioog criminal records.
<br />Dt:C1. '.:0 TO Cln~ ~:VH)f::'\n;
<br />Sb! ('y has declined to tell the Rocky J',[ un-
<br />tain 'ews what eyid~ce he has to IIUPl
<br />thes statem('nts.
<br />F y challenged them Thurilday. "I \\IOU ,I
<br />lik(' him to name one incident when I ha\
<br />tx.-f- see-n with any of at these propl('," h(' said
<br />'I would like to know Where this came from,
<br />an who told him these things'!'
<br />"5hanl('y is not a tool," F('y continU\>d. "He
<br />\\ s 3. police de~tive for ye<lN, and he knows
<br />how t6 ~t facts. I can only assume he must
<br />haY':' had rooSOf! to lie.
<br />"If I was up before a commission and lit>o
<br />like that, the)' w'OUld scream perjury and give
<br />me 20 }-ean. How does he get away with it?"
<br />{(',oDcltl(ll'doD Pat;:t' 13)
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<br />Decker quizzing of 81ues labeled Ipolitical sideshow'
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<br />'" By ROUERY A. nn;::\s
<br />R ountsinN",,,,,SfMpMUfJeR"'porler
<br />Officia lorado Blue Cl'oss-Blue
<br />Shield Thursda rged State Sen.
<br />Clarence A. "Arch" Dc . with turn-
<br />ing a legislative committee
<br />into a "sideshow for his persona] poB _
<br />kal gain."
<br />James C. Schafer, vire lII'esicient of Blue
<br />Cross, anci John J. Vance, president of Blue
<br />Shield, blasted Decker for failing to inform
<br />them that a private t('l('vl~ion produ('tlon
<br />company would film portions of a eomrnittee
<br />meeting Wednesday lit which they te:-;tifi€.'d.
<br />J)e(;ker's campaign atdes u!:oo some of the
<br />film ina 3O-minute promotional film \\rut'h ap-
<br />peared Wednesday night in prime time on a
<br />Denver television station.
<br />TIle film was an advertisement of fu'ker's
<br />candidacy for the DemocrAtic nominati
<br />the U.S. Hous(' from CoIOradZ-S Fi ongN"<-
<br />sionalDistrict.
<br />Decker, who is \1ce chai an ('If n c('mmit-
<br />tee- looking into healtf'i . care costs. acted as.
<br />chalrm;m during the entire dfw-long session
<br />and helped quiz the BJm's oi"lldals on their
<br />budg('laryand accounting practlc('s..
<br />Decker's opponent in the primM'Y race,
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<br />i\frs. Patricia Schnx><.l('r, 11 J)("nver lawyer,
<br />termoo the committee filmiAA incident a "ques.-
<br />tionable political tactic."
<br />Mrs. Schroeder, in a prepared statC'ment,
<br />said she wooo('red if Decker "was simpl)'
<br />us.in~ the committee \,iU1OUt l'rJor knowledgc
<br />for political expediency.
<br />"This reeks of desperation politips, lurking
<br />be . iekl of official Illusion exploiting
<br />~bli(' office 0 .. gain," she said.
<br />The private campa . ed the morning
<br />session or a meeting" of the . ture's in-
<br />terim Committee on Hospitals in a s('
<br />hearing room.
<br />Vance and Schafer had arranged e
<br />committee to appear and question;;
<br />about Blue Cross-Blu operatioml poli-
<br />des and fina' rocedUN-'-S raised in a com-
<br />mitt to the health insurance oompani~
<br />answered In a company letter h) the com-
<br />mittee.
<br />What rankled Vanee and Schaler, as well liS
<br />at leust one oth('r committl'e mE-'mber who PI"l>-
<br />tRstC'd about the heat trom thl' film cre-.v"s
<br />floodlights, was the fact that Deck('l'" failed ,.to
<br />identif~.. his O\\TI paid camera crew at the h€'ar-
<br />ing and looving the impression, apparenU>'
<br />e\-('n with other committee ml'mbc>rs, that his
<br />o\\-n crew were members of the news media,"
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<br />The officials said they IMrned after the
<br />meeting the film was to be edited and u.~~1 by
<br />l)e('k('r in the television proRl'3m the same
<br />night.
<br />"Obviously the editing ,job was done to
<br />make Decker look ~ood and to make us look
<br />bad." Schafl-'r and Vance said in a stMem('nt.
<br />"We think the public would be int('resf
<br />s('eing the entire t\\'Q.hour film ra an an
<br />abbre\'iated and edited vcrs'
<br />They said that t ues acknowl€.'dged the
<br />('ommitlee'g ". re interest in our operatiolls
<br />a~ th(' , in to seekin~ improvcm('n!s in the
<br />of health care," find that they Intended to
<br />"co to cooperate with the committee
<br />under prope stances."
<br />In another deve officials of KMGH.
<br />'IV, which shov,'ed the Dee (' >ai!(ll film,
<br />disclosed. that the senator himsel! ha' a
<br />certificate required by fedenl c8mpai~n laws
<br />authorizing the program.
<br />On Wednesda~" Decker had told TellOrters
<br />he "wasn.t aware" of whether the film crew
<br />was taking pictures for his campaign or not.
<br />Deeker made a point of noting that he would
<br />have had to sign a C1?rtificate to obtain time on
<br />a television station for the airing of a camp.'llgn
<br />dlX'llmentary, and that he hadn't signed such a
<br />document.
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<br />Bob Hart. a time salesman for the tel(-'~"
<br />sL'ition, said Thursday, howei,er. thcker'
<br />himself had sign&! a certiflci'l Ired by th<!
<br />federal Campaign nit:atiMls Reform
<br />Act.
<br />Ha D?cker signed the certificate
<br />llE'sday before tlle broadcast, but he didn't
<br />T(-'eall what time. He said Ult' ctmtrapt for the
<br />program had been. signed last Friday.
<br />But Deeker's campall,'fl aide, Don Bestkind,
<br />saki Hart \\ias mistaken and t~t Do-cker didn't
<br />sign tlle documents for the program until
<br />Thursday_
<br />Hart countered that Bestkind wall wron~. He
<br />explained that the certificate must be signed
<br />before the program is aired, "I hav>;l it, it's
<br />dated the 6th and it's in my files.at the office,"
<br />Hart said after the N('ws ch€'l:ked back \,ith
<br />him Thursday night.
<br />If WNrt'(-'n 6:30 and i p.m.
<br />. e tutal charge was $600 plus $22.50
<br />for the use 0 lke cameras and tllat the
<br />senator, like aU poIitJ didlltes, was gh'e-n
<br />a ]5 per cent discount usua rded adver_
<br />tising i'lR"enci('g which contract for c ercial
<br />tele\'isiontim('.
<br />The federal law requires a candidate or hlg
<br />author_iled representative to sign a ("(-'rtificate
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