Niagara Falls Chemical Plant Blast Kills Four
An explosion at the Hooker Chemical Co plant in Niagara Falls New York released deadly chlorine gas killing four people and injuring 87 others. Police say sabotage is unlikely and FBI investigators are assisting as two remain in serious condition and another car leaks from the storage tank.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
UPI
Hooker Chemical Co
Nigara Falls
Robert C. Kumm
Kumm
FBI
Hooker
Walter E. Fitzgerald
Special Chemical Division
Fitzgerald
George Socci
David Guyette
Niagara
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
Memorial Medical Center
Mount St. Mary’s Hospital
Lewiston
Clyde McBride
Raymond Zaso
James D. Calquhoun
Lester Docks
Niagara County
Oscar A. Bell
Senate action on anti redlining mortgage bill advances in Senate
The measure would require banks to post mortgage loan locations to allow groups to pressure lenders who refuse financing in declining urban neighborhoods. It also extends for 14 months the interest ceiling on savings accounts with Passbook limits set at 5 percent for banks and 5 percent for savings and loan institutions. The bill, a House Senate compromise, cleared the Senate without debate and faces a House vote this week before potential presidential action.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Savings and Loan Associations
House
Ford
Congress
Barrett Hearing Denied in Ninth Circuit Appeal
A police lieutenant fired for falsifying records and missed shifts failed to gain a second Civil Service Commission hearing. The Ninth Circuit upheld a district court ruling denying Barrett's request after his Jan. 16 hearing refuted his claim of termination without notice. Las Vegas attorney Robert Dorsey notified Barrett of the decision.
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Virginia Morrison Sun
Boulder City
California
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Roger Foley
Robert Barrett
Civil Service Commission
Barrett
Mal Degernes
CSC
Degernes
Las Vegas
Robert Dorsey
Treasure Mountain suit filed in Utah federal court
Utah man Larry B. Atkinson and California resident Byron P. Dixon filed a federal case in Utah against Treasure Mountain Corporation and Hal Taylor Associates. They seek return of their $62,629.84 condominium investment plus six percent interest and $10,000 in damages alleging violations of federal and Utah statutes in the sale offered through a prospectus.
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Salt Lake City
UPS
Utah
California
Park City Resort
Larry B. Atkinson
Orem
Byron P. Dixon
Santa Clara County
Calif
Treasure Mountain Corporation
Hal Taylor Associates
Soviet Farm Goals Seen Realistic by US Analyst
US Department of Agriculture analyst Fletcher Pope says preliminary Soviet draft goals for 1976-1980 appear fairly realistic. He notes meat and grain targets and potential imports from the United States could influence long term U.S. grain demand and trade, with a 6-8 million ton annual purchase pledge under the current agreement.
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Washington
UPI
Fletcher Pope
US Department of Agriculture
Pope
Communist Party
Moscow
U.S
Doctor awarded damages in Medical Society case over medicare stance
A San Francisco Superior Court jury awarded Dr. Stanford W. Aschermant 60 000 for damages after claiming the local Medical Society conspired to ruin his practice for advocating Medicare. The verdict includes 20 000 in actual damages and 40 000 in punitive damages against the Medical Society.
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San Francisco
UPI
Stanford W. Aschermant
Medical Society
Ascherman
San Francisco Medical Society
Bruce Lubarskyman
Kepone Jury Aid Sought In Hopewell Poisoning Probe
A federal prosecutor says a grand jury will be asked to assist in the kepone poisoning investigation at the Life Science Products Co plant in Hopewell Virginia. The EPA-led probe found kepone in air water and soil and linked possible violations to federal anti-pollution laws. About 57 people showed symptoms or had kepone in blood with some hospitalized.
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Richmond
UPI
Hopewell
U.S
Rod Sager
Environmental Protection Agency
Sager
Life Science Products Co
EPA
Husband Held In Heroin Death
A 20-year-old man was booked in Los Angeles County on suspicion of murdering his 19-year-old wife after she died from an apparent heroin overdose. Stanley Goldbloom alerted sheriff's deputies at 2 a.m. to the death at their home in LA Puente California.
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LA Puente
Calif
UPI
Stanley Goldbloom
Sheriff's Deputies
Bonnie
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