ARCO blast at Houston area plant kills 17, injures five
An ARCO Chemical plant explosion near Channelview 15 miles east of Houston leveled a block, killing 17 and injuring five. Among the 17 dead were five ARCO workers, 11 from contractor Austin Industrial, and one truck driver. ARCO officials call it a tragic accident as investigators probe the blast occurred around 11:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Harris County Sheriff's Department
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Arco Chemical of North America
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West Odessa Fire Spurs Blazes Across Jay Street
Fire Chief John Turner said a blaze in West Odessa began about 1 p.m. in an alley near 8000 block of Jay Street and Lillard Avenue. No injuries were reported. a firefighter briefly collapsed from heat but recovered at the scene. The fire started in a trash can likely set off by fireworks and spread to a vacant house and adjacent homes as a brisk north wind drove the flames. Thick smoke coated nearby residences while emergency units arrived.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife picks Sansom as director
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission selected Andrew Sansom, 44, as executive director to replace Charles Travis amid controversy over stocking on public lands. Sansom takes the $75,000 per year post August 1 as the agency faces a $102 million annual budget and broader management changes. Travis moves to head the Texas Employees Retirement System.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
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Roemer vetoes Louisiana anti abortion bill with no rape incest carveout
Governor Buddy Roemer vetoed the tough anti abortion bill that lacked rape and incest exceptions. The measure threatened up to 10 years in jail and fines for doctors, aiming to challenge the 1973 ruling. Roemer officials said he would not permit a law lacking rape or incest safeguards to stand.
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John Kennedy
Woody Jenkins
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NATO pledge to cut weapons and seek peace in Europe
In London NATO allies promised to sharply reduce battlefield nuclear and conventional defenses in Europe and extend the hand of friendship to Mikhail Gorbachev and Eastern Europe. Bush and other leaders urged no aggressive intent and vowed not to use force first. Gorbachev said he would consider addressing the alliance in December and welcomed NATO’s results while the Soviet side warned against direct Western economic aid to the USSR.
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Soviet Union
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