Skipper Testifies As Argo Merchant Grounded Off Course
Capt. George Papadopoulos testified in Manhattan court that the Lib eran tanker Argo Merchant ran 24.5 miles off course and foundered on shoals while burning gyrocompass failure and magnetic steering. The tanker split, spilling 7.5 million gallons of heavy oil as other Siberian spills drew Coast Guard attention along the coast and at Delaware River and Thames River sites.
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New York
Argo
George Papadopoulos
U.S. District Court
Manhattan
Papadopoulous
Marcus Hook
Delaware River
Amerada Hess Co
Groton
Coast Guard
Long Beach
Calif
Thebes Shipping Co
Monrovia
Liberia
Nantucket Island
Woman Receives Probation for Check Forgery
A La Crosse woman, Margaret Arentz, 47, was given two years probation after pleading on two counts of check forgery. She forged Colleen Price signatures on checks for 41.17 and 29.64 drawn on a Prairie du Lac bank and must repay 945.65 in outstanding checks, with 100 already paid.
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la Crosse
Margaret Arentz
Gillette St
la Crosse County
Colleen Price
Prairie du Lac
Leonard Roraff
Richard Wateski
S. 6Th St
Wateski
Faith D. Pederson
St. Rose Convent
St. Francis Hospital
Ice Skating at La Crosse Rinks Schedules Update
La Crosse ice rinks including the Lagoon are open today with hours 3:30 to 5 and 6:30 to 9 p.m. at city rinks and 3 to 9:30 p.m. at the Lagoon per the parks and recreation department.
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la Crosse
City Parks and Recreation Department
States Curb Food Stamp Waste
The Agriculture Department reports 745000 ineligible food stamp users among 18.5 million in the first half of 1976, with 1.8 million overpaid. Total erroneous payments reach 215 million, about nine cents per dollar, reflecting improvements over late 1975 as states tighten case reviews.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Food and Nutrition Section
USDA
Nancy Snyder
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Skipper
James Moreau
S. S. Kre
U. S
General Electric
Anuts
Mners
Lay
Hamster House
West Bend
Oryee YS
Kmart
Our
Roraff
Richard Bilskemper
Onalaska
Susan Colliton
Bilskemper
Madeleine Knight
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
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