This report provides a selection of news articles and government publications weighing the economic advantages of tapping Alaskan oil versus the environmental effects and hazards of oil drilling and transport.

This report includes Selected Statements by China regarding U.S. Involvement of Communist China's Entry into the Korean War from August through November,1950.

An ion microprobe mass analyzer was used to investigate the reaction pathway for the formation of lithium hydroxide and lithium oxide on freshly cleaved lithium deuteride surfaces. Mass spectra were obtained from the lithium deuteride surfaces before and after exposure to room air, and the composition of the corrosion film was determined by depth-profiling methods. The corrosion film appears to be layered in the following manner: lithium hydroxide on lithium oxide on lithium deuteride. (auth)

This report documents oversight procedures in Congress and restrictions on full oversight, as well as proposes ways to reorganize intelligence oversight.

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The average airborne gross beta activity from air filters collected during the first three quarters of 1976 was 2.2 x 10/sup -14/ ..mu..Ci/ml, about half of the average level observed during 1975. However, the atmospheric nuclear tests by the Peoples Republic of China on September 26 and November 17 elevated the fourth quarter values sufficiently to raise the annual average gross beta concentration to 7.6 x 10/sup -14/ ..mu..Ci/ml, higher than the 1975 average. Airborne /sup 238/U concentrations at Site 300 were higher than those at Livermore perimeters because of the use of depleted uranium (a byproduct of /sup 235/U enrichment) at the site. These uranium concentrations were well below the standards set by ERDA. Both Laboratory perimeter and Site 300 annual average airborne beryllium concentrations were less than 0.002% of the appropriate standard. Soil samples collected in the off-site vicinity of the Laboratory and at Site 300 were analyzed for plutonium. There were negligible changes from the levels previously reported. Water samples collected within the Livermore Valley and Site 300 exhibited gross beta and tritium activities within the ranges previously observed in these areas. Samples of vegetation, milk, and tissues from jackrabbits on the site were also assayed for …

A summary is presented of work leading to the design of a subcritical facility for the study of fast reactor blankets. Included are activities related to fuel acquisition, design of the facility, and experiment planning.

This report investigates the International Brotherhood of Teamster, the largest trade union at that time, along with a bibliographic essay to look over some materials involved with dealing with the Teamsters.

Two numerical models used for studying collisional multispecies plasmas are described. The mathematical model is the Boltzmann kinetic equation with Fokker-Planck collision terms. A one-dimensional code and a two-dimensional code, used for the solution of the time-dependent Fokker-Planck equations for ion and electron distribution functions in velocity space, are described. The required equations and boundary conditions are derived and numerical techniques for their solution are given.

S>Knowledge of the deposition of energy with distance around an underground nuclear explosion has significance in predicting chemical processes in the multimineralic rock substance surrounding the explosion. When a nuclear explosion is detonated, the shock wave that emanates from the explosion center does PdV work on the rock substance and deposits energy. Energy deposition due to the passage of the shock wave is determined from hydrodynamic code calculations which keep track of internal energy with distance and time. The energy distribution with distance depends on the compressibility of the rock. Rock of low density and high porosity requires a larger increase in internal energy to shock it to a given pressure than an essentially pore-free dense rock. Interpretation of hydrodynamic code calculations shows that 1000 to 1200 metric tons/kt of melt is produced from dense granite and that two to three times as much melt is produced from dry porous ash-fall tuff. Radiochemical analysis of melt samples recovered from near the shot point tend to confirm these results. (auth)

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Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether Article 5172a, Vernon's Civil Statutes, a female protective act, conflicts with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 USC ∫ 2000e-2)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether article 4501b, V.T.C.S., prohibits Texas medical schools from requiring students who have attended foreign medical schools to pass an examination prior to admission.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Applicability of Penal Code ∫ 36.10(5) and (6) to funds derived from appreciation functions.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of a County Commissioners' Court to sell unmatured U. S. Government bonds belonging to the Permanent School Fund of the County for the present market value to be less than their par value but in excess of their cost price.

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.

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