Oil storage vault fire kills workers at Hackberry site
A massive underground oil storage vault fire at the Hackberry facility in Louisiana killed two workers, Clarence Simon and Bradiev Bergeron, and injured several others. Officials described a high pressure containment dome that ruptured during maintenance, with flames and gas forcing workers to flee. The blast and blaze raised criticism of federal oil storage plans while investigators assess the cause and scope of the loss.
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Gene Campbell
Federal Energy Department
Clarence Simon
Abbevale la Radix
Bradiev Bergeron
New Ibena la
Campbell
Tme
Bill Parker
Baton Rouge
Edwin Edwards
Department of Energy
West Hackberry
Salt Dome
Helms Defends CIA Actions Before Assassinations Panel
Former CIA official Richard Helms faced sharp questions from the House Assassinations Committee over CIA plots against Fidel Castro and alleged mistreatment of Yuri Nosenko. Helms denied extraordinary acts, while lawmakers criticized CIA secrecy and the handling of Oswald related matters. The session highlighted decades of tension between the agency and Congress.
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CLA
Richard Helms
House
Helms
CIA
Warren Commission
Castro
Yuri Nosenko
Soviet Union
KGB
Oswald
Russia
Nosenko
Aluminum recycling funds 32 day cruise to Egypt and beyond
Peters burg widow Clare Ritter aged 71 pursued a dream voyage by collecting and selling aluminum cans. For three years she biked and scavenged to earn pennies per pound, boosted after a Johnny Carson appearance. By selling empties she finally saved for a 32 day $2,885 cruise to Egypt Greece and North Africa aboard the Odessa.
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Petersburg
Fla
Clare Ritter
Ritter
Rutter
Istanbul
Odessa
Egypt
Greece
North Africa
Mrs Ritter
Johnny Carson
Navy P-3 Orion crashes in Maine. nine crew perished
Federal investigators say there is no evidence of a second plane in the midair explosion that destroyed a Navy P-3 Orion near a Maine forest. The bodies of nine crewmen were recovered, with names withheld for next of kin. Witnesses reported a loud bang and debris scattered along Highway 11 as the wreckage tore through a rural area.
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Maine
Woods
Be Osewick Naval Air Sranien
Aim
Navy
Carter camps on the campaign trail in two states
President Carter, fatigued from Middle East summits, campaigns in Aliquippa near Pittsburgh and Columbus Ohio. He plans a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner, backing nine statewide candidates including Lt Gov Celeste, while fundraising for opponents of Helms and Thurmond. Carter notes no time off after the Camp David talks.
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Carter
Mee
Chie Ie
Owen
Aliquippa
Pittsburgh
Gene Atkinson
Columbus
Ohio
Richard F Celeste
James A Rhodes
White House
Carolinas
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Charles ‘Pug Ravenel
Harvard
Wall Street
Thurmond
Asheville
John Ingram
Helms
Democratic Party
John White
Democatic National Committee
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Manassas
Laurel
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Wanarsas
Capatal Plaza
Springfield
Laurel O-Tewe
Seven Corners
Gathereburg
Zelda Strout
White
Ravenel
Summit
Menachem Begin
Anwar Sadat
Frederick Community College
Board of Education
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Department of Assessments and Taxation
District Court
Register of Wills
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Frederick County Board of Education
Board of County Commissioners
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