Blame Placed on Coast Guard for Denying Sailor Asylum
A Boston Globe report says a Nixon directive blames the Coast Guard, not the State Department, for denying asylum to Lithuanian seaman Simas Kudirka after he leaped aboard the cutter Vigilant near Martha's Vineyard. The incident spurred hearings and criticism of procedures and policy.
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UPI
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U.S
State Department
Boston Globe
Transportation
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Alexis Johnson
the Globe
Administration
Sourcces
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Massachusetts
Ziegler
White House
Simas Kudirka
Martha’s Vineyard
Soviet Union
Kudirka
Paper plant in Ticonderoga to operate without permit
International Paper's new pulp processing plant in Ticonderoga New York will start operations without a discharge permit from the Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps cited pending final permit action and possible adverse economic impact on about 1200 workers as reasons. Vermont officials attend Albany meeting on sludge removal plans for Lake Champlain and study.
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Paper Company
Federal Water Quality Administration
New York
Vermont
International Paper
Albany
N.Y
John Hansen
William Albert
Vermont Water Resources Department
Vermont Water Resources
Martin Johnson
Ticonderoga
Johnson
Hansen
Albert
Taos Pueblo wins trust title to New Mexico lands
The Senate voted 70 to 12 to grant Taos Pueblo trust title to 48 000 acres around Blue Lake in New Mexico, despite opposition that it would set a precedent. Tribal leaders watched as Chief Juan de Jesus Romero thanked lawmakers through an interpreter, saying the tribe is grateful.
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UPI
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New Mexico
House
Blue Lake
N.M
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D-N.m
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
Sen
Fred R. Harris
Juan de Jesus Romero
Law proposed to reverse high court on welfare
Senate Finance Committee moves to undo Supreme Court welfare rulings that boosted aid to 600 000 700 000 people. Proposals require yearlong benefit continuity after moving, allow denying aid in households with men, and permit denying mothers who withhold paternity information or access to homes. Provisions bar federal funds for lawyers suing federal welfare policies.
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New York
Three oil firms fined for offshore violations
In New Orleans three oil companies Humble Oil Continental Oil and Union Oil of California were fined a total 566000 by U S District Judge Fred J Cassidry for offshore drilling regulation violations The penalties breakdown Humble 300000 Continental 242000 Union 24000 for counts 150 121 and 12 respectively Shell Oil faces a month long fight over a burning Baker platform 65 miles south of New Orleans while Jones Laughlin Steel in Pittsburgh pays 1000 after pleading guilty to a Rivers and Harbors Act violation for discharging oil grease and metals into the Ohio River on May 20
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UPI
Shell Oil Co
U.S
Fred J. Cassidry
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Continental Oil Co
Union Oil
California
Humble
Continental
Union
Cassidry
Shell
Baker
Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
J&l
Edward Dumbauld
Ohio River
Vermont ACLU to review Rutland teacher loan plan
The Vermont ACLU has assigned attorney Gary Brown to examine a Rutland School Board approved program that assigns four teachers to two parochial schools for secular subjects. The program pays $50 annually in rent for classroom space. legal action is anticipated but details were not provided.
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Middlebury
UPI
Vermont
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Rutland
Peter Langrock
Vermont Aclu
Woodstock
Langrock
Gary Brown
Rutland School Board
Montpelier
John Alden
Windsor County
Alden
Springfield
Mechanicville plant to close with gradual phase-out
Westvaco Corp confirms closing of Mechanicville mill with a two phase downsizing that will cut 710 jobs and leave 275 workers by the first step. Officials pledge aid for displaced workers as a 22-man research facility also ends this month.
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Westvaco Corp
John A. Luke
Fine Papers
Albany
Terence Cardinal Cooke
New York City
Edwin B. Broderick
Uncle
Dead victim turns up alive in Berkshire court case
Pittsfield. Alan Noren, C, appeared in district court and pleaded innocent to operating to endanger charges filed against his brother Philip, 71. A hospital mixup had reported Alan dead after Philip died in the Nov 2 auto crash. hearing set for next Wednesday as charges are continued. North Adams. The chamber seeks space at Harriman Airport for a Mohawk Valley group to start fixed base ops. airport property was seized by First Agricultural National Bank. Berkshire Hills Aviation and Sprague Electric Co. already approved as fixed base operators. North Adams. School committee approves non teaching contracts. aides to earn up to 2.15 per hour next Sept. cafeteria workers pay scales set at 2.25 full-time, 2.15 part time, 2.63 managers.
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UPI
Vermont
Veterans Affairs
Keith Murray
Murray
Pittsfield
Alan Noren
Proctor
Noren
Philip
Pittsfield Medical Center
North Adams
Northern
Berkshire Chamber of Commerce
Harriman
Mohawk Valley Aviation Co
First Agricultural National Bank
Berkshire Hills Aviation and
Sprague Electric Co
North Adams Cafeteria Association
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Eagle Street
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Westvaco
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