Cardinals return to Sistine for papal election
One hundred eleven cardinals were locked in the Apostolic Palace to begin the papal election in the Sistine Chapel after a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. The process includes four daily ballots and a two thirds plus one vote threshold, with smoke signals to indicate a result.
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Vatican City
Apostolic Palace
St. Peter’s Basilica
Sistine Chapel
Virgilio Noe
Vatican
John Paul
Michelangelo
Peter
Albino Luciani
Venice
Pope VI
Paul
GSA probes reach top officials from earlier administrations
Vincent Alto, leading GSA’s internal probe, says investigators are examining very high officials who served in Ford, Nixon and earlier administrations for multi million dollar leasing and construction deals. He notes possible five year limits hinder prosecutions and cites obstruction by a GSA attorney over Robert Griffin records.
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UPI
General Service Administration
GSA
Vincent Alto
Justice Department
Alto
Ford
Nixon
Truman
Robert Griffin
Group seeks private funds for 1984 Los Angeles Games
Los Angeles civic leaders debate funding the 1984 Olympics with private money as the city clings to tax control ban. The LA Olympic Organizing Committee plans Monday meetings to map private financing, aiming to cover an estimated 184 million dollars using existing facilities and nonpublic funds. New York lost bid amid promises of new facilities while the city weighs a charter amendment to keep tax money out of the Games.
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Los Angeles
International Olympic Committee
Robert J. Kane
Montreal
Tom Bradley
Bradley
U.S. Olympic Committee
New York City
New York
Fluorocarbon bulk sales forbidden by EPA rule today
Washington based EPA regulation bans bulk manufacturers from selling fluorocarbon gases for most aerosol products effective today with Dec 15 1978 as the start of prohibition on manufacture and April 15 1979 for interstate shipping. The National Academy of Sciences links fluorocarbons to ozone damage and potential cancer. Exemptions include certain pharmaceuticals foams and insecticides while competitors shift to non aerosol forms including stick deodorants from Proctor and Gamble.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
National Academy of Science
Academy
EPA
Proctor & Gamble
Shroud of Turin Returned to Chest After Public Display
Tur in officials locked the Shroud of Turin away after a 43 day public display. A team of 25 scientists including US space agency experts used X ray fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy to study the relic. Initial Italian reports say the image was not created by artificial chemicals and pollen analysis by Max Frei links the cloth to ancient Palestine. About 3.33 million people visited, drawn from across Europe.
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Turin
Italy
UPI
San Giovanni
U.S
Max Frei
Frei
Palestine
Europe
Prince Philip in Kentucky on private riding tour
Prince Philip of England arrived in Lexington by private twin engine plane for a private tour of Bluegrass thoroughbred farms. He landed at Blue Grass Field and left with Dr. James Holloway of Equestrian Events Inc. No interviews or farm access were allowed. He planned to depart for Winnipeg, Canada.
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Lexington
Prince Philip
England
Elizabeth I
James Holloway
Equestrian Events Inc
Winnipeg
Canada
Iowa endures record September rainfall and heat
Des Moines report from UPI notes Iowa received six trillion gallons of rain in September, with statewide temperatures spiking to 99 degrees in several towns while dawn frost appeared on Sept 28. Rainfall exceeded averages by 75 percent though totals were uneven across cities, from 0.99 inches at Lake Park to 10.74 inches at Harlan.
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UPI
Iowa
Paul Waite
Waite
Harlan
Lake Park
Cedar Rapids
Storm Lake
Mason City
Guthrie Center
Knoxville
Jefferson
Cresco
Elkader
Latiner role in utility talks OK says Iowa commission
DES MOINES UPI A consumer group CARG will not be allowed to file rebuttal testimony on Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co s plan to build a 650 megawatt power plant near Muscatine but Skip Latiner of CARG will be allowed to participate in hearings on the certificate for construction The commission ruled CARG failed to provide evidence at a Sept 19 hearing and noted their sole witness opposed to the plant offered only a critique of the cost benefit analysis The rules normally grant the applicant the right to present final argument
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DES Moines
UPI
Community Action Research Group
Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Muscatine
Iowa Commerce Commission
Skip Laitner
Laitner
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Bologna
Ugo Poletti
Rome
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Florence
Giuseppe Siri
Genoa
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Eduardo Pironio
Argentina
Johannes Willebrands
Netherlands
George Basil Hume
Carlo Confalonieri
College of Cardinals
John Wright
Griffin
Prince Philip In
Kentucky
John Zachar
Gallery of Homes
Tom Bowler
Tom
John Zachar Jr. & Co. Realtors
Afver AL
Cameo
Smulekoff’s
Peries
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