312 Plants On List Of Polluting Chemical Plants
The National Clean Air Coalition releases a list of 312 plants across 37 states belching known or suspected cancer causing chemicals. Texas and Louisiana lead in plant counts with 53 and 24 respectively. Monsanto plant in Muscatine, Iowa is the only Iowa entry.
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Washington
National Clean Air Coalition
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Coalition
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EPA
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D-Calif
Doniger
Congress
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Byron Nelson
Reagan
Clean Air Coalition
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Gulf Coast
Ohio
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Monsanto
Muscatine
Iowa
Atlanta official tagged for Houston police post
Lee Brown, Atlanta public safety commissioner and ex inquiry head in the Wayne Williams case, was nominated as Houston's first black police chief with a reported 50 percent pay raise. Approval by the City Council is required.
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Houston
Lee Brown
Atlanta Public Safety
Wayne Williams
Kathy Whitmire
Brown
Atlanta
Andrew Young
Haughey Wins Irish Prime Minister Re election in Parliament
Irish opposition leader Charles Haughey is re elected Ireland's prime minister by seven votes in the Dail nine months after his ouster. He secured independents including Tony Gregory in a 86 79 vote, then sworn in with his cabinet by President Patrick Hillery.
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Ireland
UPI
Charles Haughey
Haughey
Fianna Fail
Garret FitzGerald
Tony Gregory
Patrick Hillery
Fitzgerald
Northern Ireland
Europe
Cranston prods censure of Williams in Abscam case
Senator Cranston introduces a resolution to censure Senator Williams over his Abscam bribery conviction while arguing a federal appeals court might overturn the verdict. Despite his stance, Cranston cautions against defending Williams and the vote is expected on censure or expulsion.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Senate
Alan Cranston
Cranston
Williams
FBI
Howard Baker
Tenn
Baker
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
Largest cocaine seizure announced by Bush at Miami Airport
Federal officers seized nearly 3,800 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of 175 million dollars from a warehouse at Miami International Airport. The cocaine, found in cargo boxes on a Tampa to Colombia Airlines Boeing 707, arrived with clothing from Colombia. No arrests were reported as the South Florida Task Force battles drug smuggling.
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Miami
UPI
U.S
Miami International
George Bush
Bush
Washington
Colombia
Boeing
Stolen Coins Recovered as Five Arrested Near Motel
In Dothan Alabama police recover about 2.4 million dollars in coins and precious metals from a rental van after arresting three men and two women outside a motel. The theft occurred Sunday at a Montgomery coin show by armed bandits familiar with the coin trade.
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Dothan
Ala
UPI
Montgomery
FBI
Guatemalan police clash with protesters over election
National police and troops dispersed about 1000 demonstrators with automatic fire and tear gas after a disputed presidential vote. Dozens were beaten or jailed including an ABC crew, while three people were wounded and several candidates were taken to meet President Lucas Romeo Garcia. Reporter Geraldo Rivera and colleagues were detained briefly and released.
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UPI
ABC
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Radio Fabulosa
Geraldo Rivera
ABC News
New York City
Rivera
Queen Elizabeth II Receives 8.1 Percent Royal Raise
London reports the Civil List for the royal family rose 8.1 percent to 7.78 million dollars a year. The increase, described as modest by Buckingham Palace, matches the government budget release day and trails last year’s 12.07 percent rise.
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