European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday May 1, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 stiff Laws on strip mining voted by House 241 -64 a pair again entertainers Sonny and Cher in their dressing room at the Westbury n.y., music fair their first tandem tour since their divorce. Cher recently filed for divorce from Gregg Allman an speculation in the entertainment world has the two getting together again i private As Well. A photo Washington a the House on Friday overwhelmingly passed Lough legislation to control Coal strip mining and to reclaim the moonscape of abandoned min Elands across the country the vote to Send the Bill to the Senate was 241 to 64.before passage the House Defeated by a shouted voice vote a move to exempt some strip mines from several stringent Stan Dards for restoring the land after gouging Coal seams beneath the an earlier Vole of 228 to 83. The House Defeated a Republican Effort to Send the entire package to the House s new and hoc Energy Commilles for further consider lion. Thai move was attacked As a delay ing a vote of 170 to 149 the House approved a ban on strip mining in Environ mentally fragile Western valleys. Adoption of this administration backed amendment made a Tough Bill even Senate committee is nearing comple Tion on a similar House Bill is similar to measures that were twice vetoed by former presi Dent Gerald r. Ford. President Carter has said he will sign the legislation claiming his goal of increasing . Coal production by two4hirds by 1985 must be achieve without damaging the environment. Before the amendment was adopted the a readies director s rape trial Nicholson girl Friend to implicate Polanski los Angeles up angelic Huston girl Friend of actor Jack Nichol son will testify she saw director roman Polanski in a bedroom with the 13-year-old Girt he is accused of drugging and raping the District attorney s office announced , daughter of famed director John Huston was arrested for drug Possession of time May 1, iw7 in Frankfurt army Sig Nallen talked for the first time on a teletype signal which embraced the Earth s circumference. The signal officers participated in a multiple radio teletype conference with Tokyo Washington. San Francisco Honolulu and it. Monmouth i 1957 the . Accused the soviet i Ninn of bucking foreign intervention during an emergency situation i Jordan. Officials said the intervention in Jordan had come from International communism in the form of agents of namely the soviet 1. 1967 in new York 10,000 vet Erans marched through Central Park apart of the 20th annual loyally Day Parade to demonstrate their support . Troops in Vietnam. Officials said it was the first Chance for patriotic organizations to show support for the War since anti War rallies by peace groups in new York and san Francisco. Bill would have permitted strip mining on such Valley floors Only on undeveloped Range land and if the mining did not inter Fere with farms or . Robert e. Bauman r-md., leading opposition to the Bill said Western Valley floors contain Rich Mineral deposits and that the amendment is an extreme environmental backers denied it would significantly affect . Coal production but said the extra Protection it offered would be extremely meaningful for Montana and Wyoming where Many of these alluvial floors Are Bill which has been before Congress in one form or another for the past five years would establish environmental Stan Dards for strip mining and create a fun for reclaiming abandoned mine excavations that scar the landscape. Essentially the legislation would ban strip mining unless Coal producers could fully restore the land after mining an return their excavations to the land s approximate original contours. In strip mining heavy equipment peels Back the covering layers of topsoil and Rock to get Atcoal deposits lying close to the surface. Strip mining accounts for roughly half fall . Coal production and the share will increase in coming years As the vast West pm Coal reserves Are strip mined to meet increasing Domestic demands for Coal. Herself at Nicholson s Home during investigation of the charges against Polanski. The drug charge will be dismissed because of 27-year-old Huston s Promise to Cooper ate in the prosecution of Polanski husband of actress Sharon tale who was slain in 1969 by the Manson making the announcement Deputy District attorney Michael j. Montagna said her testimony can put the girl in the bed Rcv
