Desperate refugees clash with police on Skyluck off Lamma Island
Vietnamese refugees aboard the embargoed Skyluck fought police on the rocks of Lamma Island as several hundred jumped overboard and swam ashore. The crew severed anchor chains, the vessel drifted for 25 minutes, and one woman was injured. Authorities say the ship remains barred from Hong Kong harbor despite calls to land.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Skyluck
Lamma Island
Lewis M Davies
Davies
Pumps off till Monday as emergency gas delays hit Aquidneck Island
Gov Garrahy promised set aside gasoline to ease weekend shortages but deliveries have not arrived. Gas stations across Aquidneck Island locked pumps or limited hours ahead of July Fourth as drivers faced long lines and even overnight wait, with reserves directed to highways and tourist areas like Newport and Westerly. Local dealers blamed distributors for not following governor orders, while residents camped at pumps and some stations planned to stay closed until new allocations materialize.
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Michael J. Chmura
Garrahy
Aquidneck Island
Santo J. Amato
Newport
Westerly
Joyce Buchanan
Gold
Texaco
Gold’s
Paul Gariepy
AAA
Tommy Haslam
Haslam
Tommy Texaco
Citgo
East Main Road
Portsmouth
Governor's Gas Hot Line
Touro
Spring
Connell Highway
Valley
East Main Roads
Middletown
Gas panic drains locking caps and siphon gear locally
Fuel shortages spark a rush on locking gas caps portable cans and siphons. Middletown and Carnegie Auto Supply report rapid sellouts as retailers scramble, with K Mart ordering in bulk while factories cancel reorders and fear shortages continue.
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Annie
Walt-In
William Scheel
Middletown K Mart
Scheel
Steve DeMello
Carnegie Auto Supply
Carter tours Camp Casey after Tokyo energy talks
President Carter, exhausted after six days in Tokyo and a key energy summit, arrives at Camp Casey near the Korean border aboard Air Force One. He pushes plans to curb oil imports and suggests possible gas rationing as U.S. drivers face fuel shortages and lines. Carter schedules talks with Park Chung-Hee in Seoul and a follow up at Hill 191 near the DMZ while planning a potential drawdown of U.S. ground troops in Korea within four to five years.
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Helen Thomas
UPI
White House
Casey
South Korea
Carter
Tokyo
U.S
North Korea
Seoul
Air Force One
Japan
Camp Casey
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
OPEC
Congress
House
Park Chung-Hee
Park Tong-Jin
United States
Hawaii
Washington
Robert Kingston
Hill 191
Demilitarized Zone
Republic of Korea
Lederberg seeks federal grant to cut Newport bridge toll
Representative Victoria Lederberg of Providence announced plans to obtain a federal grant to reduce the $2 toll on the Newport bridge. She noted the $61 million span was costly to build to accommodate Navy ship traffic, a need that diminished when the Navy left Newport.
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Newport
UPI
Victoria Lederberg
Providence
Newport Bridge
Local Weather Update and Notices
Patchy fog tonight with a fair sky and overnight lows in the 60s. Tomorrow showers and thunderstorms likely with highs in the 70s. Saturday sunrise 5 14 and sunset 8 24. High tides at 12 15 a m and 12 50 p m. Low tides 5 36 a m and 5 51 p m. Night temps near 62 and lows around 50s. Saduest acres debated page 2. No gas in Jamestown page 20.
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Jamestown
State eyes bid rigging crackdown in Rhode Island
Atty. Gen. Dennis J. Roberts II announced the state’s new antitrust law will curb bid rigging in municipal purchases. The Public Bid Rigging Detection program has begun investigations statewide including Newport, with officials predicting a regular pattern of collusion. The act takes effect July 1, and prosecutors vow aggressive action against price fixing to aid small businesses.
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Robert C. Baggott
Dennis J. Roberts II
Newport
Roberts
Attorney General's Office
Sheraton Islander Inn
Rhode Island
Jeffrey J. Teitz
House
Judiciary Committee
Teitz
Gas shortage looms for Northeast motorists this weekend
Gas will be available but scarce in the Northeast with many stations from Maine to northern Virginia closed or operating under odd-even rules. Supplies remain tight through July 4 as price pressures rise in the wake of an oil price increase. Alfred Kahn urged a renewed rationing debate while Mayor Koch enforced open stations in New York City.
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Maine
Virginia
Washington
Alfred Kahn
Carter
Congress
Geneva
New York City
Edward Koch
Hugh Carey
Hugh) Carey
Long Island
OPEC Raises Oil Prices Spark Global Alarm
The 24 percent price boost by OPEC triggers inflation fears and job losses globally. Carter warns of at least two percent inflation rise and growth slowdowns as Americans face higher gasoline and heating costs. Analysts doubt the ceiling will hold, with production cuts and demand intact.
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United Press International
OPEC
Carter
Tokyo
U.S
Petroleum Industry Research Foundation
New York
Senate
Gary Ross
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