Caviar Boom Follows Iranian Revolution Amid Scarce Limits
In Bandar Anzali Iran the anti-royalist upheaval loosens a once-strict state monopoly allowing illicit caviar trade to surge. Poaching rises as fishermen profit, threatening sturgeon stocks while the monopoly plans spawning farms to boost supply, risking a potential species decline and a return to wealthier access for elites.
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Bandar Anzali
Iran
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Caspian Sea
Caspian
Abbas Keshavarz
Keshavarz
Soviet Union
United States
Europe
New York
Hossein Emadi
Emadi
Kansas Officials Deny Gratuities In Carnival Probe
Kansas officials deny knowledge of cash gifts cited in Royal American Shows records as part of a state probe into gifts to fair personnel and law officers from 1966 to 1975. A retired state fair board secretary admitted small merchandise gifts in 1972 and 1973. no proven impropriety.
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Topeka, Kan
State Fair Board
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Royal American Shows Inc
Canada
Kansas
Wichita Eagle
Shawnee County
Jim Chaffee
Chaffee
Genevieve Rowland
Carter Admits More Refugees
TOKYO AP Carter announces the United States will admit 14000 Indochinese refugees per month, doubling current levels, and calls for a UN conference on the issue. The move marks a concrete summit result while energy talks focus on import controls for 1980 and likely 1985.
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Tokyo
Carter
United States
U.S
New York City
Vietnam
Japan
France
Britain
Germany
Canada
Italy
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Laos
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Giscard
Newsweek
Hawaii
South Korea
White House
California Fire Crisis Drives Heat Wave and Smog Alert
Brush fires scorched Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties destroying dwellings and killing farm animals as temperatures reached 120 degrees. Authorities activated standby emergency plans forcing oil refiners to curb emissions and sectors to reduce driving by 65 percent. Four firefighters were hurt from heat exhaustion while battles continued in near 100 degree heat.
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Los Angeles
California
Riverside
San Bernardino
Palm Springs
Jeff Schenkel
Air Quality Management District
Los Angeles Basin
Windfall Profits Rise From Oil Decontrol
The Treasury boosts its five year forecast of oil company windfall revenues to 94 billion dollars due to lifted domestic price ceilings. The report accompanies talks on a windfall profits tax as OLeary flags potential heating oil increases and a tougher smog forecast prompts first and second stage alerts across much of the Los Angeles basin.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Emil Sunley
Energy
John F. O'Leary
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
O'Leary
Next Year's Wheat Set-Aside Small If Any
Agriculture Secretary Bergland says next year's wheat set aside will be small if one exists. Prices near four dollars per bushel prompt repayment of price support loans while harvests forecast one of history's best. Officials weigh crop report timing and use insurance to preserve soil conservation. concerns about erosion persist.
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Washington
Bob Bergland
Bergland
United States
USDA
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