Coleman restricts profits for proposed Gulf superports
Transportation Secretary Coleman grants two oil company consortia permission to build Gulf of Mexico superports to handle giant tankers but imposes major economic restrictions to prevent discrimination against rival tankers. The ruling may reduce profits and faces possible court challenges including Florida’s bid to veto the projects. Louisiana port cost is $738 million with 3.4 million barrels per day capacity. Texas port costs $865 million with 4 million barrels daily. Coleman also plans to change how the Interstate Commerce Commission calculates maximum rate of return, likely lowering profits.
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Washington
Transportation
William T. Coleman Jr
Coleman
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Grande Isle
Freeport
Tex
Gulf
U.S
Interstate Commerce Commission
Andrus potato man fame boosts Idaho governor elects cabinet role
Governor Cecil Andrus of Idaho, famed as the potato salesman through TV ads and speeches for Idaho potatoes, brushes off recognition as he meets in Sun Valley. Report notes his No. 1 crop and a possible Carter appointment as interior secretary. In Annapolis, Joseph W. Alton Jr. disputes a federal extortion claim, saying the new documents misstate the amount and reaffirming his 1974 Hobbs Act guilty plea context.
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Cecil Andrus
Idaho
Sun Valley
Newspaper Society
Detroit
Robert Redford
Joan Kennedy
Andrus
Secretary of the Interior
National Governors Conference
Carter
Annapolis
Joseph W. Alton Jr
Arundel County
Annapoliss Evening Capital
Alten Green
Jerome Wolff
Alton
Tanker Sansinena Explodes at Los Angeles Harbor
Authorities probe cause of the Sansinena blast after a Liberian-registered oil tanker erupted in Los Angeles Harbor Friday night. At least 11 dead and 50 injured, with divers seeking more victims as debris struck nearby streets and water.
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Los Angeles
Sansinena
Union Oil
Dan Cook
Cook
Congressman's conviction on salary kickback scheme
Former Representative James F. Hastings, 50, convicted on 20 counts of mail fraud and eight counts of making false statements to the House Finance Office for salary kickbacks from two men on his payroll. Acquitted on a secretary-related charge. Sentencing set for Jan. 21. possible appeals living.
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Washington
Congress
James F. Hastings
Hastings
New York Republican
June L. Green
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
House Finance Office
Associated Industries of New York
Claire L. Bradley
Finance Office
Leonard B. Jones
Wellsville
N.Y
Jones
Jones’ Automobile Agency
Prisoner exchange brings Bukovsky and Corvalan to Zurich
In Zurich two top political prisoners were swapped. Vladimir Bukovsky arrived after four years in Soviet camps while Luis Corvalan flew in from Santiago and was sent to Moscow. The exchange occurred on a runway with Swiss, Soviet, Chilean and U.S. diplomats present and marked a historic East West prisoner swap.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Vladimir Bukovsky
West
Communist Party
Luis Corvalan
Lufthansa
Santiago
Chile
Corvalan
Aeroflot
Bukovsky
Moscow
United States
U.S
London
Mikhail Ivanov
David Markham
Bukovskys
Sussex
England
Markham
Tass
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Ussr
Militar
Lide
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Japanese Communists reduced in Diet after election rout
Japan's Communist Party suffered a heavy defeat in the December 5 vote, dropping from 38 to 17 seats in the lower house, losing its ability to propose legislation. Leaders blamed slander campaigns and a revised election law restricting pamphlet distribution, while critics cited the party's image shift and center-party opposition.
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Tokyo
Japan
Communist Party
Diet
Lts
Moscow
Keni Miyamoto
Clean Government Party of
Democratic Sovialist Party
DSP
Swine flu vaccine restart doubtful and delayed
A top federal health official said swine flu vaccination will resume only if there is no risk. State officials in New York, Ohio and others argued public confidence is too low to salvage the program after a nationwide suspension. Reports show 107 paralysis cases and six deaths in 18 states since October, with most victims vaccinated. About 40 million of 150 million targeted people had received vaccines.
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Washington
API
New York
Ohio
Cooper
Tuscarora District
Frederick County
Maryland
Glendale Drive
Frederick
Richard L Holdcraft
Zoanne C. Holdcraft
Ernest W. Ausherman
Belence
Franklin D. Stillrich
William L. Haugh, JR
Frankin D. Stilrich
West
Patrick Street
William L Haugh, JR
Second Street
George William Smith
New Midway
Missed Santa Letter Sparks Seattle Holiday Drive
A Seattle child’s anonymous letter to Santa, found at Francisco’s Restaurant after detouring from the North Pole mail pouch, inspires local donations. Craig’s plaintive plea and postscript moved community volunteers to launch a citywide drive aiding needy families, including Edgewater bartender Scotty Randall raising funds from patrons.
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Craig
Santa
Francisco
Arthur Grinbaum
FBI
John Heed
Grinbaum
Seattle
The
Edgewater
Scotty Randall
Randall
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Theodore Cooper
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Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
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Roma
Jostagian
Myersville
B&o
Carnival
M.G
P.N
Middletown
Cash Register Bank
John Bell
Strausburg
RT Williams
James Cochran
Brinkley & Smith
Calvin E Tritapoe, JR
Myersville Fire Co
Clover Hill
County
Court House
Baltimore
Leidy
Westminster, Maryland
Wills
Wis Terns
Smithsburg
Wolfsville Road
Washington County
Mid
Ilona Wellsville Rd
Wellsville Rd
Westinghouse
Colemson
Zeigler
Nesh’s Ark
General Grant
Winchester
Johnston
Gun Co
Stevens
W. Paul Heffner
Lewis M. Renner
Snyder & Secrest
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