No place to put oil from pipeline
Los Angeles reports that nine years and billions spent to tap Alaska’s oil yield a surplus on the West Coast. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline delivers 1.2 million barrels daily, but refineries and shipping options are limited, forcing producers to find buyers while Arco Exxon Sohio face competition and a looming surplus after Arab embargo effects and Elk Hills opening.
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Los Angeles
Alaska
West Coast
Valdez
Panama Canal
Gulf Coast
Midwest
Japan
Atlantic Richfield Co
Exxon Corp
Standard Oil of Ohio
Arco
Exxon
Sohio
Shell
Haves
Have Nots
Bill Madar
Madar
Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve
Four Industries Bought in Turn of Century Mystery
Local historian George Crout discusses the long lost minutes book on page 25 revealing details of industrial deals around the turn of the century. Donna Witte on page 13 shows a handy man teacher and recycling project from three old barns. Art Toalston on page 19 continues a series on parental roles in community education.
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Middletown
George Crout
MHS
Donna Witte
Art Toalston
Manhunt for multi-state gunmen and stolen taxi continues
Lawmen across Oklahoma Texas Arkansas Louisiana and nearby states hunt two gunmen linked to a multi state killing spree and a stolen taxi. Officials report no new developments after five Oklahoma City aircraft found no sightings while investigators pursue possible slayings kidnappings and missing fishermen in Louisiana.
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Oklahoma City
Southwest
FBI
Tom George
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Middletown Journal Skips Monday Issue for Holiday
The Middletown Journal will not be published Monday to allow employees to spend the holiday with their families. The Middletown Public Library, mail service, and city, county, state and federal offices will also be closed for the holiday.
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Middletown Journal
Middletown Public Library
Sunny and warm with mild winds across the day
The forecast calls for sunny skies and warm temperatures with highs in the lower 90s and lows around the upper 60s. Rain chances are low at 10 percent today and 30 percent tonight, suggesting mostly dry conditions.
Ham foils cops heist in Miami Beach restaurant safe
A ham radio operator recorded a police burglary plot in progress at Picciolo's Restaurant on May 23. Patrolmen Noel Chandler and Robert Granger were arrested after $6,000 vanished from a hidden wall safe. They face burglary grand larceny conspiracy and burglary tools charges with up to 16 years.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Martin Dardis
State Attorney's Office
Dardis
Noel Chandler
Robert Granger
Picciolo
Chandler
Granger
John Sion
Sion
Collins
Third Street
Car Thrown Into Klan Rally in Plains Injures Dozen
In Plains Georgia a driver smashed a small foreign car into a Ku Klux Klan rally crowd by the speaker’s platform injuring at least 12 as police and robed Klansmen seized the driver and halted the car. The rally at the Plains water tower drew about 250 bystanders and featured banners and cross burnings.
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Klan
Bill Wilkinson
The
Invisible Empire of the Klan
Plains
Wilkinson
Billy McClung
Plains Water Tower
McClung
U.N
Andrew Young
Carter
Cuba
Nazis Clash With Demonstrators In Chicago Meeting
About 50 National Socialist Congress delegates gathered in a ramshackle Chicago building for an anti black, anti Jewish meeting. Nazi leader Frank Collin condemned demonstrations while police reported minor injuries and no arrests after clashes with counter protesters.
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Chicago
National Socialist Congress
Frank Collin
Meir Kahane
Jewish Defense League
Skokie
Brave 15 year old outwits kidnapper in Florida
In Sarasota a 15 year old girl endured 53 hours bound and abused before loosening bonds when her kidnapper Bannister left to buy gas. She called her father, who told her to escape, triggering a police lockdown and arrest. Bannister, 33, faces kidnaping and involuntary sexual battery charges with arraignment set for July 11. Charlotte’s minister praised her courage and faith throughout the ordeal.
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Sarasota
Fla
Charlotte Grosse
Williams Echols
Charlotte
Wilfred “Rusty” Bannister
Sarasota County
Bannister
Siesta Key
Richard Grosse
Nokomis
Julie Rosell
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Sherwood
Ore
West
Thomas Collins
Peerer County
Ham
the Plains Baptist Church
Albany
Collin
Skokie Village
U.S. Supreme Court
Illinois Appellate Court
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