House postpones offshore oil and gas bidding reform action
The Rules Committee delayed House consideration of a new offshore oil and gas development bill until next year. The bill would replace the bonus bid system with alternative bidding, create an oil spill liability fund, grant states a planning role, and require leaseholders to develop or lose leases.
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Washington
UPI
House
William Hughes
D-N.j
Interior Department
Oil well blaze traps three dead at Elk Hills reserve
Famed firefighter Red Adair arrived at the government owned Elk Hills oil reserve to tackle a runaway fire after an underground explosion killed three Hydraulic Workover Services workers in Bakersfield. Flames rose up to 150 feet as Adair prepared to attempt a successor effort, while 750 gallons of water per minute were poured to control spread.
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Taft
OPI
Red Adair
Elk Hills
Adair
Anita Powell
Texas
Department of Energy
George VanHoosen
Mark Morvant
Bobby Fuqua
Hydraulic Workover Services Inc
Bakersfield
Kern County
Louisiana
Heavy rains flood Carolinas and threaten rivers
Gulf frontal system brings up to 4.5 inches of rain across western Carolinas and southern Appalachians with flooding in progress on the French Broad River. Alabama Mississippi areas forecast floods as Warrior River rises. Tracy Missouri evacuates 200 residents due to Little Platte flooding.
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Carolinas
Alabama
National Weather Service
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Mississippi
Warrior River
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Greer
S.C
Athens
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ohio Valley
Central Appalachians
Mid-Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Tracy
Little Platte River
Chillicothe
Montana
Washington
Oregon
California
Exner file closure wins judge's support
U.S. District Court Judge Edward Schwartz ruled the FBI may withhold its files on Judith Campbell Exner. He said public release could harm informants in the case. Exner, 43, of Newport Beach, had sought the documents under FOIA claiming harassment by the FBI since the 1960s.
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UPI
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Judith Campbell Exner
John F. Kennedy
U.S. District Court
Edward Schwartz
Newport Beach
Calif
Common Market picks England for JET fusion reactor site
The European Community voted to build the Joint European Torus reactor at Culham England, ending a dispute with Germany and Luxembourg backing Culham while Italy abstained. West Germany faced a choice between Culham and Garching. decision aims to provide fusion power and potential energy security for the 21st century. Guido Brunner said the project could employ 320 staff at buildout and take five years to complete with possible second generation fusion later.
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England
Garching
Munich
West Germany
Culham
Germany
Italy
Tony Wedgwood Benn
Campaign finance bid dead in House stalemate
Washington plan to fund congressional campaigns with federal money is dead for the year after a House Administration Committee vote. Bipartisan opposition trimmed the proposal, raising costs and expanding coverage to primary contests, making passage unlikely in 1977.
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UPI
House
House Administration Committee
Senate
California extended forecast by region through Sunday
Northern California will be fair with possible showers in the north Friday. Coastal fog at night and morning. Highs upper 50s to mid 60s near the coast and 70s to low 80s inland. Central California stays fair with coastal fog at night and morning. Temperatures mid 60s to mid 70s at the coast and 70s to mid 80s inland. Southern California deserts stay dry and warm with lows 38 to 48 Owens Valley. Coastal and mountain areas see fog at night with highs upper 60s to mid 80s and mountains 60s with 30s to 45 at night.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Owens Valley
Detroit parents face second vaccine crackdown
Detroit health officials report progress as a second crackdown on unvaccinated schoolchildren shows early signs of success. By week’s end thousands may return to class with free clinics reporting stronger turnout than expected and officials warning the deadline remains in effect.
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Detroit
UPS
Russell Charter
Charter
New 32-foot Blue Spruce Replaces White House Christmas Tree
The National Park Service planted a 32-foot blue spruce in the Ellipse behind the White House to replace a 42-foot tree from Wilkes-Barre, donated in 1974. The old tree will serve as the yule log for Pageant of Peace ceremonies this winter. The new tree, on the front lawn of a Potomac Maryland couple for 25 years, was craned into place across from the White House south lawn.
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National Park Service
White House
Wilkes- Barre
Washington
Potomac
Syria Blames Iraq For Assassination Plot On Foreign Minister
Syrian papers charge Iraq with masterminding an Abu Dhabi attack that killed UAE minister Saif al Ghobash and wounded Syria’s Abdel Halim Khaddam says Baghdad orchestrated the event. Iraq counters that Syria planted a Baghdad car bomb.
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UPI
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Syria
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
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Abdel Halim Khaddam
Saif bin Said al Ghobash
Khaddam
al Baath
Baath Party
Utah Governor Opposes Weteye Nerve Gas Transfer
Utah Governor Scott Matheson declares opposition to transferring about 900 Weteye nerve gas bombs from Colorado to Utah Tooele Army Depot. He states frustration over lack of federal response and demands public safety information while the Defense Department considers storage at Tooele or destruction.
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UPI
Scott Matheson
Carter
Washington
Utah
Matheson
Defense Department
Colorado
Tooele Army Depot
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