Outbreak of tanker accidents tied to oil spill woes
Across the U S coast a string of tanker incidents spills thousands of gallons of crude. Captains from Liberia and Greece face charges as oil slicks foul Delaware Thames and Georges Bank while EPA chief Train urges stricter port standards.
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Delaware
U.S. Atlantic
Connecticut
Thames River
Coast Guard
Puerto Rico
California
Environmental Protection Agency
Russell Train
Train
United States
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Vassilios Vlismas
U.S
David Marston
Vlismas
U.S. Coast Guard
Ex mental patient slain by officers near hostage standoff
In Haysville Kansas deputies killed former mental patient Larry Lear 30 after he held six people at a two story home for nine hours Police said two deputies fired through a glass door to stop Lear who had a pistol rifle and shotgun The six hostages were released unharmed and none were injured in the standoff Lonnie Bean Lear's girlfriend was treated for shock and a deputy suffered a minor wound
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Kan
UPI
Kansas
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Jack Murry
Lear
Murry
George Jameson
Jameson
Lonnie Bean
Wichita
John Hornek
Sedgwick County
Johnny Carr
Wichita Ke
Harry Minor
Ed Derwatski
Warner Eisenbise
Miss Bean
Minor
Sedgwick County Sheriff's
Soviet Near Match for US Tomahawk Reported
Jane's Weapons Systems says the Soviet Union may possess three missiles that could rival the US Tomahawk. The SS N13 and two others are largely unclassified with unknown operation roles and could affect SALT1 balance as talks near a defining round.
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London
UPI
Soviet Union
Navy
Jane's
West
Pretty
Russia
America
Government erred on ground bone ruling says meat industry
Washington officials faced criticism from the meat industry over the deboned meat policy. AMI President Richard Lyng urged formal rule making and public review before authorizing such processing, saying the suspension harmed investment and resource use while supporting healthful deboned meat.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Lyng
American Meat Institute
Agriculture Department
De Broglie Widow Challenges Police Theory
The widow of Prince Jean de Broglie disputes police claims that two business partners arranged his 800000 debt killing. Six men were arrested, with five direct participants and one conspirator. Pierre de Varga's daughter defends her father, while a plainclothesman named Guy Simonet admits a personal stake in the death.
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Paris
UPI
Jean de Broglie
de Broglie
National Assembly
Pierre de Varga
Varga
Pascale de Varga
Guy Simonet
Spain releases Communist leaders amid Oriol kidnapping crisis
Madrid moves bail for Santiago Carrillo and seven top Communist leaders totaling 22 700 dollars while a second deadline looms in the Oriol kidnapping case. The Antifascist group October 1 issued a Sunday ultimatum demanding prisoner releases or Oriol’s execution. Protests erupt as arrests follow.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Santiago Carrillo
Antoni Maria Oriol
Oriol
el Pais
Carabanchel
Eagleton seeks step by step USPS delay explanation
Sen Thomas Eagleton asks USPS head Benjamin Bailor for a detailed, stop by stop account of why a first class letter mailed Dec 17 from Kansas City to the Army Corps of Engineers in Washington took 11 days to arrive on Dec 28. Eagleton says the delay shows a system breakdown.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Thomas Eagleton
U.S Postal Service
Benjamin Bailor
Kansas City
Washington
Eagleton
Army Corps of Engineers
Missouri Democrat
Sadat Warns Israel Faces Geneva Peace Conference Obligation
In an Al Ahram interview Sadat says Israel cannot avoid Geneva talks and will join to end conflict. He backs cooperation with Carter, may meet Brezhnev to ease Egypt-Soviet ties, and warns of possible Israeli nuclear strike and retaliation plans. The Egyptian leader also urges a provisional government for Palestinians in exile.
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Cairo
UPI
Israel
Geneva
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Jimmy Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
al Ahram
Beirut
al Sayyad
Hafez Assad
Carter
Cyrus Vance
Lebanon
Egypt
McGovern faults Carter cabinet as business as usual
Senator George McGovern says Carter's new cabinet mostly mirrors past selections and could have been picked by Nixon. He notes watergate and Vietnam disillusionment but sees little real change in the administration’s personnel.
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Washington
UPI
George McGovern
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
Carter
Nelson Rockefeller
Lyndon Johnson
Amtrak Passengers Stranded Overnight In Midwest
About 350 passengers aboard Amtrak No 5 on the westbound San Francisco Zephyr were stranded overnight in Galesburg Illinois due to severe cold and wheel flat spots. The train left Chicago late and ran into locomotive shortages with three engines needing replacement. Most riders stayed aboard the heated cars as meals were served.
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Galesburg
Ill
UPI
Amtrak
San Francisco
Washington
Midwest
Chicago
Denver
Ford faces amnesty, price controls and pay raises during ski trip
President Ford, on a two week ski vacation at Vail, weighs amnesty for Vietnam era draft evaders, lifting federal gasoline price controls, and pay raises for congressmen and federal judges. He notes approval of UNESCO funds and hints Carter may decide on raises.
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Colo
Janie Hart
Sen
Philip Hart
Ford
Vietnam
White House
Presidential Advisory Commission
Jimmy Carter
Unesco
U.N
United States
Bubble gum bandits disrupt USSR road diplomacy
Western diplomats report a spree of incidents by teens dubbed bubble gum bandits along a remote road about 85 miles northwest of Leningrad. The youths block cars, bang on windows, and demand gum or Western items, with Sundays most active and Helsinki a six to seven hour drive away.
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Leningrad
U.S.S.R
UPI
Finland
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