Bomb threats force evacuations at multiple federal sites
Washington authorities evacuated Interior and Treasury offices and searched other federal buildings after anonymous calls warned of bombs at the Smithsonian, Agriculture, Interior, and Treasury. The Weather Underground claimed responsibility for prior State Department bombing and an Oakland device, with the FBI tightening its hunt for group members.
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Departments of Interior
Treasury
State Department
Oakland
Calif
Associated Press
Smithsonian Institution
Department of Agriculture
Interior
Treasury Department
Weather Underground
U.S
Southeast Asia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ford sticks to oil tariff plan amid congressional fight
President Ford and Congress near clash over a three dollar per barrel tax on imported oil. Ford vows to stay with the action while Congress weighs a bill to suspend the levy. Ullman seeks accommodation but no concessions emerge. The tax increments begin Saturday, March 1, and escalate to April 1. The administration aims to curb petroleum use and reduce imports by one million barrels daily.
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Ford
Democratic Congress
Rep
al Ullman
D-Ore
House
Ways and Means
Ullman
Congress
Altman
White House
Ways and Means Committee
Ron Nessen
John J. Rhodes
R-Ariz
Treasury
Carl Albert
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
Freighter Collision Blazes Oil On Mississippi River
A freighter and three oil barges pushed by a tugboat collided on the Mississippi at dusk near Chalmette Louisiana. The tug vanished in heavy fog and the Coast Guard reported all freighter crew unharmed. Three men swam ashore five miles below the site. their status aboard the tug was unclear.
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Chalmette
UPI
Mississippi River
Coast Guard
Texas House OKs 93 Million State Employee Pay Raise
The Texas House approved a 93 million emergency pay raise bill to boost 125000 state employees cost of living. It raises pay by 13 percent for lower classified groups and varying amounts for higher groups and nonclassified workers, with final Senate approval expected today.
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Austin
Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
House
State College and University
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Fred Head
D-Troup
Head
Bill Clayton
Mickey Leland
D-Houston
Leland
Nuclear Reactors Ordered Shut Down
The NRC ordered 23 U S nuclear reactors to halt operations within 20 days to inspect emergency safety system pipes after Commonwealth Edison found five small cracks in two 10 inch water lines at Dresden No.2 in Morris Illinois. The cracks were near where lines penetrate the reactor vessel as part of the water spray system. The action follows a prior five month wave of reactor shutdowns and inspections amid AEC replacement by the Energy Research and Development Agency.
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Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Commonwealth Edison
Dresden
Morris
Ill
Atomic Energy Regulatory Agency
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Energy Research and Development Agency
Weather Outlook With Cloudy Skies and Low Temperatures
Considerable cloudiness and cool weather persist through Thursday with a chance of rain or snow mix. Wind light to moderate from the southwest 10 to 20 mph. Highs in the upper forties today and Friday, with lows around the low 20s. Precipitation chances 30 percent today and 20 percent tonight. Decreasing clouds expected Friday.
NRC orders two week shutdown for 23 BWRs inspections
The NRC says 23 boiling water reactors will likely shut down for two weeks to inspect spray lines and other emergency cooling systems. Last year the AEC ordered 15 reactors to shut within 60 days to inspect four inch bypass lines after cracks were detected at Dresden Unit 2 and later in two more reactors.
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NRC
AEC
Commonwealth
Dresden
New York Market Frenzy Lags in Amarillo
Amarillo stock brokers report only slight sales improvement as New York market booms surge elsewhere. Local dealers cite institutional money and lower rates driving activity, with investors waiting for clearer movement before buying or selling.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Bob Hill
Lentz Newton & Co
Clarence Williams
Shearson Hayden Stone, Inc
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