Oil slick eddy thrums near Gulf Stream in tanker spill
Coast Guard reports nearly half of 7.6 million gallons from the Argo Merchant spill is trapped in a large eddy about 40 miles from the Gulf Stream. The dispersal could push oil toward the Arctic or toward Europe if carried by currents. A separate dispatch covers Puerto Rico statehood plebiscite calls and Spain’s Oriol hostage case.
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Boston
UPI
Gulf Stream
Coast Guard
Peter Turner
Nantucket Shoals
Gulf Steam
Arctic Circle
Cape Cod
Martha’s Vineyard
Nantucket Island
Georges Bank
Iceland
England
San Juan
Puerto Rico
America
Carlos Romero Barcelo
Ford
Congress
Romero Barcelo
Washington
United States
Auto plants begin 1977 with 39000 on layoff amid slow small cars
The opening week of 1977 sees Ford Chrysler AMC and GM idling tens of thousands of workers at nine plants due to weak small car sales. GM chairman Murphy still forecasts 14.4 million cars and trucks for 1977, topping 1973. Separately Episcopal women priests gain footing as Rev. Carol Anderson is named first in New York Diocese and related ordinations are regularized. Coffee boycott urged in Boston amid frost damage and higher prices with Stop & Shop offering a 70 cent coupon.
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Detroit
UPI
U.S
Canadian
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
General Motors
General Motors Corp
Thomas A. Murphy
Carol Anderson
New York
Jacqueline Means
United State
Indianapolis
Patricia Park
Alexandria
Episcopal Diocese of
Newark
N.J
Nancy Hatch Wittig
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Boston
Stop & Shop
Liberia's flag of convenience fuels growth of its fleet
In under three decades Liberia has built the world’s largest merchant fleet on paper through a flag of convenience. Edward R. Stettinius Jr. helped shape the system enabling ships to avoid U.S. taxes and standards. Critics cite safety and labor cost concerns while shipowners prize lower registration and tax bills. The system is centered in New York offices and linked to the International Bank, with major fleets including oil tankers.
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John Kifner
N.Y. Times
Boston
Liberia
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
United States
Oswego Peace
New London
Conn
Puerto Rico
Noel Mostert
Park Ave
New York City
International Bank
K St
N.W
Washington
Coast Guard
Japan
Guy Maitland
Liberian Shipping Council
Maitland Said
Exxon
Park Avenue
Herbert Brand
The
Transportation Institute
Talmadge Simpkins
Afl-Cio
Maritime Committee
New York
Maitland
Thebes Shipping
Argo
Lloyds of London
Torrey Canyon
English Channel
Arrow
Aristotle Onassis
Nova Scotia
Committee of Inquiry
Congress Eyes New Era as Carter Inauguration Nears
The 95th Congress convenes with 435 House members and 33 new or re elected senators taking oaths amid a vast audience. Leadership choices unfold for Democrats and Republicans, with ONeill and Rhodes set as speakers. Carter aims to push economy stimulus, health care, and welfare reform though fiscal limits loom.
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Washington
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Carter
House
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert Griffin
Michigan
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Jim Wright
Texas
John Rhodes
Arizona
Thomas P. O'Neill
Congress
White House
Sarkis imposes press censorship in Lebanon crisis
President Elias Sarkis signs Emergency Government Legislative Decree Number One, enforcing strict police censorship on Lebanon's press as Syrian peacekeeping troops vacate offices. Journalists face prison terms of one to three years for first offenses and license cancellations on second. Some outlets' premises were searched or ransacked.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Antonio Maria de Oriol Y Urquijo
Oriol
Council of State
Juan Carlos
Algiers
Beirut
Lebanon
Elias Sarkis
United Press, International
Newsweek
Riad Taha
Lebanese Press Association
Francois Akl
An Nahar
al Safir
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Arlington
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Rabin
Lipton
Congressional Pomp
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Watergate
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Bennington
Equal Housing Lender
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