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Reports on New York state officials' approval of an environmental permit and low-cost financing for a plan to build a $485 million paper-recycling mill in the South Bronx, New York City. Mill's production of newsprint from waste paper collected by the city's Department of Sanitation and private sources; Number of jobs to be created by the mill; Environmental benefits of the project.

Says that after months of wrangling between environmental groups and the paper industry, the Clinton Administration issued an executive order requiring federal agencies and the military to buy paper made from at least 20% recycled fiber by the end of next year and 30% by the end of 1998. The Natural Resources Defense Council to begin `a campaign for state and local recycled paper purchases to follow suit'; How recycling programs have been hampered.

Says that the White House is supposedly leaning toward an executive order that would direct federal agencies to purchase office stationery and other paper with at least 20% of its content recycled from trash. Counterattack by the paper industry.

Informs about the consent of an Australian company, Pratt Industries, to build a waste paper recycling plant in Staten Island, New York. Views of people about the anticipated benefits from the same.

Reports the setting up of a million dollar recycling paper plant by International Recycling Corporation, along the Hackensack River as reported on April 22, 1995, in Kearny, New Jersey. Brief details of the project.

Reports on the growth in the recycling sector of the paper industry in the United States. Improvement in the recycling process.

The article informs that the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee offered recommendations for securing American elections from foreign attacks, pressing states to buy voting machines that produce paper ballots and to secure voter databases, as of March 2018.

The article reports on the disputes between universities and student newspapers in the U.S. over the transparency of sexual assault cases. Topics discussed include lawsuit filed by the University of Kentucky against campus newspaper "The Kentucky Kernel," remarks from University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto, and information on the sexual assault case against entomology professor, James Harwood.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to the articles in the April 2016 issues including "$20 Billing: Tubman Is In, Jackson Is Out," in April 21, "Animal Cruelty or the Price of Dinner?" by Nicholas Kristof in April 17, and "Couple Gains in Island's Crisis" in April 13.

The article discusses competition from below-cost Chinese imports threatening American industries, in particular U.S. paper mills. The U.S. Dept. of Commerce is expected in coming weeks to decide on imposing tariffs on high-gloss "coated" papers imported from China. The decision may be a test case for industry officials and their Congressional allies hoping for new duties as well on Chinese steel, furniture, textiles, and plastics.

''Things are changing. The country is changing. Gotta change with it.'' Those words, expressing familiar sentiments these days, are spoken in this case not by a politician but by Curly, a cowboy who takes the notion of change and wrestles it to the ground in ''Oklahoma!'' the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical joyfully opening the 70th season at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the regulations adopted by the administration of governor George Pataki to require that cigarettes sold be manufactured with paper that can extinguish itself in New York. Adoption of the regulations by the Department of State; Effectiveness of the bans in stopping the paper from burning down when no one is puffing on the cigarette; Response of the agency on the concerns of retailers.

Provides news briefs concerning New York as of September 6, 2000. Details on the study which revealed that manufacturers' payments in the state is higher than the national average; Court ruling on Foster Wheeler Corp., which sued Broome County over the collapse of a deal over a garbage-to-energy plant; Update on the planned purchase of Appleton Coated Paper Mill by the Empire Paper Group.

Q. Is there a limit to how often paper can be recycled? A. Some industry sources estimate that an ordinary sheet of paper made from cellulose fibers derived from wood can survive only four to six trips through the recycling process. The Environmental Protection Agencyputs the figure at five to seven times. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Burdened by both debt and rapidly falling demand for its products, AbitibiBowater, the world's largest newsprint maker, filed for bankruptcy protection on Thursday. The company is the product of several pulp and paper company takeovers and mergers. Those transactions left it controlling about 45 percent of the North American newsprint market but also struggling to refinance much of the $8.78 billion in debt it took on. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Focuses on the psychedelic wallpaper from New Orleans, Louisiana-based Flavor Paper.

Provides information on the novel toilet paper and the Sprint Military Minutes calling cards of the U.S. Defense Department.

Presents answers to questions about various topics related to New York State. Information on the banker named Preserved Fish, listed on the perimeter wall of the New York Marble Cemetery; Explanation for the names stamped on the bottom of paper bags; Location of a manned lighthouse still in operation.

