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...early classes let out, the ARCO Forum approximates its Roman namesake, though on a more academic level. In small groups, students sit on balconies to discuss the problem set or an upcoming test, or to linger over coffee on the ground floor outside Soupcon before going downstairs to the library...
Corporate help to public education is on the rise elsewhere. In Houston, 42 companies are working with 37 schools; in Los Angeles 103 firms, including such giants as ARCO and Prudential Insurance Co. of America, have befriended 115 institutions. The aid can come in the form of monetary contributions, donated supplies or volunteer teachers. Programs ranee from field trips for the underprivileged to lessons in offshore engineering for the gifted. In Boston, the Bank of New England donated $300,000 for a five-year program to recognize and reward outstanding teachers. In Atlanta, Rich's department store has helped...
...call New Mexico. But the force of mine blasts has cracked the walls of adobe structures built hundreds of years age. A yellow could of radioactive dust bangs over the reservation, and dust has spread throughout living areas. Inattention to safety levels and elimination began with Anaconda continued when ARCO took curt the company, though the mines also brought money (the Lagunas have never disclosed how much) and improved the education level and the proportion of Indians going to college. Jackpile closed in March of this year as the uranium market worsened, but he health dangers remain...
...Jackpile found that the mine had rendered the nearby Paguate River unfit for human, livestock or irrigation use and that monitoring of the mine's effect on local, water supplies was nearly nonexistant. Today's the mine still releases high levels of radiation into the air and water. ARCO, which claims to have lost money on the mine, has proved extremely reluctant in negotiations with the tribe to make the closed mine safe...
...knows what effect capping the seeps might have on the ecological balance. Nor does anyone understand fully what causes the seeps, although in some places like Santa Barbara they seem to have been created when earthquakes fractured the sea floor, letting trapped oil and gas escape. If ARCO's pyramids succeed in capturing these fugitive riches, other oil companies may also initiate trapping projects...