Oil spill grows as ship splits near Nantucket
The Argo Merchant split in half spilling oil into the Atlantic with total spill estimates rising to four million gallons. Coast Guard says hours of heavy weather hinder salvage while birds wash ashore and Cape Cod fishermen seek $60 million in a Boston court suit.
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Nantucket
Mass
UPI
Argo Merchant
Coast Guard
Nantucket Shoals
Cmdr
Barry Chambers
Chambers
Michael Dukakis
Nantucket Island
Martha’s Vineyard
U.S. Coast Guard
George Papadopouloss
Boston
U.S. District Court
Argo
Calabria
Italy
Borneo
Richard Cronin
Massachusetts Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Cronin
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Russell Train
Cape Cod
Owen Siler
Train
Thebas Shipping Inc. of
Liberia
Inside Local Highlights and Editorials Snapshots
The Inside Local section previews a Bloodmobile visit for tomorrow and a fiber arts course at the Rec Center. It notes an editorial on Hoosac School controversy, Tom Braden on suburbia, plus a Taylor Caldwell profile in Arts and Radio in Vermont.
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Rec. Center
Hoosac
Tom Braden
Taylor Caldwell
Public Radio
Vermont
Shaftsbury
Eagle Square
North Village
Green Mountain
Manchester
Murphy
CETA
John Randolph
Arlington
Alabama
UCLA
MAU
Troy
BBS
Baseball Hall of Fame
Equality: Theory vs. Practice 2 Why did 102 River St. fail
A Bennington Vermont feature argues gender bias shapes juvenile justice outcomes. The 102 River St girls program closed in August due to scarce female referrals, while SRS struggled with goals and foster care limits. Officials note girls run from programs and that foster homes are scarce and hard to place.
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River St
Bennington
Vermont
Claire O’leary
Branch of Social and Rehabilitation Services
SRS
Richard Sears
Sears
102 River S
102
Department of Corrections
Bennington County
David S. Potter
Depot St
River
James Henry
United Counseling Service
102 River St
Henry
Weeks School
Vergennes
Raymond G. Bolton
R. Marshall Witten
Bill Bryan
Corrections Department
204 Depot
Vermont Justice System
Carter to name three more Cabinet members in Plains
President elect Jimmy Carter prepared to name Patricia Roberts Harris as Housing and Urban Development secretary and Harold Brown as defense secretary. Kay Marshall would be labor secretary. Harris would be the first black and second woman in the Carter cabinet, with Califano possibly named health secretary later.
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Carter
Johnson Administration
Joseph Califano
Health, Education and Welfare
Harris
Luxembourg
Howard University Law School
Mittee
Brown
California Institute of Technology
Pentagon
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Air Force
Marshall
Cyrus Vance
Atlanta
Plains
Egypt and Syria plan unity with early peace talks
Cairo reports say Egypt and Syria agreed on close unity through joint councils led by Sadat and Assad and aim to restart the Geneva Arab-Israeli peace conference early next year. They will pursue coordinated political and military efforts without an immediate full merger, intensifying contacts with the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Cairo
UPI
Egypt
Syria
Yitzhak Rabin
Hafez Assad
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Assad
United States
Soviet Union
Mohamed Gamassy
Israel
Sadat-Assad
Jordan
U.N. votes arms embargo on South Africa and Rhodesia sanctions
The General Assembly urged a Security Council arms embargo on South Africa over Namibia and expanded sanctions on Rhodesia. The United States Britain and France opposed or abstained on key votes. African diplomats see it as a test for the Carter administration as the session nears end.
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United Nations
UPI
General Assembly
South Africa
Rhodesia
Jimmy Carter
Assembly
Security Council
South West Africa
Namibia
United States
Britain
France
South West Africa People’s Organization
Africa
Carter
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mexico
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Chicago
Richard Daley
U.N
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