Congressional probe into missing nuclear fuel leakage fears
A House Commerce subcommittee heard that one intelligence agency believes a diversion of weapons grade plutonium and uranium may have occurred while two agencies maintained that none was stolen. Officials cited processing glitches and measurement errors as explanations for why 8,000 pounds cannot be accounted for, with 16 tons possibly in pipes at Oak Ridge and Portsmouth.
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Washington
Congressional
House Commerce Subcommittee
Robert W. Fri
Energy Research and Development Administration
Subcommittee
Michael Ward
John Dingell
D-Mich
Dingell
Fun
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Portsmouth
Ohio
Fri
Beltrami Co appeals nursing home fines over alleged deficiencies
Beltrami County has appealed $1,000 in fines from the State Department of Health for four alleged deficiencies at the county nursing home. The case cites bed fast patient weighing, cleanliness gaps in the kitchen, unlocked disinfectants, and duct cleaning. County officials call the penalties technical and non critical to patient care.
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Jerry Doggett
Beltrami County
State Department of Health
F.R. Weddel
Gallus
Pioneer
Beltrami
St. Paul
County Welfare Board
Four Redlake men charged after assault on off duty deputies
Four Redlake residents were charged in Beltrami County with aggravated assault for an early morning attack outside a Nymore bar that left Sheriff’s deputy Calvin Johanneson blind in one eye. The suspects faced county court charges with bail set at 10 000 for two Spears 7 000 for Barrett and 5 000 for Cloud. case shifted to district court for August 15.
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Calvin Johanneson
Frank Spears
Ralph Cloud
Albert Spears Jr
Thomas Barrett
Redlake
Beltrami
Terry Holter
Kief, Duranske and Fuller
Johanneson
Cloud
Barrett
Spears
Beltrami Board of County Commissioners
Beltrami County
Tom Tolman
A.m
2Nd Street South
Central Avenue
Nymore
Ronald Solberg
Highway 2 West
Bemidji
Tolman
Boise Interagency Fire Center Leads Western Forest Fire Fight
In Boise Idaho the five agency center coordinates a western wildfire push across California Oregon Washington Alaska Colorado Utah and Arizona. More than 1 000 firefighters waited at or en route to dispatch while nearly 2 000 had been sent since Thursday. Crews rest train and are airlifted to hot spots as East and Southeast teams reinforce exhausted locals.
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Boise, Idaho
Idaho
United States
Boise
U.S. Forest Service
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Indian Affairs
National Park Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
California
Oregon
Washington
Alaska
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
R.L. Bjornsen
Arnold Hartigan
Schlesinger Presses Finance Panel on Energy Plan
Energy Secretary James C. Schlesinger tells the Senate Finance Committee that lawmakers doubt the Carter energy plan. He urges restoring proposed gasoline taxes to energy legislation passed by the House, where the administration faced a setback.
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Washington
James C. Schlesinger
Senate Finance Committee
Carter
Schlesinger
House
CIA report signals possible slowdown in Soviet growth
Two members of Congress say the CIA report may show a slowing of the Soviet Union's economic growth rate in the next decade. Rep. Richard Bolling and Sen. William Proxmire call the finding profound for Soviet leaders facing high military spending decisions.
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Washington
Congress
CIA
Soviet Union
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
William Proxmire
Women in Air Force gain pilot slots for non combat planes
Washington AP reports the Air Force will assign 10 women flying school graduates as pilots for non combat planes starting in September. Current law bars women from navigating combat aircraft but allows other flying duties.
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Washington
Air Force
Canadian Parliament considers emergency bill on air traffic strike
Ottawa AP reports Parliament met to approve emergency legislation to impose a settlement in the three day old strike by 2,200 air traffic controllers. Controllers demand a 12.6 percent pay raise while the bill would impose an eight percent increase.
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Ottawa
Canada
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