War Against the Fly At Its Critical Stage
California scientists say the next two weeks will decide if aerial malathion spraying and ground fruit stripping are eradicating the Mediterranean fruit fly in the Santa Clara Valley. Officials note the last wild Medfly was found July 14 and June 5, with spraying ongoing over 227 square miles.
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Los Gatos
Calif
UPI
Santa Clara Valley
Santa Clara
San Mateo
Alameda
Dick Thompson
State Department of Agriculture
Fired worker faces death for murdering two bosses
Evansville Indiana police report Daryl McReynolds 31 will face the death penalty after being charged with two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder for a Wednesday shooting at Crescent Plastics Co. He was fired in September for absenteeism and poor performance, with the arbitration board upholding the dismissal. Victims include VP W Bernard Peak and foreman Glenn Stahl. Wounded: Donald Sellers, Noel Jones, and deputy Robert Beckham. McReynolds allegedly reloaded at least 12 times with a double barreled shotgun.
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Evansville
Ind
UPI
Daryl McReynolds
Crescent Plastics Co
McReynolds
Vanderburg County
Jeffrey Lantz
W. Bernard Peak
Glenn Stahl
Donald Sellers
Noel Jones
Robert Beckham
Seagrams bid for Conoco blocked by liquor law ruling
Seagram and Son's $4.1 billion bid to buy Conoco faced immediate court obstacles as Florida and North Carolina rulings halted the move. Conoco sought freezes in Wake County court while a New York judge criticized Conoco lawyers. Mobil and the Justice Department pushed for delays in antitrust review. Conoco holds about 400 retail liquor licenses, Seagram had bought 143,000 Conoco shares prior to tender.
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New York
UPI
Florida
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons
Conoco
du Pont ‘Co
Mobil Oil Corp
North Carolina
Seagram
Wake County
Raleigh
Mobil
U.S. Justice Department
Missouri
Giant Liquor
Ohio
Iowa
Alabama
Tallahassee
Leon County
John Rudd
Rudd
Reagan proposes measures to halt Cuban refugee flow
Assistant Secretary Enders told a Senate subcommittee that about 200000 Cubans have been cleared for emigration and urged Coast Guard authority to stop boats bound for Cuba. The plan imposes heavy fines and allows detention and exclusion for inadmissible entrants, while Haiti refugees number about 20000 with cooperation from Port-au-Prince.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Cuba
Haiti
Thomas Enders
Senate
Fidel
Castro
U.S. Coast Guard
Florida
Mariel
Enders
U.S
Coast Guard
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Delaware County Daily Times
Ellis Island
Miami
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