Russian warships near U S shadowed by USS Bigelow in Gulf
Four Russian navy vessels sailing within 35 miles of the U S coast in the Gulf of Mexico were shadowed by the destroyer USS Bigelow and Navy P3 patrol bombers. The task force, including a guided missile cruiser and two destroyers, arrived in Havana on June 27 and then entered the Gulf after leaving Cuba.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Gulf of Mexico
Bigelow
Pentagon
Jacksonville
Fla
Gulf
Havana
Cuba
Mine blast kills four in Virginia
Four miners were killed in a south western Virginia coal mine after a blast that sent methane gas through the area. fourteen others escaped as rescue efforts were halted by smoke and gas. The bodies were recovered around 2 a.m. near a storage shed with investigators from the Federal Mine Safety Enforcement Administration examining the mine.
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ST. Charles
UPI
Virginia
Chad Blevens
Blevens
Mile Deep
Federal Mine Safety Enforcement Administration
Charlie Poe
Clyde Poe
P&p Coal Co
Lee County
Comroum
Little Black Range
Bill Perkins
Jonesville
Harold Johnson
Harold Wells
Danny Tester
Woodway
California bans gasoline additive MMT over emissions and health concerns
The California Air Resources Board bans methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl MMT as harmful to antismog devices and potentially toxic with long term inhalation. Board chair Tom Quinn cited incomplete evidence but warned of brain damage risk from manganese compounds. Ban takes effect in 60 days as oil firms switch to alternatives.
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Los Angeles
API
California Air Resources Board
Tom Quinn
California
Quinn
Ford
General Motors
MMT
Don Jensen
Deadly Danbury prison fire linked to melting panels
Five inmates died and 62 were injured when a blaze swept a crowded Danbury federal prison cellblock. Fire officials blamed flame cut fiberglass paneling for dense deadly smoke. A female guard disobeyed orders, enabling escapes, while an unidentified guard may have cost the five lives by panicking at a cell door. Norman A. Carlson ordered a board of inquiry and pledged nationwide fire-hazard reviews.
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Danbury, Conn
UPI
Danbury Federal Penitentiary
Danbury Hospital
Norman A. Carlson
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Termination of Missile Program To Cost 700 Jobs
Rockwell International Autonetics Group in Anaheim plans layoff of about 700 workers after Carter halts Minuteman III production. An additional 250 positions to be cut at other Rockwell divisions through January with 70 in July and 400 in October. Final 10 guidance sets contracted with deliveries by November.
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Anaheim
API
Carter
Rockwell International Autonetics Group
Department of Defense
David Newbro
Autonetics
Rockwell
Newbro
Sacramento
UPI
Personnel Board
William R. Gianelli
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Gianelli
Oil flow resumes after pipeline leak near Fairbanks
The Alyeska pipeline restarted pumping after a three day shutdown caused by a nitrogen leak at Pump Station No 8 near Fairbanks. Cracks in an elbow of the 48 inch line were linked to liquid nitrogen, with no oil spilled. Flow was expected to reach Valdez storage tanks by late July or early August.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
UPI
Alyeska
Arctic Ocean
Alyeska Pipeline Services Co
Prudhoe Bay
Valdez
North Slope
Former Speaker Carl Albert Pressured 8A Program Picks
A former SBA official recalled Carl Albert pressing for a white owned firm to be declared disadvantaged and win 8A contracts in 1972. Albert denied wrongdoing while the official called the action blatant political pressure amid Hill contacts and government loan influence.
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Washington
UPI
Carl Albert
Small Business Administration
Albert
SBA
Donald Dunlap
Hartshorn
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Aerotronics
James H
Jim Rice
Tom Kleppe
Rice
Thomas
Kleppe
Concorde ban renewed at Kennedy Airport
The Port Authority voted unanimously to extend a 16 month ban on Concorde SST operations at Kennedy Airport pending more noise research. Environmental consultants advised the board that the aircraft emits low frequency energy causing annoyance and vibrations. The decision precedes a federal court hearing next Tuesday.
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New York
UPI
Port Authority of
New Jersey
Kennedy Airport
Alan Sagner
Aubrey McKennel
McKennel Associates
London
Carl
Invasion fears ease as Belize talks move forward
Belize City reports a détente after Britain and Guatemala reach a Washington communique. Delegations say independence must follow a public process over time, with no sudden move toward Belize’s independence. British troops patrol border as diplomats plan next steps.
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Belize City
Belize
UPI
Guatemala
Washington
British Honduras
Great Britain
Northern
Ireland
Ted Rowlands
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Lompoc
Air Resources Board
Blaze
Board of Inquiry
Rockwell International
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Join Party Fare’s Birthday Club
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Flompoc
Lsteak & Lobster House
Mission Hills
Wwe
Nina K. Miller
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Lompoc Valley
Britain
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