Oil Tankers Threaten Pittston Eastport Refinery Plan
The Pittston Co oil refinery proposal at Eastport faces a setback as repeated tanker ruptures and wrecks raise doubts. Canada again rejects tanker passage through Head Harbor Passage, citing ecological risk to New Brunswick and the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston Co
Eastport
Pittston
Canada
Cattone Head Harbor Passage
Departments of External Affairs, Fisheries and Environment, and Transport
New Brunswick
White collar crime tops 1976 public cost estimates
The Joint Economic Committee estimated that white collar crimes caused about 44 billion dollars in losses in 1976, far surpassing property and drug crimes. Tax cheats, embezzlement, insurance fraud and similar offenses accounted for a third of total crime costs, prompting calls for stronger prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Joint Economic Committee of Esty
FBI
Last Words of Mao and the Chinese Power Struggle
An analysis of Mao Zedong’s reported final words and the ensuing battle between Hua Kuo-feng loyalists and Chiang Ching’s Shanghai radicals. The piece outlines how Mao’s supposed messages, especially “Act in line with the past principles,” became a tool in factional warfare, with Hua’s camp disputing radical edits and portraying Mao’s words as cautious guidance.
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William Safire
New York Times
Washington
China
Stalin
Lenin
Mao
Shanghai
Chiang Ching
Hua Kuo-feng
Hua
John Mitchell
Griffin Bell
Peking Daily
Party Central Committee
Hua Kuofeng
Peking
Mav
Ship lobby scuttles Muskie oil liability bill
Washington report uncovers secret shipowners papers showing efforts from 1967 onward to curtail liability for marine oil spills. Documents trace lobbying in Athens, Lisbon, Rome and Brussels as insurers and shippers press for limited cleanup costs and oppose strict liability for oil damage.
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Ship Lobby
Scuttles Muskie Oil Liability Bill
Washington
Congress
Athens
Brussels
Lisbon
London
New York
Rome
Ai Men Ae
U.S
Edmund Muskie
D.-Me
Paul Rogers
D.-Fla
Muskie
American Petroleum Institute
World Insurance and Shipping Industries
Capitol Hill
House Public Works Committee
Richard Sullivan
Sullivan
Crowed
United States Congress
Special
Government officials above the law debate by Anthony Lewis
Boston columnist Anthony Lewis argues Attorney General Edward Levi must pursue accountability for intelligence abuses. He cites past wiretapping, CIA intrusions, and the Helms Watergate era, urging timely legal action before a new administration. He recalls Brandeis warning that government law breaking erodes public trust.
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Anthony Lewis
New York Times
Boston
Edward H. Levi
F.B.I
Ford
Justice Department
Levi
F.B.S
C.I.A
David Wise
Grand Uries
Edward Levi
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence
Justice Brandeis
The high arts versus low talent in modern performers
In a 1977 Los Angeles Times opinion piece Paul Harvey criticizes rising performers who call themselves artists and claim concerts as work. He denounces egocentric show folk, Las Vegas second-stringers, and TV vanity, arguing they lack depth and literacy while preaching individuality.
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Paul Harvey
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Justin
Las Vegas
Dinah Shore
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Argo Merchant
Nantucket
International Petroleum On Shipping Industries
Lurie
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Helms
Iran
Clifford Case
New Jersey
Case
Rockefeller Commission
Stuart Symington
Salvador Allende
Chile
C.sa
Allende Helms
Richard Nixon
Watergate
James McCord
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