Mt Usu erupts in ash plume driving evacuations in Hokkaido
Japan's Mt Usu erupts after hundreds of earthquakes, sending an eight mile high pillar of fire and smoke. Rocks crack a cockpit window and ash blankets cornfields. Authorities evacuate 20 000 tourists and 7 000 villagers with no casualties reported. Activity eases but tremors continue every four minutes.
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Mt. Usu
Hokkaido
Japan
Island
Tokyo
UPI
Japanese Meteorological Agency
Muroran City
Usu
Bomb scare at Midtown office building
Police defused a dynamite incident at a Midtown Manhattan office building housing Amax Corp next to Radio City Music Hall. No injuries were reported as several sticks were removed.
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New York
Midtown Manhattan
Amax Corp
Radio City Music Hall
Migrants mass near Tijuana seek U.S. entry amid amnesty push
A crowd estimated at 200 000 to 250 000 destitute migrants clusters around Tijuana determined to reach the United States before Congress acts on President Carter's amnesty proposal. They plan to pay polleros 250 dollars to guide them to Los Angeles.
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New York Times
Tijuana
Mexico
U.S
Congress
Carter
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Waste and idleness plague Alaska pipeline project
A Washington report for the Alaska Pipeline Commission cites $1.5 billion in waste on the $8 billion Trans Alaska pipeline. It notes workers idle on site, sunbathing, and misused equipment as Alyeska management failures, while the line recently delivered oil to Valdez amid investigations into costs and irregularities.
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Washington
Alaska Pipeline Commission
Terry F. Lenzner
Watergate
Alyeska
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Valdez
Alaska
Lenzner
Beatrice Foods Tests Whipped Butter Link to Poisoning
Beatrice Foods says two days of testing will show if its whipped butter caused more than 100 food poisoning cases in central Illinois and the St. Louis area. Public health officials blame bulk whipped butter distributed in seven states. Beatrice recalled both bulk restaurant butter and smaller grocery containers. Neal Gazel, Beatrice PR director, says staff are recalls around the clock.
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Chicago
UPI
Beatrice Foods Co
Illinois
St. Louis
Beatrice
Neal Gazel
Schlesinger pushes standby gas tax revival in Senate hearings
Energy Secretary James Schlesinger urged the Senate Finance Committee to revive President Carter's standby gasoline tax plan and pressed for tightening exemptions on gas and oil use taxes. He warned House defeat weakens the energy program and called for broader tax measures including higher taxes on gas guzzlers and trucks. Transportation Secretary Adams warned gasoline could rise to about $1 per gallon if energy taxes pass and oil costs rise.
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Washington
UPI
James Schlesinger
Senate Finance Committee
Carter
House
Russell Long
D-La
Senate
Schlesinger
Transportation
Brock Adams
Begin confirms Israeli artillery aiding Lebanese Christians
Prime Minister Menahem Begin acknowledged that Israeli artillery has fired on Palestinian units in southern Lebanon to defend Christian villages under attack. He said Israel trains its artillery on the origins of hostile fire and noted plans to build a water pipeline for Christian communities after the destruction of the old line.
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Jerusalem
Menahem Begin
Lebanon
Israel
Begin
Polanski pleads guilty to unlawful sex with girl in Santa Monica
Film director Roman Polanski admitted having intercourse with a 13 year old girl in Santa Monica. He faces 1 to 50 years if convicted and may be deported as a non citizen. Proceeding to determine mental disorder status was ordered and two psychiatrists will evaluate him.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Roman Polanski
Polanski
Roger Gunson
United States
Gunson
Superior Court
Laurence Rittenband
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