Coast Guard Skipper Trials Moves To Testimony Line
In Yorktown Virginia AP report on CWO Donald K Robinson commander of the Cuyahoga seeking orders for Coast Guard head Adm John B Hayes to testify. Defense argues Hayes could not convene the court martial as accuser and cites alleged undue command influence by Hayes and Rep Mario Biaggi. Motion notes collision with Santa Cruz II last Oct 20 near Potomac River.
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CWO
Donald K Robinson
Coast Guard
Cuyahoga
Cmdr RA Applebaum
John B Hayes
Robinson
Potomac River
Choraneake Bay
Jerome V Flanagan
Boston
Hayes
Mario Biaggi
D-Ny
Biaggi
House Subcommittee
Atomison
Coast Guard and Navigation Subcommittee
Flanagan
Appelbaum
Cuyahoga’s
Oil costs threaten future of Britain's luxury liner QE2
The QE2 faces possible demise as high oil prices and crewing costs squeeze profits. Trafalgar House deputy chairman Victor Matthews warns the Cunard Line could be out of business after its world cruise next January if labor costs and fuel remain prohibitive. The ship, built in the 1960s on the Clyde, has long drawn wealthy passengers paying high prices, but rising costs threaten its operation and a continued voyage.
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Trafalgar House
Cunard Line
Seamen's Union
Clyde
Glasgow
New York
GSA official pleads guilty in multimillion scandal probe
Baltimore AP The top GSA official indicted in the agency’s multimillion dollar probe pleaded guilty to accepting a 1300 carpet from Atlantic Office Supply Co of Bladensburg Maryland. Albert A Matera Sr 66 of Alexandria Virginia retired in December as head of 30 GSA stores. Also involved, Thomas Willingham former chief of retail operations for GSA Region II. Judge C Stanley Blair set no sentencing date. Matera to cooperate with the probe. Prosecutors seek nine months imprisonment.
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General Services Administration
Albert A Matera Sr. 66
Alexandra
GSA
Atlantic Office Supply Co
Bladensburg
Thomas Willingham
Atlanhic Watera
C Stanley Blair
Daniel M Clements
Matera
Clements
Carter mental health bill drew fire from union chief
President Carter's mental health bill faced sharp criticism from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees led by Jerry Wurf. The union head called the plan "nothing more than an attempt to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic." The bill unveiled Tuesday would cost 981 million dollars in its first year and aims to improve national mental health services, though Wurf said its scope is limited.
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Carter
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State, County and Municip
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Wurf
Pilot escapes from kidnappers in Colombia
An American pilot Roy McLemore of Houston escaped after 17 days in captivity near Maicao Colombia. He revealed being kept in a goat killing pen and dragged into a cactus patch at gunpoint. Arrests followed as four Colombian soldiers in civilian clothes aided the rescue. The kidnapper group demanded 100000 dollars. Everitt assisted but funds were not paid until McLemore was safe.
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Colombia
Roy McLemore
Houston
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Riobacha
Wep
Dale Everitt
Houston Fire Department
Marino Park
Everitt
McLemore
William Spracley
Riohacha
Spradley
Venezuela
United States
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Barranquilla
Houston TV
Dana Millikin
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