Fire safety failures cited at St. Louis Military Records Center
A massive fire at the Military Records Center in St. Louis exposed missing safeguards in a high rise storage building. Firefighters battled for days, stopping flames on the sixth floor where records for about 22 million former servicemen were stored. Officials and experts warn the design lacked fire walls, sprinklers, and other containment features, risking total loss of irreplaceable records.
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Gant US
Conner
Sint
Isles
Linis County
James £. Holdingians
United States
Wsseorld
Pentagon
George E. Kassabaum
Holding
Construction permits fall in Texas and Lubbock in April
Texas construction permits decline 4 percent in April from March, while the Lubbock SMSA shows a larger drop of 21 percent. Texas totals reach 9,085,068 in urban building permits, with both areas showing year over year increases. Lubbock reports a 157 percent rise in authorized construction from a year earlier.
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Texas
Texas Business Review
Lubbock
Tobacco Sale to China Reported by U S Officials
The Agriculture Department said more than 500000 dollars worth of U S tobacco was sold to China in what may be a breakthrough reviving a major trade, with a Hong Kong firm signing a June contract to supply about 200 metric tons for shipment later this year.
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China
Agriculture Departent
Foreign Agricultural Service
FAS
U.S
Prc
United States
Liason
Peking
Hong Kong
U. S
Guyana Official Predicted To Win Re-Election
GEORGETOWN Guyana Prime Minister Forbes Burnham was expected to win reelection to a five year term in general elections. More than 250 000 voters could cast ballots in a four party race as Burnham and his PNC faced Cheddi Jagan’s PPC and two new parties amid doubt of a serious challenge.
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Georgetown
Guyana
Forbes Burnham
Soutt America
Britain
Burnham
People's Tional Congress
PNC
Marxist People's Progressive Party
PPC
Cheddi Jagan
Weicker Defends Subpoena Stance at Watergate Hearings
In New York a Senate discussion centers on executive power as Weicker argues against broad subpoenas. The Connecticut senator says Nixon should decide on subpoenas or documents, warning of overreach before the Watergate inquiry and Ervin Committee proceedings.
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Weicker
R-Conn
Watergate Investi
Nixon
Ervin Weicker
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