Cleaning crew hurt by blast in gasoline tank
A six man maintenance crew cleaning an empty Williams Pipeline Co tank in rural Milford was seriously burned when the 40,000 barrel tank exploded after 5 PM. Four Sioux Falls workers were in critical condition. Witnesses described a fireball and collapsing tank lid as the interior blackened. The tank held over one million gallons of gasoline.
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Milford
Williams Pipeline Co
Iowa
Sioux Falls
S.D
Dan Frink
Spencer
Fostoria
Frink
Larry Hanson
Hanson
Dickinson County
Wendell Kitts
Danny Thornburg
Thornburg
Chile Protests Grow as Government Cracks Down
Tens of thousands of shopkeepers, truckers and bus drivers stayed home to protest Pinochet rule, prompting bans on opposition radio and charges against 17 strike leaders for state security violations. Police reported deaths, injuries, and mass arrests as riot control met demonstrations in Santiago and Concepcion.
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Santiago
Chile
Augusto Pinochet
Concepcion
Cooperativa
Chilena
Carrera
Interior Ministry
Gonzalez
Assembly
No insurance leaves Cedar Rapids to pay for fire station
Cedar Rapids faces rebuilding costs after a fire destroyed a partially finished Wiley Boulevard station on June 21. With no fire insurance, Public Safety Commissioner Floyd Bergen says the city may cover about 81 700 to 93 700 in repairs, using bond funds from a 1983 4 million issue, possibly jeopardizing a planned southwest satellite station.
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Mark Glenn
Cedar Rapids
Wiley Boulevard
Floyd Bergen
Bergen
Dunn Construction Co
Center Point
Supreme Court affirms race conscious hiring and promotions
The court ruled 6-3 and 5-4 affirming affirmative action in two disputes. It allows race conscious relief to redress past discrimination, rejecting color blind limits. One ruling approves a Cleveland fire department plan reserving half promotions for minorities. another requires a previously white union to raise non white membership to 29.3 percent by 1987.
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Washington
Supreme Court
NAACP
Baltimore
Benjamin Hooks
Justice Department
Edwin Meese
William Brennan
Brennan
Cleveland
New York
New Jersey
U S and Europe agree six month farm trade cease fire
The United States and the European Community agreed a six month cease fire in a farm trade dispute through December 31 to allow negotiators time to reach a final settlement. U S officials say the pact should slightly boost slumping farm sales despite ongoing tensions with Spain and Portugal.
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U.S
U.S. Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
United States
Spain
Portugal
Court ruling aids Whitworth spy defense
A three judge Ninth Circuit panel ruled the government must prove Whitworth knowingly spied for the Soviet Union. The decision allows resumption of his espionage trial with final arguments next week, as the judge had required proof of intent to aid the Soviet Union or harm the United States. Walker testified Whitworth knew secrets were being sold to the Soviets.
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San Francisco
Jerry Whitworth
Navy
Soviet Union
9Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Whitworth
U.S
Leida Schoggen
Davis
Calif
John Walker Jr
John Vukasin
Vukasin
United States
Walker
Recipe for a good July Fourth chuckle
A lighthearted adage warns against purchasing a fifth on the third of July. The quip plays on timing and consumer caution.
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By Ann Scholl
Boyer
Iowa News Service
C.R
Abby O
Iowa Today
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