Detroit Mayor seeks details on drug probe involving top police official
Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young asked DEA Director Theodore Vernier for full disclosure on a drug investigation involving Executive Deputy Police Chief Frank A. Blount, the city’s highest ranking Black officer. Vernier would not comment or promise a briefing, while Blount was quietly moved to extended sick leave by Police Chief Philip Tannian, a move officials say unrelated to the probe.
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Frank A. Blount
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Theodore Vernier
Drug Enforcement Administration
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Blount
Philip Tannian
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Protesters Arrested at Seabrook Nuclear Plant in New Hampshire
More than 150 demonstrators from the Clamshell Alliance were arrested for violating a court order during a protest occupation of the Seabrook nuclear power plant. State police moved the crowd to the Portsmouth National Guard Armory after about 75 minutes on the grounds. They faced charges of criminal trespass and injunction violation, with some also charged with disorderly conduct.
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UPI
Portsmouth
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Dense Fog Accidents Spark Toll Road Tieup in Ohio
Dense fog caused a 2.5 hour closure on the Ohio Turnpike between exits 16 and 16A. A car and a Canadian bus collided injuring 29 and killing a pedestrian, with 25 vehicles damaged including the bus.
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Youngstown, Ohio
UPI
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Home Town Mourns Tanaka From Nishiyama Roots
Nishiyama residents reflect on Kakuei Tanaka's rise from the mountain village to Japan's prime minister. Though he cannot return while jailed in Kosuge Prison over the Lockheed scandal, locals express regret for his arrest and pity for his elderly mother.
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Kosuge
Tokyo
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Niigata
Illinois
Japan Sea
Mitsugi Ito
Ito
Teasure
Sakashi Hattori
Hattori
Gold and Labor in South Africa’s Welkom Mines
The piece examines black migrant workers in Welkom, Orange Free State, drilling deep in oppressive heat for about $150 a month. It notes high fatality and injury rates among 65,000 black workers across seven Anglo American mines, with wage gaps and job barriers driven by racial policies and union controls.
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Free State
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