MICKEY EDWARDS COLLECTION

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F1: Correspondence, 1985, Energy
Topics include abolishing the Synthetic Fuels Corporation (HR 935).

F2: Correspondence, 1985, Energy, Electric Utilities
Topics include hydroelectric power, electricity rates, and Electric Consumers’ Protection Act (HR 44).
Correspondents include Ross O. Swimmer, Southwestern Power Resources Association, and James B. Townsend.

F3: Correspondence, 1985, Energy, Oil and Gas
Topics include natural gas decontrol, intangible drilling costs, Fuel Use Act repeal, moratorium on development on the Outer Continental Shelf, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proposed rule making Part D, unleaded gasoline, and foreign oil imports.
Correspondents include Charlie Morgan.

F4: Correspondence, 1985, Environment
Topics include Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and acid rain.
Correspondents include Steven Alan Lewis.

F5: Correspondence, 1985, Environment, Animal Welfare
Topics include humane research practices, University of Pennsylvania Head Injury Clinic treatment of animals, Information Dissemination and Research Accountability Act (HR 1145), steel jaw leg hold traps (HR 1809), and Animal Welfare Act.

F6: Correspondence, 1985, Environment, Forests
Topics include Black Fork Mountain, draft management plan for Ouachita National Forest, wilderness preservation, Upper Kiamichi, Rich Mountain, and Beech Creek.

F7: Correspondence, 1985, Environment, Lands
Topics include cabin permits in National Forests (HR 1827), soil conservation, and removing Rita Blanca and Black Kettle National Grasslands from Department of Agriculture oversight.

F8: Correspondence, 1985, Environment, Superfund and Hazardous Waste
Topics include Superfund financing (HR 2817), value-added tax to fund Superfund, Downey amendment, manufacturer excise tax, burning hazardous waste off the coast of the U.S., toxic waste repositories, and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).

F9-11: Correspondence, 1985, Environment, Tallgrass Prairie Preserve
Topics include Osage Prairie Preserve.

F12: Correspondence, 1985, Environment, Water
Topics include Aquatic Resources Trust Fund, Wallop-Breaux fund, fishing and boating user fees, Caney River, Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project, Cottonwood Creek, Copan Lake, Lake Arcadia, and lakeshore management plan for Lake Eufaula.
Correspondents include Steven Alan Lewis, Larry Adair, and Frank Harbin.

F13: Correspondence, 1985, Federal Government
Topics include Monroney amendment, Volunteering in Government Act, and competitive bidding (HR 1552).

F14-16: Correspondence, 1985, Federal Government, Civil Service Employees
Topics include retirement, pay, sick leave, health benefits, retirement age, cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), 5% cut in salaries, postal employees, and spouses.

F17: Correspondence, 1985, Federal Government, Grace Commission
Topics include recommendations for cuts in civil service benefits, reducing wasteful spending, and President’s Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (PPSSCC).

F18: Correspondence, 1985, Foreign Affairs
Topics include Ronald Reagan visit to Bitburg Cemetery in Germany, Genocide Convention Treaty, limiting U.S. contributions to the UN, espionage in the U.S., and Japanese violation of International Whaling Commission moratorium.

F19-21: Correspondence, 1985, Foreign Affairs, Central America
Topics include Nicaragua, U.S. aid to the Contras, freedom fighters, refugees from El Salvador, Moakley-DeConcini bill, Sandinistas, humanitarian aid, and Soviet Union involvement in Central America.

F22: Correspondence, 1985, Foreign Affairs, Communist Countries
Topics include prohibiting U.S. aid to communist countries (HR 97), presidential reporting of loans to communist countries (HR 1345), and granting most-favored nation status to communist countries.

F23: Correspondence, 1985, Foreign Affairs, Famine in Africa
Topics include Africa Relief and Recovery Act (HR 100) and funding for International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

F24: Correspondence, 1985, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Aid
Topics include funding and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

F25: Correspondence, 1985, Foreign Affairs, Middle East
Topics include U.S. arms sale to Jordan, Benjamin Weir kidnapping in Beirut, and Israel.

F26: Correspondence, 1985, Foreign Affairs, Population Control and Family Planning
Topics include funding for International Planned Parenthood Foundation, Smith amendments (HR 1555), abortion, and UN Fund for Population Activities.

F27: Correspondence, 1985, Foreign Affairs, South Africa
Topics include Apartheid, sanctions, restricting U.S. investment in South Africa, and spread of communism.

F28: Correspondence, 1985, Foreign Affairs, Soviet Union
Topics include Soviet Jews and U.S. giving Alaskan islands to Soviet Union.
Correspondents include Shirley C. Golan.

F29-31: Correspondence, 1985, Health
Topics include physician pay freeze, coverage of chiropractic care, nontraditional medicine (HR 6050), Medicare preadmission, Nutritional Monitoring Act (HR 2436), Oklahoma Foundation for Peer Review, licensing day care centers, Medicare funding for mental institutions, smokeless tobacco, AIDS, and health insurance.
Correspondents include Joan K. Leavitt.

F32: Correspondence, 1985 Health, Asbestos
Topics include Asbestos Workers’ Recovery Act (HR 1626), product liability, and renovation of asbestos ceilings.

F33: Correspondence, 1985 Health, Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
Topics include diagnostic related group reimbursement.

F34-35: Correspondence, 1985 Health, Medicare
Topics include cuts in Medicare, physician reimbursement freeze, Oklahoma Foundation for Peer Review, precertification, creating an independent agency to administer Social Security and Medicare (HR 3470), Part B, and Medicaid.
Correspondents include Robert Fulton.

F36: Correspondence, 1985 Health, Nutritional Supplements
Topics include chiropractic care, nontraditional medicine, and HR 6050.

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