Alaskan Crime and Oil Link in Fairbanks
In Fairbanks Alaska crime tied to alcohol and oil activity, with drunkenness rates six times the national average. A Fourth Judicial District grand jury cites alcohol as a major factor in rising violent crime. City officials debate bartenders licenses as 35 bars operate amid calls for stricter control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
Soapy Smith
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
California
Frontier
Fourth Judicial District
Badman
Lou Smith
Skagway
Nuclear Power Plants Rise in Popularity by 1980 Estimates
The U S Atomic Energy Commission cites growing use of nuclear power with 16 plants operating and 48 under construction plus 8 planned. By 1980 consumption could exceed 36 percent with a 1990 target past 30 percent. Nuclear energy touted as cheaper to operate despite higher building costs and as a clean energy source for industry and agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gwenn T. Seaborg
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Seaborg
Dr. Seaborg
Nuclear Energy
Mission
Jersey Central Power & Light Co
Oyster Creek
Incentive Words to Uplift Youth Across the Nation
An editorial urges leaders and communities to provide encouragement as a key tool for inspiring young people. It stresses sustained support, mentorship, and positive messaging to foster confidence and ambition among youth nationwide.
Control Of Sea Lanes Influences Global Power Shifts
The article argues sea lanes hinge on land choke points like Singapore Dardanelles Gibraltar Suez and Aden and notes Russia and the Soviets filling vacuums left by Britain and France. It warns that withdrawal from key zones risks Soviet dominance through ports and special facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Dardanelles
Bosporus
Gibraltar
Panama
Suez
Danish
Bering
Korea
Russia
Peter the Great
Black Sea
Turkish Straits
Aegean
Mediterranean
Moscow
Syria
Port Said
Alexandria
Egypt
Mers-el-Kebir
Oran
Algeria
Suez Canal
Mauritius
Cape of Good Hope
Madagascar
Alboran
Almeria
Mers Elkebir
Spain
Panama Canal Zone
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Iran
Senate Bill Slaps Curbs On Auto Insurance Firms
The South Carolina Senate passed a landmark bill to curb auto liability policy cancellations and non renewals for arbitrary factors. It restricts valid reasons to nonpayment of premiums and loss of driving privileges, while listing many insufficent grounds such as age sex residence race creed marital status and military service. Senate members shared anecdotes of unjust cancellations including by neighbors criticism and a policyholder family’s housing conditions, with one case noting a wife hard to get along with.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
House
Charles Garrett
Greenville
Walter Bristow
D-Richland
Sumter Doctor Sentenced For Tax Evasion
In Columbia, AP reports Sumter doctor Dr. Ragsdale Hewitt received a suspended jail term and a $20,000 fine after pleading no contest to four counts of income tax evasion. The judge imposed three years in prison, suspended on payment of the fine, and five years of probation, remarking that unpaid taxes shift the burden to others.
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Columbia
Sumter
Ragsdale Hewitt
Robert W. Hemphill
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Copley News Service
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Julie
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Ship- Pa
AEC
On Power and Light
Soviet Union
Rome —the Sea
Globe
Mitchell Shopping Center
Aiken
U. S
Mfg’s
Old
Edwards
ESKA
H.P. Motor
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