Mirex Crisis Delay Explained by EPA and DEC
In 1974 EPA and state DEC knew Lake Ontario fish were contaminated with mirex and that Hooker Chemicals received a permit to discharge chlorinated hydrocarbons. Interviews reveal why action was delayed. investigations show limited samples and disputed discharge estimates, with the 1976 ban following extensive testing and rising concern over mirex's carcinogenic effects.
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Judi Doherty
Environmental Protection
Lake Ontario
Niagara River
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Hooker Chemicals and Plastics Corp
State Dept. of Environmental Conservation
DEC
Klaus Kaiser
New York City
York Dec
Hooker
Hooker's
Russell Mt. Pleasant
Bureau of Monitoring and Surveillance
Esman
Salvatore Pagano
DEC Sanitary
Pagano
Cording
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Oswego County
Associated Press
Oswego—Fulton
Oil Flow Signals Start Prudhoe Bay Field
Oil flow signal marks first operation at Prudhoe Bay as the field opens Monday. A pipeline pig cleans the line ahead while line walkers track the 800 mile length of the pipe. UPI reports the historic start of oil production in Alaska.
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Prudhoe Bay
UPI
Bruce Markley
Fgnd
The
Alyeska Co
Bell mulls merging DOJ crimefighting offices
Washington AP reports Attorney General Griffin Bell is weighing abolishing or merging most DOJ agencies that award crimefighting funding, investigate narcotics, and control immigration. He plans to send proposals to Congress, with many steps needing legislation and some jobs to be cut or reassigned. Albany AP notes Gov. Hugh Carey names welfare chief Philip Toia as budget director, signaling potential shift from austerity.
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Washington
Griffin Bell
Justice Department
Bell
Department
Associated Press
Congress
Albany
N.Y
Hugh Carey
Philip Toia
Toia
Peter Goldmark
State Assembly
State Senate
Assembly
Mitchell Starts His Prison Term
John N. Mitchell surrendered in Alabama to begin a 22 to 8 year federal prison term for his role in the Watergate affair. Once Nixon's attorney general, Mitchell is the 25th jailed participant in the scandal, signaling the end of a chapter in U S political history.
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John N. Mitchell
Alabama
Oeate
Mitchell
Lompoc
Richard M. Nixon
Carter Signs Compromise on Arab Boycott Bill
President Carter announced a compromise measure that limits but does not end U.S. involvement in the Arab boycott of Israel. He framed the action as protecting the special U.S. Israel relationship and security needs, after meeting with the House Ways and Means Committee.
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U.S
Israel
Middle East
House
Ways and Means Committee
South Carolina
John West
Saudi Arabia
Carter
Means
Wal
Van
Coreree
Treasury
W. Michael Blu Blumenthal
Blumenthal
Brezhnev and Giscard Sign Mutual Declarations
Paris AP Brezhnev and French President Giscard d Estaing signed declarations urging international nonproliferation and detente. They stressed cooperation over blocs, sovereignty, and restraint in force and arms buildup while calling for agreements on nuclear nonproliferation and peaceful development.
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Paris
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Brezhnev
Giscard d’Estaing
Are
France
Europe
Devt
Russia
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Eesgo
Weather bulletin for today and Thursday with temperatures
Forecast shows mid 70s today with clear overnight and highs near 80 Thursday. Overnight low 50 to 55. Winds from the west to northwest at five to fifteen miles per hour. Relative humidity around 80 percent and a 2 mile per hour NW breeze listed on the report.
Oswego Board Delays 15 Acre Lease To Hot Stovers
Oswego City School District defers long term leasing of a 15 acre parcel adjacent to the new middle school to the Oswego Hot Stove Association citing State Education Law Section 403 limits on lease length. McAdam seeks 25 year terms for baseball complex, while attorney Casaletta proposes amendment and district considers Albany timing.
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Oswego Hot Stove Association
Oswego City
James Mce
McAdam
Colette Casaletta
Thomas Zain
J.B. Kelly
Albany
Eugene Saloga
Curtis Street
Santoro
Wemenay_ queemanes Zaia
Hot Stove Association
Fulton City and School Board Divide Federal Allocations
Fulton City and city school officials agreed on splitting $1.5 million in Local Capital Works and Public Assistance funds from the federal government after a delayed closed-door meeting. The city receives about $1.0 million to ease flooding and sewage issues, while the school district gains $533,000 for an athletic field, against initial requests of $2 million. The deal, praised as a step toward city school cooperation, drew mixed remarks from Alderman Burleigh who warned of broader compromises ahead.
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Fulton
Percy Patrick
Bur
Burleigh
South Bay
Patrick
Aerne
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Sykes
Sowege Hathh High School
Marie Sykes
Oswego High Scheme
Connie Sawyer
Kathy Holmes
Robert Sykes
Kim Schneider
George Valentine
Fulton City
Reece
Steend Wen Y
Cones
Robert C. Burleigh
Oswego
Council
Portance Sewer and Drainage Sect
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