The article focuses on tensions between the American newspaper publishing company Tribune Publishing and its two California newspapers, The San Diego Union-Tribune and The Los Angeles Times. Topics include Tribune Publishing's decision to lower its revenue projections for both newspaper's 2015 final quarter, both newspaper's finances, and Tribune Publishing chief financial officer Sandra J. Martin.

THE United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled last week that the Treasury Department's paper currency discriminates against the blind and those with poor vision because the bills are the same size no matter their value. In addition, the department didn't show that it would be too burdensome to change the bills. So what's to be done? It's not clear yet. Charles Miller, a spokesman for the Department of Justice, said, ''We're reviewing the court's ruling at this juncture, and no determination has been made as to the government's next step.'' Since that step won't be taken immediately, the Week in Review asked three graphic designers to offer their solutions. Scott Stowell of Open, a New York design firm, took his cue from countries where bills of different denominations vary in size. Woody Pirtle of Pirtle Design, also in New York, borrowing from greeting-card technology, has attached a paper-thin chip that speaks the denomination. Tamara Shopsin, an illustrator, proposes perforations in the shape of icons, each symbolic of the president depicted. STEVEN HELLER [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports the deal reached by the State of New York to reserve and protect more than a quarter of a million acres in the Adirondack region. Future use of land for public recreation; Right of the former land owner, International Paper, to continue to harvest wood in a manner that sustains the environment; Reduced tax obligation of International Paper due to lost development potential.

An editorial is presented which discusses the first National Security Strategy report of U.S. President Donald Trump on topics including national security policy, the significance of country's leadership, and global stability of allies.

The article discusses tweet by the U.S. President Donald Trump regarding his decision to release a classified government documents related to the 1963 assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, documents kept at the National Archives and pressure on Trump for transparency.

Focuses on the closing of the Newton Falls paper mill in Newton Falls, New York, and its effect on the town. Impact of the mill closing on Jean Burrows, owner of the Newton Falls Hotel; History of Newton Falls.

Reports that Willamette Industries Inc., a maker of office paper, agreed to buy a mill in Port Wentworth, Georgia from the Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation. Significance of the agreement.

The article concerns a dispute over scholarly access to the papers of U.S. President George W. Bush. An executive order issued by Bush in 2001 restricted availability of presidential papers by asserting a sitting president's power to delay their release indefinitely. The order also requires a president's specific permission to release a document instead of an automatic 30-day release. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is scheduled to discuss a bill overturning Bush's order.

The article discusses several Florida counties' switching from touch-screen voting machines to casting paper ballots that are scanned by machine. Warren Stewart, policy director of VoteTrust USA, likened Florida's election problems to the Bermuda Triangle. On January 29, 2007, U.S. Representative Rush D. Holt introduced a bill that would require a paper trail on voting machines nationwide.

Most of us have an image of the turnaround guy. For some, the term can conjure up images of an unfeeling taskmaster, exemplified by Albert Dunlap, known as Chainsaw Al, who applied his famously ruthless methods to companies like Scott Paper and Sunbeam in the 1980s. Recently, however, I had the good fortune to meet not one but two men who put to rest my stereotype of the turnaround guy as Rambo in pinstripes. John Newman recently retired from turnaround work after 15 successful engagements. His efforts took him across the country, where his clients ranged from closely held businesses to some of the largest agricultural cooperatives in the United States. Lynn Hartrick has been helping midmarket business owners with turnarounds, transitions and liquidity events for 14 years. Both men have many of the same outward qualities, including impeccable listening skills and a genuine desire to fix broken companies. I asked them about the work they do and what advice they have for small-business owners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on a recycling plant and paper mill project to be built in South Bronx, New York. Maya Lin, the artist who designed the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D. C., being the project designer; Project developer; Cost.

Reports on the pressure put on the publisher of Harry Potter series, Scholastic Inc., to use more recycled paper in its books in the U.S.

