Argo Merchant spill lessons reshape tar ball tale
A year after the Argo Merchant wreck off Nantucket, experts say the spill was less catastrophic than feared. The oil formed a 65 mile slick, but buoyancy and winds dispersed it into tar balls. only 1 percent traced to the Argo, with most tar balls from other spills and natural seepage. Fishermen report better catches and no industry decline.
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Atlantic
Georges Bank
Nantucket Shoals
Argo
University of Rhode Island
Eva Hoffman
Sheldon Pratt
Coast Guard
Cmdr
Joseph Marotta
Environmental Protection Branch
North Atlantic
Walter Glidden
Nantucket
Herman Melville
Deaths of Churchill's widow and foreign journalist shot
Lady Clementine Spencer-Churchill dies at 93 in London after a heart attack suffered during lunch with her secretary. David Holden, veteran foreign correspondent for the Sunday Times, is found shot dead near Cairo at 53. In Baton Rouge a judge allows weekend jail sentences but warns offenders.
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London
UPI
Clementine Spencer Churchill
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Spencer Churchill
Darling Clemmie
Cairo
Egypt
David Holden
Holden
Britain
Sunday Times
Baton Rouge, la
William Brown
Weather and life events for Willard area
Temperatures tonight 25 to 30 with mostly cloudy windy conditions. Showers likely Tuesday with highs in the low to mid 40s and a 20 percent then 50 percent chance of precipitation. Marriage license issued for Gary L. Ratliff and Kathleen A. Fulton both of Willard. Births listed for several local couples. Death notices for three area residents.
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Gary L. Ratliff
Willard
Kathleen A. Fulton
Ohio Farm Leader Rejects Nationwide Strike
C William Swank of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation says Ohio farmers will not join a national strike over crop prices describing it as a protest rather than a strike. Local agents say no area farmers plan to participate while Swank outlines grain to alcohol and foreign trade missions as productive responses.
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Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio Farmers
C. William Swank
Huron County
John Wells
Huron Landmark
Robert Sunderman
Wells
Walter Mondale
Adams County
Colo
Mondale
Swank
Midwest
Federation
Far East
Japan
Korea
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Two Lose Jobs Over Closing Of Airport
Cleveland mayor Dennis Kucinich ousted Ports Director Andrew Putka and appointed secretary Mary Vodicka as acting ports director. Vodicka suspended Airports Commissioner Gunther Katzmar as charges are considered. A management team will assist while a new commissioner is sought after the airport closed for about 45 hours following heavy snow. The shakeup stems from the breakdown in airport operations blamed on the two officials.
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Cleveland
UPI
Dennis Kucinich
Andrew Putka
Mary Vodicka
Gunther Katzmar
Kucinich
Woman charged with murder after tossing infant from window
Chicago police say Airlana Lawrence 26 threw her 3 month old Wendy from a three story window. Wendy died at St Bernard Hospital. Jerry Campbell 26 was her common law husband. police arrested Lawrence in the apartment. A separate note says a volleyball league will resume tonight after weather cancellation.
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Chicago
UPI
Airlana Lawrence
Wendy
St. Bernard Hospital
John Herman
Bell
Campbell
Herman
Lawrence
Tennessee Governor Blanton Under Fire for Learjet Jamaica Trip
Tennessee governor Ray Blanton faced criticism for using a state Learjet to Jamaica for a five day trip described as both pleasure and a trade mission to promote soybean exports. He said taxpayers pay about 3500 for jet operation while he and companions cover other costs. He defended the trip as a perquisite of office and noted accompanying officials, including his appointments secretary and a bodyguard. The Memphis paper mocked the jaunt, contrasting it with previous critiques of his predecessor’s use of the jet.
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Ray Blanton
Tennessee
Jamaica
Blanton
Capitol Hill
Nashville
Opry
Europe
Middle East
Far East
Brooks Parker
West Tennessee
Victor Ashe
Memphis
Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Damascus
Syria
UPS
Cyrus Vance
Israel
Hafez Assad
Columbus
Marion General Hospital
Children’s Hospital
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Matthew Myers
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Shirley Myers
Ohio House
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Georgianna Scherz
Bellevue
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Maryann Eihle
Norwalk
Carol and
Earl Reeves
Delbert and
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Clinton
Shirley Wheeler
Monroeville
Martha P. Silcox
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New London
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Ashland
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