Coast Guard weighs blowing up Argo Merchant bow
UPI reports Coast Guard officials may detonate the bow of the wrecked tanker Argo Merchant within 10 days. The bow could hold about 1.3 million gallons of heavy oil, with divers to reassess after storms and a Jan 21 meeting for final decision before Feb 15 to limit spill risk near Georges Bank.
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Boston
UPI
U.S. Coast Guard
Argo
Coast Guard
Nantuckett
Washington
James P
George's
Aoe
Stewart
Seaman vows to blow lid off tanker disaster probe
A three member Marine Board of Investigation opens formal hearings in Boston to probe why the 282 foot coastal tanker Chester Poling split in half off Massachusetts waters. Twelve crew were aboard. one drowned, one survived, with Coast Guard officials stating the inquiry will determine fault and prevent recurrence.
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Boston
UPI
U.S
Chester
Massachusetts
Marine Board of
Joao daRosa
Central Falls
R.I
Gloucester
Coast Guard
Richard Griggs
Newington
N.H
Selleck
daRosa
Pilot sues aircraft firm for $500,000
Thomas P. Shortall of Pawtucket files in Superior Court alleging Textron Inc and its Bell Helicopter Division are liable for injuries after a helicopter carrying former Gov. Philip W. Noel crashed into woods near West Greenwich. Investigators cited metal fatigue and a cracked pipe. plaintiff claims a manufactured part with a known history of cracking caused the crash.
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Providence, R.1
UPI
Philip W. Noel
Superior
Thomas P. Shortall
Pawtucket
Textron Inc
Bell Helicopter Division
Shortall
Ice melts in McCarthy pond amid radioactivity scare
In Wakefield New Hampshire William McCarthy reports thick pond ice turned to slush during a blizzard as officials investigated a potential radiological reading. Gov Meldrim Thomson said early readings likely resulted from faulty or cold affected instruments with no evidence of radioactivity found after tests.
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Wakefield
N.H
UPI
William McCarthy
Meldrim Thomson
McCarthy
Thomas
Col
Leon Parker
State Adjutant General's Office
Thomson
McCarthys
Civil Defense
Radiation Control Agency
State Public Health Division
Jack Stanton
Fish and Game
Concord
Energy Research and Development Administration
Washington
New Hampshire
Vermont Yankee
Connecticut River
Vernon
Schoolboy dies as bus collides with truck in Vermont
In Burke Vermont a crowded school bus swerved on a snow packed hill to avoid a logging truck. One 12 year old boy was killed and over twenty children were treated or hospitalized. Names include Brian Noyes and several Burke West students.
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Burke, Vt
UPI
Brian Noyes
Burke
Northeastern Vermont
St. Johnsbury
Joann Cross
Shelly Proud
Paula Brown
Wanda Newland
Todd Noyes
West Burke
Claude Hebert
Election Laws Chair to pass duties to vice chair in switch
Francis C Lapointe faces six counts of election law violations and agrees to let Vice Chairman Timothy Bassett handle hearings and legislation while retaining his chair salary. James Killilea, indicted alongside Lapointe, is suspended without pay. The switch follows a 1976 re election contest against Dana Cutter.
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Boston
UPI
Election Laws Committee
Francis C Lapointe
D-Chicopee
Timothy A. Bassett
House
Tim Taylor
Thomas W McGee
D-Lynn
James Killilea
Lapointe
William ‘ Biff’ MacLean Jr
D-Fairhaven
Wednes
Dana C. Cutter
Taylor
Bassett
Connecticut buys desks for lawmakers but no chairs
Hartford based report notes David Ogle's Office of Legislative Management bought 155 aluminum desks for 11 500 dollars to equip 186 General Assembly members. With no chairs ordered, staff suggest using folding chairs found around the Capitol while desks are arranged in the modified French Gothic building.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Connecticut
David Ogle
State Capitol
Office of Legislative Management
General Assembly
Capitol
Legislative Management Committee
Ogle
NOW goes to bat for N H women
Concord N H UPI Judi Hartwell of the National Organization for Women said state female workers remain in lower paying jobs than men. NOW will push for more and better opportunities and oppose a bill to repeal New Hampshire's ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
National Organization For Women
Judi Hartwell
Hartwell
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Pilot Sues Aircraft Firm
Noel
West Greenwich
Kent County Memorial Hospital
Call Arnold
Frank Gales
Chevrolet
Saco
Hebert
York County
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