Exxon action sparks outrage in Alaska and on Capitol Hill
An Exxon memo signaling no future commitments to the Alaska oil spill cleanup provokes anger from Alaska officials and a House subcommittee. Governor Cowper and Attorney General Bailey call for new polluter-responsibility laws while New York City, a major Exxon stockholder, demands answers. The memo's release coincides with a reported $850 million spill-related charge and a profit drop.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Dennis Kelso
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Exxon
Kelso
Steve Cowper
Doug Baily
House
Interior Committee
Jeff Petrich
Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources
George Miller
D-Calif
Petrich
Exxon Accounting Office
Houston
New York City
Pilot shuns hero label for Sioux City landing
United Airlines Captain Alfred Haynes says he and crew merely did their job after guiding a crippled DC-10 to a landing at Sioux Gateway Airport following an engine failure that left no hydraulic control. Eleven died of 296 aboard. Fitch aided from cockpit as Dvorak and crew improvised. Controllers and rescuers praised the teamwork and care shown to victims.
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Sioux City, Iowa
UPI
United Airlines
Sioux City
Alfred C. Haynes
United Flight 232
Marian Health Center
Haynes
Seattle
Sioux Gateway Airport
Dudley Dvorak
Dudley
Dennis
Fitch
United
Minneapolis
House debates fate of B-2 stealth bomber program
The House opened intense debate on the 70.2 billion B-2 program to decide whether to kill it, stall it, or proceed. Amid rival plans, the chamber weighed slowing the 1990 530 million per copy bomber and a leaner future, or terminating production of the 13 aircraft and mothballing the Northrop line. Also up were votes on the MX missile and Midgetman, with SDI budget cuts and reallocation of 700 million plus 200 million to other programs.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
House Armed Services Committee
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Aspin
Air Force
Congress
Ron Dellums
D-Calif
John Kasich
R-Ohio
John Rowland
R-Conn
Northrop Corp
Fort Hood
Bank robbery in Dixon ends with no solid suspect
Dixon Police Chief Robert Short said after a sixth day of investigation there is no strong suspect in the First Bank drive up robbery. The white male robber, 20 to 30, about six feet tall, wearing a white pocket T shirt and blue jeans, fled on foot after threatening a Molotov attack. About $10,000 to $15,000 was taken. FBI aid is assisting with physical evidence and leads. First Bank President Steve Flahaven praised tellers for their calm and quick actions. no one was injured.
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Dixon
Robert Short
First Bank
South Side
Short
Hardee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Steve Flahaven
Flahaven
Robber Returns Loot In Zion Bank Heist
FBI and Zion police report a young robber returned $3,182 taken June 15 from First of America Bank Zion. Waukegan lawyer Douglas Roberts handed the money to police but refused to reveal the suspect's identity citing attorney client privilege. Detectives say the case remains open and investigators await the robber's surrender for questioning.
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Chicago
UPI
FBI
Zion
First of America Bank of Zion
First of America Bank
Waukegan
Douglas Roberts
Roberts
Earl Dillon
Second Guilty Verdict For Calvin Pierce In Slaying Case
Telegraph staff writer Calvin Pierce is found guilty a second time of the murder of 80-year-old Carrie Duncan, whose body was found beaten and stabbed 11 times in a farm field. A Stephenson County jury returns five counts of murder after a two and a half hour deliberation. Pierce, 31, Earlville, faces natural life and may appeal. co-defendant Kathy Bennett’s case referenced.
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Telegraph
Calvin Pierce
Carrie Duncan
Navy
Lee County
Dan Fish
Pierce
Duncan
Stephenson County
Tomas Magdich
Fish
Larry Blum
Blum
Bennett
Earlville
Kathy Bennett
al Williams
Williams
Magdich
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Link Hollow Road
Dvorak
Tacoma, Wash
Marian
William R. Records
Woodinville
Wash
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