Gas cut ends Crystal City residents’ heating access
LoVaca Gathering Co. cut gas service to 8000 residents of Crystal City Texas after the town failed to pay about 800000 in delinquent bills. Crews depressurized lines and sealed valves to halt gas delivery amid legal battles over interim rate hikes. Local leaders and attorneys say the move harms a largely Mexican American welfare-dependent population and warn of cold and possible deaths this winter.
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Crystal City
Tex
UPI
LoVaca Gathering Co
South Texas
LoVaca
Crystal City Legal Aid
Paul D. Rich
Texas Supreme Court
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Radioactive debris from Chinese test moves toward Atlantic
UPI reports a cloud of radioactive fallout from a recent Chinese nuclear test drifting east over the Pacific and into the Atlantic. EPA readings at 47 stations show radiation well below normal background levels, with no protective actions needed.
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Washington
UPI
Atlantic Ocean
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Pacific Coast
East Coast
Legionnaires Disease Victims in Vermont Listed as Better
Vermont victims at Burlington Medical Center show improvement after Legionnaires disease diagnosis confirmed by CDC. Two patients treated and discharged in good condition. one earlier admission Aug 2, another Aug 21. CDC notes minimal hospital exposure risk and ongoing testing for two suspected cases. Outcomes include potential death under review and prior Philadelphia outbreak cases informing treatment with erythromycin.
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Vermont
Burlington, VI
UPI
Medical Center Hospital
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
American Legion
Philadelphia
CDC
C. Allan Phillips
Medical Center
Infectious Disease Unit
Burlington
National Center For Disease Control
Carter Plans 11 Day World Tour To Four Continents
President Carter will undertake an 11 day, 24 000 mile trip through Latin America Africa Europe and Asia including a first presidential visit to black Africa in Nigeria. The itinerary also covers Poland and three major oil exporters Venezuela Iran and Nigeria as part of a bid to foster stability amid potential oil embargo concerns. Brzezinski called the trip important noting it reflects efforts to promote the world we all want to live in.
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Wesley G. Pippert
Washington
UPI
Carter
Africa
White House
Latin America
Europe
Asia
Nixon
Johnson
Nigeria
Soviet Bloc
Poland
Venezuela
Iran
Clinch River breeder gains House approval for 6.7 billion energy bill
The House approved a 6.7 billion energy research and development bill amid clashes over the Clinch River breeder reactor. The 317 to 47 vote passed final passage as Congress split from the administration on funding, design, and a proposed moratorium on plutonium proliferation.
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Clinch River
Oak Ridge, Tenn
House
Senate
VIDA boosts BCIC plant refurbishments in Bennington region
The Vermont Industrial Development Agency awards BCIC a 225000 loan to refurbish the Economy Graphics plant in North Bennington, matching a 515000 grant sought from the Economic Development Administration. VIDA also guarantees 90 percent of an 800000 loan for the Vermont Asbestos Group’s Morrisville wallboard plant and approves further loans to Ludlow Industrial Corp and North American Bstruder Products to expand operations and add jobs.
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Vermont Industrial Development Agency
VIDA
Bennington County Industrial Corp
BCIC
Economy Graphics
North Bennington
Federal Economic Development Administration
Vermont Asbestos Group
Morrisville
Asbestos Group
Federal Small Business Administration
Lamoille County
Asbestos
Ludlow
Bstruder Products
Springfield
Farming perils loom over Vermont amid drought and prices
Vermont faces farming risks despite political optimism. Gov. Snelling credits economic plans while brucellosis outbreaks quarantine 24 dairy herds and two cullings occur. Drought eased by rain but high machinery costs and subsidization issues raise food prices. Eurich warns production costs outpace milk supports, threatening family farms and spurring debate between environmentalists and business groups.
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Jennifer Small Montpelier
UPI
Richard Snelling
Snelling
State Agriculture Department
Edward Eurich
Chittenden
Franklin
Addison
Rutland
Civil Defense
Eurich
Environmentalists
Weather outlook leads with rain chance rising
Cloudy today with increasing rain chances by tonight. Highs near the mid 60s to 70s, lows around 50. Sunday remains windy with a continued chance of rain and a persistent cloud bank overhead.
Five MAU students named National Merit semifinalists
Five Mt. Anthony Union High School students rank among the nation’s top one percent, named National Merit semifinalists in a nationwide program. MAU guidance chief Donald Tuller says the group is the largest at MAU in memory.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
MAU
Donald Tuller
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Sarelas
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United States
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Brzezinski
Elbert Moulton
The
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Clopay
Thomas Shea
Harvard
MIT
Glenn Serre
Be College
Nancy Page
Bennington College
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University of Rochester
Rochester
N.Y
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Thomas E. Shea
William V. Nardone
Glenn A. Serre
Mary C. Longtin
Nancy R. Page
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