Great Energy Potential Seen In Bioconversion
WARREN LEARY reports at a three day AP conference on bioconversion that renewable energy lies in abundantly available plant, tree, and waste matter. Experts call for pilot projects, international cooperation, and further study on the long term social and economic impacts while noting methanogenic and liquid fuel options and a Florida microbiological plant to digest municipal trash.
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Warren Leary
Washington (Ap
Kirkbride
Erda
Pompano Beach
Fla
Major U S Firms Admit Foreign Payoffs Inquiries Grow
Washington AP three more large American companies ITT General Tire and Rubber Westinghouse disclose internal probes into overseas bribe payments. ITT reports 3.3 million paid to foreign customers or officials over five years, while General Tire kept secret fund around 1 million mostly to Arab consultants. Westinghouse found under 300,000 in questionable overseas payments. Universal Oil Products also reports 290,000 since 1970. ITT says no laws broken in 86 countries. political contributions overseas legal.
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Washington
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
JTT General Tire and Rubber Co
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Securities and Exchange Commission
ITT
General Tire
Westinghouse
Universal Oil Products Co
United States
U.S
SEC
Ford Campaign Swing Through North Carolina Triad
President Ford campaigned across Greensboro Winston Salem and Wilkes County as North Carolina held its March 23 Republican primary. The trip featured meetings with reporters at Guilford College and a bicentennial event at Guilford County Courthouse Battlefield Park, followed by a rally in Wilkes County attended by about 15 000.
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Ellis
Oval Office
Jim Holfhouser
Ford
Southeastern
New River
Thomas S. Kleppe
Guilford College
Guilford County Courthouse Battlefield Park
Hanes Mail
Winston-Salem
Wilkes County
Helms
Kleppe Backs Scenic River Move to Block New River Dams
Interior Secretary Kleppe announces he intends to add 26.5 miles of the New River in North Carolina to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, potentially blocking two dams on the river in Virginia and North Carolina. The action hinges on court rulings about the existing FPC license and could extend years of litigation, with environmentalists praising the move to preserve an ecologically valuable, centuries old river.
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Kleppe
North Carolina
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Ford
Washington
Thomas 5
Virginia
Ronald Reagan
Appalachian Power Co
Roanoke
Federal Power Commission
Court of Appeals
RNC
Reagan
Interior Department
FPC
President's Council On
Peri Kleppe
Department of the Interior
Blue Ridge
Supreme Court
New River
Ove Nation
Mine Explosion Victims Still in Shaft
Federal officials and Beolin Coal Co face sealing the southeast Kentucky mine to entomb 41 victims after back to back blasts. Recovery plans hinge on stabilizing the atmosphere, with officials warning the mine may stay sealed for weeks or longer while methane gas is controlled.
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Owen Fork
Beolin Coal Co
Kentucky
Robert Barrett
U.S. Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
Barrett
Roie
Ernest Collins
Louisville Courier- Journal
MESA
UNC plan limits degree expansion under long range proposal
UNC Board of Governors weighing a 750 page plan proposing slow enrollment growth and no new bachelor to master to doctorate transitions. East Carolina University only exception for biomedical doctorates tied to new medical school. Four programs approved for planning. Meeting set for April 2.
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UNC
East Carolina University
Hugh Daniel
Waynesville
General Assembly
William C. Friday
East Carolina University Medical School
Veterinary School
North Carolina State
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William Carey
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Donald A. Dever
Biomass Energy Institute
Winnipeg
Canada
Deaver
Developing Countries
Dever
South Korea
Chalmer G. Kirkbride
U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration
California
Jerry Brown
San Rafael
Calif
UA Bridge
Triad
Alleghany
Ashe
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