Pollution hits country air with urban gains and rural threat
The EPA reports progress in reducing urban air pollution through 1974 with New York and Los Angeles showing major drops in unhealthy smoke and smog. nationwide carbon monoxide declined about 5 percent yearly, while nitrogen dioxide and hydrocarbons lagged. Rural sulfur dioxide sources and smelters threaten air quality as factories shift outward.
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Washington
UPI
America
New York
Los Angeles
Thenvironmental Protection Administration
EPA
New York-New Jersey- Connecticut
Los Angeles Basin
Azusa
Calif
Cult members summoned over dead man praying to revive him
In New York six followers of a unnamed cult were cited for failing to report a death after they prayed over Stephan Hatziehedorou, 29, whose decomposed body lay in his apartment for two months. Neighbors alerted police citing a pungent odor from the unit.
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New York
UPI
Stephan Hatziehedorou
Hatziehedorou
Cult
Dioxin Canisters Loaded for Pacific Island Storage
The chemical dioxin used to defoliate Vietnam is in canisters at Portland Airbase ready for transport to Johnston Island in the Pacific. The deadly agent will be stored there with other chemical weapons under strict military security.
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Vietnam
Portland
John
Son Island
Pacific Ocean
UPI
Gilmore seeks death or freedom as fate hangs on stay
Gary Gilmore presses a habeas corpus petition in Utah asking release if execution cannot occur within the statutory window. His attorney argues delays by the state forced the issue while Gilmore insists on death or freedom rather than life in prison. The stay delay from the U S Supreme Court leaves the outcome uncertain as the court weighs lifting or extending the stay.
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Ron Stanger
Gilmore
Stanger
Utah
4Th District
No world economy upset if oil prices rise 10 percent
Gulf Corp. Chairman Jerry McAfee says a 10 percent crude oil price increase at the Doha OPEC meeting would not destabilize the world economy. He doubts a larger rise, noting it would hurt oil producers more in the long run and that gasoline would rise only a penny or two per gallon if passed on.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Qatar
Gulf Corp
Jerry McAfee
United States
McAfee
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Doha
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