Pace Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, May 24, 1977 .... ,. Thare Phne 452-4264 TONIGHT AT 7:00 & 9:00 MUHAMMAD ALl in A COL M8IA/EMI TONIGHT AT 7:00 & 9:00 TONIGHT AT 7.00 & 9.00 Carter discusses environment WASHINGTON (AP) - In a special message to Congress, President Carter insisted yester- day that the nation can take s'rong action to protect the en- vironment without endangering the economy. To underscore his commit- ment, Carter directed federal agencies to discourage construc- tion and development in flood- plains and wetlands. The Presi- dent said this would avoid both environmental damage and eco- nomic losses. CARTER'S 36-page environ- mental message offered few new policy departures. But he an- nounced or proposed several steps "to build upon Congress' admirable record" by expand- ing and strengthening present environmental programs. Carter showed no inclination to back down from the nation's existing air and water qualify goals in the face of industry complaints that they are htoo costly and may hamper econom- ic and energy production. "I believe environmental pro- tection is consistent with a sound economy," Carter declared. ENVIRONMENTAL measures "like energy conservation, re- clamation of stripmined lands and rehabilitation of our cities" will produce new jobs, he add- ed. 1 Carter reaffirmed his support of Clean Air Act amendments to protect existing high-quality air regions, to apply "best avail- able pollution controls to new facilities and to limit automobile emissions. Carter's new actions included: S *Executive orders for fed- eral agencies to refuse support for, development. projects in floodplains or wetlands unless there is no practical alternative. 0 An executive order to close selected public lands to the use of off-road vehicles such as snowmobiles and dune buggies where they can cause serious en- vironmental damage. * Recommendations to estab- lish five new National Park Wil- derness areas and expand five others; to establish eight new Wild and Scenic River segments and study 20 more possible areas, and to establish three new National Scenic Trails and create a new category of His- toric Trails. 0 A proposal to terminate au- thoritation of the Cross Florida Barge Canal, partly constructed since its authorization in 1942, but halted by former Pres- ident Richard M. Nixon in 1971 because of its environmental im- pacts. * An executive order to re- strict imports of "exotic" plant and animal species into the United States. * A directive to the secre- taries of commerce and state to ban whaling within the United States' 200-mile offshore fishing zone, coupled with continued U.S. efforts to achieve interna- tional protection of whales. * THIS WEEK ! SMAY 26 MAY 27 MAY 28 MAY 29 8 P.M. 8 P.M. 8 P.M. 7 P.M. $3.50 $4,00 $4.00 $3.50 *"Love, L aughter, and Heartbreak Black America" *-Alice Childress' Adulco Award Winning Play LYI EDLSH *SPECIAL: 50c aft any Ticket to, Stodents and Seniot Citioens - -.$1 .00 ofH Total Cost it Tickets ate Purchased tor Alt 3 * hoe's. Tickets: Lydia Me 'elsh.chni, Tix/Iisf at Jseciison's 'I"J Shis (Tses.-Sst. 11-3i, Liberty Miusic Shop. " ......................0.e-e i Prese Islands' in the Stream" qPG, re ,h R 1MIIE.1l4 id' 'AIM ! . 1 ll.N .Jp1W kM= ll[DOOL(&4 imam MEN Emo NAczar promises 'back to guns' policy CI'NCINNATI (AP) -- The new leaders of the National Rifle Association plan to cut down conservation and wildlife programs developed to quiet critics and will direct the organization's ef- forts toward one goal - the battle against gun control. Harlon Carter, a past president of the association and for- mer head of the U.S. Border Patrol, was elected" Sunday to ERA's top paid staff post, executive vice president. HE- REPLACES MAJ. GEN. MAXWELL RICH, ousted along with three other top officers in what Rich called a "coup" dur- ing a marathon weekend session of the 1.2 million-member NRA's annual meeting here. Carter's mandate is to return the organization to the front line of the battle for preservation of the "constitutional right to keep and bear arms," a cause to which the NRA in the past has dedicated a considerable lobbying effort in Washington. "People who are interested in conservation can join the Sierra Club," said one Carter supporter. "If they're interested in bird-watching there's the Audubon Society. But this organi- zation is for people who want to own and shoot guns." A COALITION OF DISSIDENTS, the Federation for NRA, engineered the Carter victorsy. The dissidents, who accused the organization of going soft on gun control under Rich's direction, urged life members known to support their position to attend the meeting. Only life members are allowed to vote an annual membeeship meetings. "It was a coup," said Rich afterward. "It was fully orchestra- ted. They used lists of life members to get the right ones to come to the meeting and vote the way they wanted." Neal Knox, publisher of Handloader and Rifle magazines and a coalition leader, criticized the development of NRA's 37,000- acre National Outdoor Center at Raton, N.M., established for shooting, hunting and conservation projects, as detrimental to anti-gun control efforts. IN ORDER TO RAISE MONEY to develop the center and for planned new national headquarters at Colorado Springs, Colo., NRA officials were easing off on the gun control issue to attract funds from the Ford and Rockefeller foundations, Knox argued. And Robert Kukla, director of the NRA's lobbying arm, the Institute for Legislative Action, said Rich and other NRA officials had interfered with his operations. Carter, Kukla's predecessor in the 'institute, promised to stretch "a protective wing" over the lobbying agency. And he said there would be "no more civil war in the National Rifle Association", under his leadership. "You said you wanted the NRA to pursue the objectives . of the membership ... and that's what's going to happen," he told a cheering crowd of life members Sunday after they voted not to move from Washington to Colorado 'Springs and to halt development at Raton for at least a year. 'You want to keep a strong Institute for Legislative Ac- tion. You shall have it," Carter vowed. ANN AIIAIV11 1U4dCID-CCU TUESDAY, MAY 24 THE MUSIC LOVERS (Ken gussell) 7:00 ONLY-AUD. A Richard Chamberlain and Glenda Jackson star in s hauntinq tale nbout the private life of the composer Tchoikovskv. MAHLER - (Ken Russell) 9:00 ONLY-AUD. A From the director of WOMEN IN LOVE, o stylized look at the life 'f the composer Mahler. Beautiful music and photographv. MMONMOW nmn M -- -- - ------- "MEM ma; - - - - -- -- - news FA= M-F WNW man one, won Imes Unim owil Naga gnu ----- -- - --- - --- 40%MM { - 310 MAYNARD - price on beer Tuesday 741 P.M. -2 price on all Wednesday drinks 7-10 P.M. 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