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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 2 Media Coverage Colorado River Bill 1968, page 2 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Date | 1968-08-01; 1968-07-31 1968-08-01; 1968-07-31; |
| Format | 2 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; s T aidel A i y 1 I c 7 V ft A 1 i P t f itnt T if 1 isnt 1 at 4t 1 v i t 1 DESERET NEWS N EWS thursday august au ust I 1 1 1968 1943 enga enla ay e on F G M over by GORDON ELIOT WHITE WMTE 71 deseret news washington correspondent J washington house and senate conferees ohi on the 13 1.3 13 billion lower colorado water project bill reached tentative agreement wednesday and only aa a7 a formal session to approve a final draft bill remained for this afternoon i the ile ite tte two sides reached reach ed a com p promise r 0 m I 1 s e on 0 n controversial water import provisions and approved more than 102 million in new and authorized reauthorized reauthorizes re projects in utah DROPS OBJECTION utahs dixie reclamation project survived a questioning by sen clinton P anderson DNM D NM it was unclear just what raised sen andersons ire about the previously approved dixie project but he withdrew his objection after conferring co nfer efer ring with wi eth ith louse house members of the conference the ile tle house version verslohof vers lohof of the ute ut e indian and uintah projects prof its was approved by the conference without change MAJOR coimpromise c051pro31ism COIM PROMISE T the h e m major a j 0 r compromise reached wednesday vas was al along 09 the lines discussed late last week the house receded from its insistence on immediate water augmentation studies in favor of a general study of water resources and needs in the west but with a ten year ban on studies of any water ater diversions from the columbia river the senate conferees heavy with V th northwest state members thus protected their water although they agreed to allow the US to accept responsibi responsibility lity fori for fulfilling the mexican water i treaty of 1944 one possible source for such waterni paterni water might ight bei bel be the columbia river STUDIES PLAN northern california mi members suggested that their area might be willing to sell enough water watei gatei to replenish the colorado river and that idea was referred to r t az 7z the provo daily hera I 1 colora 0 river bill in n discussions discussion S washington UPI th the el house senate conferees con coni conl i eluded another meeting tuesday on the colorado river billj with the announcement that they will meet again wednesday i at 2 pm laurence J j1 ja burton R utah said although I 1 cannot report acyl anyj anyl thing specific concerning t h ea e1 e conference because the meeting is private I 1 can say that the utah projects were discuss I 1 1 ed today and will be discussed again wednesday burton said burton himself a house conferee said no final decision has been reached on any specific point the utah projects involved in clude elude the uintah unit of the ute indian project and the dixie pr project oject eject P u the salt lake tr tribune ibune abune july 31 capital capit a I 1 briefs M IA i ollay oscay nears ea i on i pico preo ojecl ojeil jee lee jec bill iol jul loi all tribune washington bureau burean washington conferees appear to be near an tin din agree v ment anthe onthe on the complex billion dollar colorado river wate water project bill f considerable progress in resolving d differences f erencen erences jw in the C senate a and nd house versions i 0 of f the legislation was reported whon the fourth session of the conferees broke up tuesday afternoon another meeting iia ila lla has s been scheduled for wednesday at 2 pm and one of the conferees predicted full agreement win wih willt ti be reached then h rep laurence taurence daurence J burton R utah reported after the meeting that utah pfojdctsort projects of the ahe bill arc cre ere wcreund6r crc under di discussion when the tuesday session ses slon sion ended one is the 43782041t 13782000 uintah unitof unicof unit of the ute uto indian india zi project pr 0 ject eject and the ommie offie other othen r i is s rei authorization of the dixie 1 water P program progiam rogram dogram as 4 a zall zmll 53 mil mii lion ilon dollar doila r project 6 3 L L 4 1 i |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/98 |
