Toxic carbon tetrachloride spill flows toward Cincinnati
A 75 mile spill of carbon tetrachloride from West Virginia is moving down the Ohio River toward Louisville and Cincinnati. Officials urge boiling drinking water as tests seek the source plant FMC South Charleston refutes firm links while Diamond Shamrock Pittsburgh Plate Glass and Allied Chemical reported tests. Downriver communities warn restaurants hotels and events as testing continues amid public health concerns.
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West Virginia
Ohio River
Louisville
Joseph Harrison
Chicago
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Harrison
James
Manwaring
EPA
Philadelphia
FMC Corp
South Charleston
W.va
FMC
Parkersburg
Diamond Shamrock
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Allied Chemical Co
Huntington
Bill Currey
Kanawa River
Ohio
Amin says deaths are punishment of God in Uganda crisis
In Nairobi and Kampala the deaths of Anglican Archbishop Janani Luwum and ministers Charles Oboth-Ofumbe and Erinyao Oryema sparked global protests. Amin insisted he is not guilty of any crime while reports claim gunmen killed hundreds in northern Uganda amid alleged plotter confessions and a push for an international inquiry.
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Kenya
Idi Amin
Amin
Uganda
Janani Luwum
Charles Oboth-Ofumbe
Erinyao Oryema
Maj
Moses
Daily Nation
Kampala
Nakesoro
Acholi
Luwum
Ray alone killed King claims report
A Justice Department task force says evidence James Earl Ray was the lone assassin of Martin Luther King is convincing. It criticizes FBI supervision of the 1968 investigation and notes the motive remains elusive and Ray's means of support before the murder are not explained.
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Washington
Justice Department
Martin Luther King
James Earl Ray
FBI
King
Ray
Memphis
Shuttle piggyback test flight succeeds
Edwards AFB Calif AP a 747 jumbo carrier with space shuttle Enterprise on its back completed a successful piggyback test flight reaching 16000 feet and 287 mph The flight tested stability handling and data links with two stabilizers added to the 747s tail A jettison system and emergency explosives were armed for free flight later tests.
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Calif
NASA
Desert
Fitzhugh Fulton Jr
Chimney Sweep Charlie Mullis in Chattanooga Photo
Charlie Mullis and a partner run the city’s only chimney cleaning service in Chattanooga Tennessee. Mullis lowers a brush into a chimney while wearing a traditional top hat and tails, illustrating the hazardous nature of the work for those with acrophobia.
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Charlie Mullis
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mullis
Germany
Europe
Doomsday jet purchase halted after Carter objection
President Carter urged Pentagon officials not to buy any more of the $117 million Doomsday planes that would serve as flying war rooms in case of nuclear attack. He wrote Brown to halt purchases and asked for details on plans to use aircraft already owned. Administration sources said the view followed a recent flight in the military version of a Boeing 747 during a weekend trip to Plains Georgia.
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Nairobi
Suwum
Luwum
The
Daily Telegraph
London
East Africa
Amin
Washington
Carter
Pentagon
Brown
Administration
Plains
Cold weekend forecast with flurries possible
Skies will turn colder tonight and Sunday with a 50 percent chance of precipitation. Lows near 15 tonight and highs around 30 on Sunday, as unsettled air brings light snowfall chances.
Carter orders review of CIA links amid new payoff reports
President Carter launches an intensive review of foreign intelligence operations after reports that multiple foreign leaders including King Hussein of Jordan, Willy Brandt, Nguyen van Thieu, Jomo Kenyatta, Mobutu, Burnham, Makarios, and the Dalai Lama received secret CIA payments over years. The Washington Post cites a still-secret manuscript and past court battles over publishing such names.
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Jordan
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Washington Post
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John D. Marks
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Hussein
Jody Powell
Therm
Middle East
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Brandt
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Burnham
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India
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