Tough Road for Oil Company Breakup Bill
Washington AP reports opponents doubt the breakup measure will pass the Senate or survive a presidential veto amid administration opposition. The judiciary panel approved an 8 to 7 vote to force divestiture of majors to one segment within five years, sparking protests from industry leaders and a looming Senate battle with key lawmakers split on the issue.
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Dnd
Senate
John Tower
GOP
Congress
Wor. Marlin
Pillips Petroleum Co
Fred Skart
Armerican Petroleum Institute
Bayh
Robert Byrd
de W.va
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Charles Mathias
R-Md
Byrd
Scott
Mathias
Witness Accuses Mercenaries Of Murder And Looting
Prosecution witnesses in Luanda accuse 13 white mercenaries of mass murder looting and robbery during the Angolan civil war. Testimony links Col. Culian Costas Georgiou to killings and a looting spree at San Salvador jail and finance offices, with accounts of prisoners executed and money burned.
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Angola
Fernando Baires
People’s Revolutionary Court
Daniel Gearhart
Kensington
ENSA
Bob Cesner
Columbus
Ohio
Gearhart
Alfonsd
Carlos
San Salvador
Georgiou
Henrique Muises
FNLA
Callan
Andrew McKenzie
Moises
McKenzie
Raires
Taeitae
Finance Department
Leitao
Floods Strike Houston South Dakota Kill Two
Heavy rains flooded Houston South Dakota and northern Black Hills damaging basements, power lines, and streets. A body was found in Deadwood while a second victim remained unidentified. widespread flooding closed the Astrodome and disrupted events in Houston.
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Houston
South Dakota
Black Hills
Michigan
Illinois
Patricia Walhoiten
Deadwood
Barbers Seek Right to Give Permanent Waves in Kentucky
In Louisville the Kentucky barber trade challenges a state law restricting permanent waves to cosmetologists and hairdressers. A group of barbers filed for an injunction in circuit court to lift the ban, arguing the definition of barbering is too narrow. The dispute centers on whether barbers may provide permanent waves without cosmetology credentials.
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Louisville
Guy Yerive
Kentucky
Kline
State Board of Harboring
Shearer
On This Date 1897 Bonanza Creek Gold Strike News
On this date in 1897 word of a rich Bonanza creek gold strike reached Alaska, igniting the start of the Klondike era headlines and a flood of prospectors chasing fortune in Yukon territory.
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Alaska
Bonanza Creek
Toxic fumes from burning chemicals trigger mass evacuation
In VAN NUYS California a chemical release from Pool Brite Manufacturing caused a cloud of toxin fumes after water helped the blaze. At least 17 people, all firemen and police, were overcome and 110 firefighters battled the one story building as evacuations spread with wind. Federal aviation officials paused nearby airport operations and local air facilities were evacuated. The chemical involved was identified as trichloro-triaziethione, with no immediate storage explanation given. The injured were hospitalized.
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van Nuys
Calif
Ed Arbuckle
Fire Department
Fie
Pool Brite Manufactory
Ing Co
Arbuckle
Federal Aviation
Air National Guard
Lawyer 200000 Ask Anti Communist Votes
Rome AP More than 200000 Americans have written relatives in Italy urging them to vote against the Communists in the national elections next week. Paul Ray head of Americans for Democratic Italy told a meeting about 300 Americans flew to Italy to persuade kin in person. He derided Connally Alliance for Mediterranean Freedom as a publicity stunt with no results.
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Rome
Italy
Paul Ray
New York
Americans For Democratic
John Connaily
Alliance For Mediterranean Freedom
Connally
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