Word: needed
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Hart legislation, called the Energy Impact and Assistance Bill, proposed granting loans to energy boom towns to build the schools, hospitals and other facilities needed to accommodate new settlers. The bill was finally passed by the Senate this year, but was voted down in the House; Hart sees little chance of winning the measure's passage in 1981. Says he: "At issue in the Eastern opposition to the bill is the contention that small growing Western towns don't need help while large decaying Eastern cities do. At a time when we are trying to reduce the size...
...surprisingly large number of new settlers come from California, where the golden dream of a generation ago seems to have been darkened by overcrowding, high housing prices and rising unemployment. Some may come with jobs waiting, some come looking, some may not need jobs, but almost all come because the Mountain West offers them things they have been unable to find elsewhere: more space, cleaner air, fewer people, less crime. They arrive with their own lifestyles and slowly begin to transform the places where they settle. In Sandpoint, Idaho, a favorite refuge of disillusioned Californians, boutiques and craft shops flourish...
...population has gone from 9,000 in 1975 to about 14,000 today. In the past decade, crime has doubled, rising to 1,421 felonies last year. In Rock Springs, Wyo., where the population grew from 11,000 in 1970 to 26,000 today, one-third of those who need hospital care must go 185 miles to Salt Lake City...
...Counsilman's long winning streak in a fabulous contest." Ah--but that was the men. I'm not saying that they have any problem getting spectators. Any team that has the Harvard band play for them, that charges admission, and that sells tickets to big meets, does not need help getting fans...
...emotionally self-righteous as it now appears, the New Right has not proved itself as stable as its leaders claim it is. The movements cannot simply swear off the Reagan administration in 1982 if the Republicans don't leap quickly enough to the starboard. They will need Reagan's aid and the GOP's cooperation to solidify their opposition to liberals...