Senate approves largest energy bill in U.S. history
The Senate cleared a 34.1 billion energy measure with 65 votes to 19, funding synthetic fuels, conservation, and farm product to fuel substitutes. It creates an independent energy corporation and adds grants, energy doctors, and low interest loans to weatherize homes and expand solar, while steering toward gasoline from varied sources.
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Rosalynn Carter Visits Cambodian Refugee Camp in Thailand
Rosalynn Carter toured Sa Kaew refugee camp 30 miles from the Cambodian border where 31 000 refugees live in blue tents. She described conditions as emotionally overwhelming and said she would tell her husband to mobilize aid. She then visited a Laotian camp at Ubon and planned meetings with Thai officials and royalty.
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Thailand
Rosalynn Carter
U.S
Carter
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Sakon Nakhon
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Richard Holbrooke
Julius B. Richmond
U.N
Andrew Young
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Harold Hughes
Iowa
Holbrooke
New concern about ozone destruction rate rises
The National Academy of Sciences says fluorocarbon chemicals are depleting atmospheric ozone twice as fast as earlier predicted. Ozone, a protective layer 20 miles up, shields Earth from ultraviolet light and its loss could raise skin cancer risks and affect climate and plant life. The National Research Council now projects a 16.5 percent ozone reduction worldwide, up from a 7.5 percent estimate three years ago.
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Massive 1965 blackout hits Canada and U S East Coast
On this date in 1965 a massive power failure blacked out parts of Canada and the eastern seaboard of the United States.
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Canada
United States
West Point hazing scandal leads to resignations and disclosures
West Point officials disclosed that women cadets faced hazing including forced chicken killings and showers, with cadets dating resigning amid the summer training controversy. Lt. Gen. Goodpaster said disciplinary action was taken as he planned a news conference on women cadet training.
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U.S. Military Academy
Goodpaster
Carter aides probe oil price pledges in jawboning session
Washington officials met with major oil company executives to discuss moderating petroleum prices. Energy Secretary Charles Duncan said they asked for moderation but did not reveal whether firms promised to cut prices. executives declined to comment.
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Charles Duncan
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Guevara Declares No Resignation in Bolivian Political Crisis
World dispatch reports President Walter Guevara stepping from hiding to deny resigning and urge the military to overthrow Col. Alberto Natusch. He addressed about 30 congressmen at the Congressional Palace as some 800 supporters cheered. Natusch, who seized power November 1, lifted martial law, suspended censorship, and promised elections.
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Natusch
Parochial School Fire Causes Mass Jump From Floor
In Manila a burning parochial school with no fire exit sent scores of children leaping from a second floor. Officials reported 110 hurt from burns or broken limbs among about 200 pupils. 38 hospitalized, two teachers burned. Police credited all students as accounted for with no fatalities.
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Valenzuela
Tiquia
Kaiser Wilhelm Abdicates as World War I Ends
In 1918 amid the end of World War I the German emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated the throne. His departure marked a turning point in German politics and the collapse of the monarchy.
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Atlanta shopkeeper posts $9,000 billboard on crimes
J K Ramey stands outside his downtown Atlanta fire store with a billboard warning tourists about the citys police and crime situation. The sign cost 9000 and will keep a running tab on murders rapes and robberies.
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Inmates Still at Large After WV Prison Breakout
Six inmates remained at large after a 15-prisoner escape and shootout at a maximum security prison in Moundsville West Virginia. Authorities said the search spanned Ohio and Pennsylvania as well as West Virginia with eight captured and one dead in Waynesburg Pennsylvania. Three ringleaders and four convicted killers were among the fugitives.
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Harley Mooney
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Richard Mohn
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Pennsylvania
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Waynesburg
Woodruff Gives Emory Stock Gift Worth 100 Million
Robert W. Woodruff, former Emory student and Coca-Cola Co. president, donates 3 million Coca-Cola shares valued at about 100 million to Emory University. The shy philanthropist, aged 89, who attended when the school was in Oxford, has previously given 110 million to the university, mainly to its medical center, and did not attend the public announcement citing his discomfort with crowds.
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