Gulf officials face subpoena in uranium cartel probe
Former Gulf Oil executives were ordered to testify as Gulf admitted membership in a secret cartel with Canada France Australia and South Africa to push uranium prices. Subpoenaed L T Gregg attended secret meetings as Gulf Minerals Canada Ltd sales manager. Gulf contends Ottawa forced participation and prices rose due to embargoes and the Arab oil shock.
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Richard E. Lerner
Washington
UPI
Gulf Oil
L.T. Gregg
House Commerce Subcommittee
Gulf
Gulf Minerals Canada Ltd
Canada
France
Australia
South Africa
Convict policemen face 30 year sentence in travel agent slaying
Mexican officials say two Acapulco policemen were found guilty of murdering American travel agent Gary Semmelroth and implicating Sandy Fronezak. Ballistics linked bullets to a officers pistol, hairs matched Fronezak, and confessions followed alleged torture. Acosta seeks maximum 30 year term with judge to sentence in six weeks.
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Chilpancingo
Mexico
UPI
Pacific
Acapulco
Guerrero
Vicencio Carlos Ulises Acosta
Gary Semmelroth
Belleville
Ill
Sandy Fronczak
St. Louis
Semmelroth
Acosta
Adolfo Udino Radilla
Rodrigo Benitez Barrera
Sandy Fronezak
Fronezak
United States
Fronczak
Eskimos plan international group to guard Arctic lands
Eskimo leaders from six nations including Alaska and Canada convene to form an international Eskimo organization. Delegates split into workshops on Arctic policy, land claims, conservation, economics, governance, education, health, and village development. Key issues include Canadian and Greenland land claims and circumpolar resource policy.
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Barrow, Alaska
Illinois House Approves 1.82 Billion DOT Budget With Pork
The Illinois House passed the 1978 Department of Transportation appropriation totaling 1.82 billion with 66 million in pet projects. Rep. Edward McBroom said amendments added pork to embarrass the governor, who is likely to veto most of it. The measure moves to the Senate as other Big Three components loom.
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Springfield
Ill
James R. Thompson
House
McBroom
James Philip
Elmhurst
Senate
Thompson
John Matejevich
North
Chicago
Waukegan Harbor
Matejevich
Deadlocked over paroling ex-legislator from Illinois
The National Parole Commission failed to reach a decision on parole for former Illinois state Rep. Bernard Peskin who is serving a three year sentence for bribery and income tax evasion. A regional commissioner will review the case and cast a tie breaking vote by mail with the final result to be announced later. Peskin, 54, was convicted in 1974 of bribery conspiracy and income tax evasion in a zoning bribery scheme.
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Washington
UPI
National Parole Commission
Illinois
Bernard Peskin
Peskin
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Crystal Lake
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