Controllers Near Deadline in Talks on Air Traffic Strike
After a 10 hour session, government and union negotiators recessed without an agreement to avert a nationwide air traffic controllers strike that could ground thousands of flights. Talks resume Sunday 2 p.m. with a 7 a.m. Monday deadline looming and a $40 million administration package previously rejected.
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Transportation
Drew Lewis
Robert Poli
Controllers
Lewis
Poli
Justice Department
White House
Gergen
Federal Aviation Administration
Dynamite Blow-Out Rescue In West Texas Well
Boots & Coots crews use the Athey Wagon and a 9 ton tracked machine to detonate 250 to 300 pounds of dynamite wrapped in asbestos cloth, stifle a nearly 1000 degree fire, and rebuild the 8,000 foot deep Terra Resources well head after a catastrophic blow-out near Mentone. Officials cite human error in most fires and note Terra has drilled over 60 wells in three years with no prior incidents. The Terra well is the 27th blow-out tackled by the team this year with operations reaching Canada, Bolivia, Italy and Libya.
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Terra Resources
Boots & Coots
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Italy
Libya
Texas
Matthews
Terra Resources of
Houston
Dave Kingman
Roughneck Revels at Blazing Well Fire Escape
Paul Dempewolf, an oil field roughneck on the Corbett well site, and five crewmen fled a blow-out fire about 8:30 a.m. Friday, June 12. By 11 p.m. flames roared into the air destroying three mobile homes and a truck, with investigators unsure of exact temperatures but noting the danger and fearful near-miss.
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Paul Dempewolf
Corbett Well
Kelly
Dempenwolf
Smithsonian laments loss of Washington’s false teeth set
The Smithsonian Institution calls the theft of one of four George Washington false teeth sets a grievous loss, saying they are deeply distressed and humiliated. Pope John Paul II returns to hospital for a full body scan as doctors say his life is not in danger. In Boulder, scientists say June 30 will add one second to the atomic clock to align with Earth's rotation.
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John Paul II
Vatican
Emilio Tresalti
Gemelli Hopital
Boulder
Colo
National Bureau of Standards
Bureau of Standards
Former USDA official pleads guilty to soliciting campaign funds
Kenneth Hatcher, 55, former Iowa chief of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, pleaded guilty in federal court to indirectly soliciting funds from an employee for President Carter's re election. He faces up to a year in prison and a $10,000 fine. Sentencing is set for July 17.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U.S. Agriculture Department
Kenneth Hatcher
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Carter
Weather forecast for West Texas to midweek heat
National Weather Service Midland reports seasonably hot days with highs near 100 through midweek and mild nights around 70. Partly cloudy to fair skies across Texas, scattered thunderstorms in the northwest and southwest Sunday night, with southeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph and highs from the 90s to 101 in West Texas.
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Officials stymied as Mexican diesel smuggling grows
In Hidalgo Texas officials warn cheap Mexican diesel fuels high resale profits. Smugglers exploit subsidies from Pemex to sell across the Rio Grande at about 17 cents a gallon, far below U.S. prices. Cases involve waterbeds and cross border shipments. Texas loses millions in unpaid diesel taxes while federal rules apply. Authorities note organized rings and hobby smugglers, with storage and haulers forming a supply chain.
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Texas
United States
U.S
Henry Posio
Customs Service
Brownsville
Mexico
Rio Grande
Pemex
Posio
Brownsville-Matamoros
Tony Proffitt
State Comptroller’s
Austin
Proffitt
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