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Several problems contribute to the slump in the American Steel Industry but the No. 1 culprit is “Illegal dumping” of imggrted steel at prices low production costs, made possible by subsidies by some governments. That’s the consensus of House of Representatives Steel Caucus members who addressed the issue during a “special order” on domestic steel… Continue reading Steel Victim of lllegulities

When the northward widening and improvement of Provo’s Second West Street was planned. the prime objective was a traffic artery that would move cars with safety and dispatch. Obviously there wasn’t much immediate concern about sidewalks, understandable because there were rvery few businesses along the street north of 1230 North. Things have changed. Eating houses,… Continue reading Second West Needs Sidewalks

In the growing consensus for early nuclear arms control talks with the Soviet Union, too little attention is given the urgency of deterring spread of nuclear capability to other countries. Each new country which achieves the capability increases the number of hands on the nuclear button and the possibility of nuclear weapons falling into the… Continue reading Small Notions Also Hove Bombs

With nearly one in every three American households hit by crime each year. the Omnibus Victim Protection Act of 1982 is expected to attract considerable public attention. Essentially, the measure responds to the needs of the victim, an aspect of the crime scenario which often receives too little emphasis under the justice system. It would… Continue reading At Lust! Help for the Victim

Only those close to such situations can full! understand the lnartache an anxious uncertainty that parents and familis fed whui a loved orue is ahducted…or the horror experienced by the victims, even If eventually released. Moved by the kidnapping of s year- old Rachael Marie Rumyan and similar cases in his ownstate, Rep. Dan Marriott,… Continue reading Adopt Missing Childrcn’s Act

Super-clean air is always welcome in an industrial area-but bread and butter are prime necusities That apparently was the thinking, in part, of the Environmental Protection Agency in deciding to permit U.S. Steel Corpr to delay air pollution count for three years and to divert the savings lnto new mill equipment, EPA Administrator Anne Gorsuch… Continue reading Clean cir versus necessities

Remember the “good old days” when you could enroll in a university for $35 to $100 per quarter, buy sirloin steak for 50 cents a pound, and occupy a hospital room for six bucks a day? Salaries, like costs, have risen sharply since then – thank goodness! But tt’s still fun to reminisce about that… Continue reading Those good old doys…

Mankind stepped over the threshold of the space age 15 years ago when on Oct. 4, 1957 the Soviet Union successfully orbited Sputnik I, the first manmade earth satellite. Even as scientists around the world listened to the “beepbeep” radio voice of the Zitinch sphere, America was preparing for its first satellite launch a few… Continue reading Taday’s Space Age Birthday

By N. laVerl Christensen Since President Reagan took office, talk of selling surplus public lands and other real property has been accelerated. lndeed there has been considerable talk of earmarking monies derived from such sales toward reducing the $1 trillion-plus national debt. Earlier this year President Reagan initiated a new property program aimed at improving… Continue reading Surplus Iund
and the budget

Awhile back the General Services Administration discovered it had wasted more than $300,000 by renting 18,000 feet of office space in New York that went unused for nearly two years. 1 i ” It cancelled the lease after investigating a tip from the nationwide, toll-free fraud hotline, set up nearly four years, ago to fight… Continue reading GAO lHotline Saves Millions