Norwegians to investigate blowout delays to cap Ekofisk well
A Norwegian blue ribbon panel will probe Norway's first offshore Ekofisk blowout as American specialists led by Boots Hansen and Richard Hattenerg postpone capping the Bravo well again due to gale winds. The slick covers six miles by fifteen and totals up to 1.05 million gallons daily with potential refinery losses around $300,000 per day.
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Stavanger
Norway
North’Sea
Ekofisk
Phillips Petroleum Co
Boots Hansen
Richard Hattenerg
Texas Oi
Red Adair
Adair
Phillips
Sheyas
Octan
Bravo
Dag Mayer Hansen
Norwegian Oil Directorate
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Hansen
Hattenberg
Denmark
North Sea
Bartlesville
Oklo
Hussein and Carter discuss new optimism for Middle East peace
Jordan's King Hussein, midway through talks with President Carter, says caution is yielding to optimism on peace prospects. They met Monday to discuss the PLO's role and agreed on the need for a Geneva peace conference this year.
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Washington
Jordan
Hussein
Carter
Middle East
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Geneva
Townhouse Complex Gets Planning Commission Approval
At Bemidji Planning Commission meeting the Johanneson Inc 30 unit townhouse project at 29th St and Irvine Ave received unanimous approval. Opposition voiced by nearby residents as another Nelson Otterkill 66 unit elderly apartment project loomed on the west 900 block.
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Bob Tucker
Johanneson's Inc
29Th St
Irvine Ave
Commission
Nelson-Otterkill Construction
Johanneson’s Inc
Ralph Smith
HUD
Paul Kief
Smith
Keif
Kief
Keith Johannesson
Bemidji City Council Rejects Stewart and Walker Payment
The Bemidji City Council voted 6-1 to deny an additional 13 000 sought by Stewart and Walker Inc for 1972 wastewater plant studies. The dispute over most recent cost estimates and EPA rules stalled a contract change while the Otter-kill development was forwarded to Public Works for review.
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Bemidji
Stewart and Walker Inc
Jim Walker
Don Dougherty
Gene Ouradnik
Walker
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
State Pollution Control Agency
Stewart
Ouradnik
Dougherty
Larry Dow
PCA
MPCA
Dow
St. Paul
RCM
Highway 2 West
EDA
Lake Irving
Lake Bemidji
Beirut Cease-Fire Restored After Three Days of Fighting
The cease-fire in Beirut was restored after three days of clashes between Syrian troops and Palestinian guerrillas. Palestinian sources report over 80 people killed in the fiercest fighting since Syrian forces halted Lebanon's civil war five months ago.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Zacchini seeks Supreme Court on rights of televising act
Hugo Zacchini argues a Cleveland TV station invasion of privacy when it filmed his 15 second human cannonball act for a news program. He contends cameras should require his permission and that First Amendment news gathering rights do not shield the recording.
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Washington
Hugo Zacchini
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Zacchini
Bemidji Task Force weighs middle school reorganization
School leaders from Orono Crookston and Marshall address the Bemidji district task force on adopting a kindergarten through fifth elementary and sixth through eighth middle school plan. They share experiences with advisor student programs and hybrid staff benefits. The Ellerbe study recommended a 1977 middle school construction costing 5.25 million dollars.
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Bemidji
Warren Nelson
Nelson
Orono
Leland Ellingson
Crookston
Norm Olson
Marshall
Ellerbe
Gene Coffey
Coffey
Olson
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Pioneer
Chris Mattison
Bill
Mandy Weller
Schoolcraft River
Lake Plantagenet
Planning Commission
Bemidji Planning Commission
12Th St
Otterkill
Public Works Committee
John O'Boyle
Wally Reed
Reed
Dick Vogel
Johanneson Inc
30Th St
Gerald Fenske
Bob Edwards
Fenske
Vogel
Savers Teate
Cannonball
Group Studies School
Lou Wangberg
Ellingson
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