Toxic Chemical Spill Threatens Cities Down Ohio River
A 75 mile spill of carbon tetrachloride flows toward Louisville threatening drinking water. EPA officials warn of cancer risks while naming FMC South Charleston as a suspected source and urge boil water advisories downstream.
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Cincinnati
West Virginia
Ohio River
Louisville
Joseph Harrison
Chicago
Environmental Protection Agency
Harrison
James Manwaring
EPA
Philadelphia
FMC Corp
South
Charleston
W.va
FMC
Parkersburg
Manwaring
Diamond Shamrock
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Allied Chemical Co
Huntington
Bill Currey
South Charleston
Kanawa
Mesquite band director makes lamps from used instruments
Dale Coates, band director at South Mesquite High School in Mesquite, Texas, shows lamps he crafted from old band instruments. What began as a hobby now keeps him busy making lamps for home decor, including a trombone and saxophone pieces.
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Dale Coates
South Mesquite High School
Dallas
Mesquite, Tex
Coates
Carter Probes Secret CIA Payments To Foreign Leaders
President Carter launches a broad review of U S intelligence amid reports that past and present foreign leaders including King Hussein of Jordan and Willy Brandt received secret CIA payments over years The Washington Post cites a manuscript listing Hussein Brandt Thieu Mobutu Kenyatta Burnham and Makarios and the Dalai Lama among recipients The issue echoes a 1974 court case blocking disclosure by Marchetti and Marks who say Kenyatta and Brandt benefited from boosted stipends to bolster political stability and party strength
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Washington
Carter
U.S
CIA
King Hussein
Jordan
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya
Joseph Mobutu
Zaire
Forbes Burnham
Guyana
Makarios
Dalai Lama
Washington Post
Victor Marchetti
John D. Marks
The
Cult of Intelligence
United States
White House
State Department
Hussein
Jody Powell
Middle East
Marchetti
Marks
Intelligence
Kenyatta
Brandt
Thieu
Mobutu
Burnham
Iowa considers poet laureate pay. Rep Clark volunteers
State senator proposes hiring a poet laureate at 1000 dollars annually while Rep Betty Jean Clark offers to perform the duties for free. She notes you get what you pay for and shares a sample ode praising Iowa, Bob Ray, and legislative staff with humorous jabs at the House and Senate.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hawkeye
Betty Jean Clark
Senate
House
Carter Expands Urban Aid Plan With Billions in Funds
The Carter administration proposes a broader Community Development Program expanding to 4 billion dollars next October from 3.2 current. HUD officials indicate the plan combines Model Cities and urban renewal and would extend for three years with 4.2 billion in 1978 and 4.5 billion in 1979 to aid about 2 500 communities and 100 counties.
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Washington
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Gerald R. Ford
HUD
Unemployment Bill Aims to Tighten Benefit Rules
Raleigh AP reports state unemployment officials cannot determine savings from a Senate bill tightening eligibility. The measure would end benefits for workers who quit, are fired for misconduct, or refuse suitable work, and would shift to faster start of payments. Wittmer cites unclear data but sees potential overall savings and a return to stricter program standards.
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Raleigh
Senate
Warren G. Wittmer
Wittmer
Test Flight Demonstrates 747 Can Carry Space Shuttle Enterprise
Edwards AFB Calif AP A NASA test shows a Boeing 747 carrier with the space shuttle Enterprise piggyback can fly and maneuver safely. The flight reached 16000 feet at 287 mph, with pilots noting the shuttle caused mild buffet but no serious issues.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
NASA
Tle
Desert
Fitzhugh Fulton Jr
Crosland Dies At 58 In London
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Crosland died at Oxford Radcliffe Infirmary after a stroke left him in a coma. He collapsed at his country home while working on Rhodesia crisis papers. cremation planned for family members. His wife Susan was by his bedside.
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London
Anthony Crosland
Foreign Office
Crosland
Susan
Oxford Radcliffe Infirmary
Oxford
Rhodesia
European Common Market
Council of Ministers
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