Six oil firms win rights to drill off Atlantic Coast
The Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to the 1976 Baltimore Canyon lease sale, clearing six firms Gulf Exxon Houston Oil & Gas Mobil Shell Texaco to begin exploratory drilling within two weeks. The area lies off Ocean City Maryland to Toms River New Jersey with potential billions in oil and gas.
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Bergland Evasive as egg protesters confront AMARILLO visit
Protesters threw eggs and snowballs at Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland in Amarillo as he met with American Agriculture leaders. A police chief was struck by an egg while Bergland called the action harmful to the farm strike movement. He outlined a three year plan to cut wheat by 20 percent and corn and milo by 10 percent with a storage subsidy aim to lift prices to 3.15 per bushel. He said farmers could use reserve programs to push prices higher while critics urged quicker action.
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Texas
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Wichita, Kan
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Clinton Lake Historical Society Holds Inaugural Meeting
A special meeting at 7:30 tonight in Clinton Township Hall marks the first annual business session of the newly incorporated Clinton Lake Historical Society. Martha Parker and Betty Laird will present a narrated slide show titled Soil of Our Souls.
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Tragic Calisfornia mother shoots four children ends self
In Prunedale California a 28 year old mother Sue Barber despondent over her separation shot her four children two fatally then killed herself. The victims include sons aged 10 and 2 and infant Nicholas. Kathy Barber 9 and Sue Barber were injured. the baby Nicholas died. Police say the mother acted alone and no charges were filed until recovery.
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Monterey County
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Stout hearted woman to celebrate 94th birthday bar tab torn
Genovese Camlin, a longtime Greenwich Village resident visiting the No Name bar, plans to celebrate turning 94 while her $10,000 tab is torn up. She drinks Guinness daily, aided by saloonkeeper Danny Lettieri who preserves the quirky ritual amid a blizzard.
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