Oil Spill Debris Burned in Schuylkill River Cleanup
EPA and Coast Guard burn oil absorbing debris at Berks Associates lagoons from an 8 million gallon spill in the Schuylkill River. Fire aimed to remove slime coated vegetation and prevent long term pollution near Douglassville and Philadelphia. EPA and Coast Guard officials expect hundreds of tons of material to be removed and say the burn may continue for some time.
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EPA
Coast Guard
Berks Associates
Schuykill
Douglassville
Philadelphia
U.S
Nixon awards contracts for sixteen ships in five yards
President Nixon announced nearly 660 million dollars in contracts to build 16 large design merchant ships in five U S shipyards. The plan preserves a 43 percent subsidy until June 30 with 4 percent thereafter and supports about 36,000 shipyard jobs plus 800 shipboard positions over three years.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
High Seas
Commerce Department
Secretary of Commerce
Peter G. Peterson
White House
Convicted Man Bails In Break For Freedom
Michael Lewis Warner burst from the Athens County Common Pleas Court after nine convictions on March 22 armed robbery and related charges. He seized a female bailiff with a razor blade, but was restrained by two sheriff deputies, two prosecutors, the defense attorney, and the acting sheriff. Four hostages released in Columbus. Warner arrested in Lancaster March 30.
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Athens, Ohio
Athens County
Hefl
Warner
Columbus
Lancaster
President Signs Bill Hiking Veteran Benefits
President Nixon signed a bill raising Veterans Administration compensation by 10 percent for service connected disabilities effective July 1, 1973. The act unifies wartime and peacetime rates, adds a $350 clothing allowance for wearers of prosthetic devices, and boosts the 100 percent disability rate from $504 to $554 monthly. Also signed were acts extending the Defense Production Act, backing Rural Telephone Bank borrowing, and extending the Interstate Oil and Gas Conservation Compact to 1974.
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Washington
Nixon
Veterans Administration
Rural Telephone Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Barricades Up in Belfast as UDA Demands Keep Out
Protestant militants in Belfast erect steel barricades and order the British army to keep out. UDA planners say removals will occur at midnight Sunday while some barriers aim to be permanent. IRA ceasefire efforts precede a tense weekend marked by gunfire and two deaths.
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Belfast
Ulster Defense Association
UDA
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Gilligan Announces Expansion of Ohio Social Services Program
Governor John J. Gilligan says Ohio will broaden its public social services program serving about 350 000 adults with a new 15 million dollar federal assisted project.
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Columbus. Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Ohio
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Environmental Protection Agency
US. Coast Guard
Schuykill River
William Ruckelshaus
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Ue View
Sandy Taylor
Shelton
Conn
Kkamous
McAlpin’s Ladies’ Shoe Salon
Red Cross
Orig
Nina
Shicca
Cobbies
Bandolino E
California Cobblers
S.R.O
Middletown
First National Bank of Middletown
Barnitz Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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