The article discusses the accounting methods of 2016 U.S. presidential campaign candidates, including the spending of presidential candidates without keeping it on record. An overview of U.S. presidential candidates' spending known as exploratory spending prior to an official announcing of candidacy, including that of political candidates Republican Jeb Bush, Democrat Hilary Clinton, U.S. Republican Senator Rand Paul and U.S. Republican Senator Ted Cruz, is provided.

This article presents editorial related to recycling of wastes in New York City. Recycling in New York City didn't entirely go away in the last two years. But it got as confusing as a game of Twister. In the summer of 2002, the programs for glass and plastic were suspended. Metal and paper recycling continued. While the city may have had the best of intentions in suspending parts of the recycling, the experiment did not produce the savings predicted. For confirmed recyclers, tossing bottles in the trash again brought a certain trauma, or a thrill of rule-flouting.

The article discusses entrepreneur Aaron Kushner's management of "The Orange County Register" newspaper, which is owned by Kushner's Freedom Communications media company, highlighting a lawsuits and problems facing Kushner. Topics addressed include Kushner's decision to resign as publisher of the "Orange County Register," as well as lawsuits filed by the "The Los Angeles Times" newspaper and other parties against Kushner for allegedly failing to make various payments.

Reports on Pratt Industries' proposal to build a facility next to its paper recycling plant in Travis that would take household trash from Staten Island, New York and turn it into recycled materials and steam power. Local environmental groups' opposition against the proposal; Adverse environmental impact of the facility.

Discusses the impact of economic recession on the interest rate spreads between top-rated and second-tier commercial papers in the U.S. as of March 10, 2002.

Discusses a dispute between the newsprint industry and newspaper publishers in the United States, as of May 2001. Impact of increased newsprint prices on the newspaper industry; Effect of declining revenues and the conservation of paper on publishers' willingness to pay more for newsprint.

Presents news briefs from the United States as of April 21, 2001 such as the joint efforts of the state of Utah and the American Forest and Paper Association to challenge a government forest-protection plan.

Examines how the financial problems faced by energy utilities in California affected the investors in the commercial papers issued by the utilities in the United States.

Focuses on the decision of International Paper, a private landowner in Adirondacks, New York, to sell a portion of land to the environmental group Nature Conservancy.

Presents updates on companies in the United States as of December 21, 2000. Fourth-quarter profit forecast of International Paper Co.; Reduction of the annual dividend of First Union Corp.; Details on the purchase of the credit card business of Bank of Hawaii by American Express Co.

Presents information on the lawsuit filed by Brickman Associates against International Paper on October 24, 2000 over the sale of a wooded property in Connecticut. Details on the sale of the land to the Trust for Public Land conservation group; Plans of Brickman Associates for the area.

The article explains the advantages of using paper financial statements by financial institutions in the U.S., according to a report from the National Consumer Law Center.

The article focuses on the implementation of voting methods which produce a paper trail for verification of the results. The new requirements come as the use of paperless machines, meant to minimize mistakes associated with hanging chads, were questioned because of the inability to double check votes. Particular attention is given to proposed legislation from New Jersey Representative Rush D. Holt.

The F.B.I's insistence that the bureau examine the private papers of the late journalist Jack Anderson is reported. Anderson spent a number of decades in Washington investigating government corruption and the actions of secretive government agencies such as the F.B.I. and the C.I.A. Anderson's family vows to go to jail rather than give access to the F.B.I. The bureau contends that it is illegal for private unauthorized persons to possess classified materials, which the collection allegedly contains.

The article looks at the rough treatment of foreigners traveling into the U.S. with faulty visa papers. Department of Homeland Security officials have acknowledged that with increased efforts to keep terrorists out of the U.S. since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, some mistakes and harsh handling of foreigners, who only had small paperwork errors or were caught in a bureaucratic circle, had occurred.

Reports on the decision of the aides and friends of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to give custody of all his mayoral papers and artifacts to a private nonprofit group. Management of the group by Giuliani; Storage of the records at a facility in Queens; Anger of some archivists and historians at the transfer of the records.

Introduces a design for the $50 bill from the U.S. Treasury Department to prevent the counterfeiting of money. Use of the colors of red and blue; Emphasis on how threads are embedded that glow when exposed to ultraviolet light; Use of ink that changes from a copper color to green when the bill is tilted.