Weather and world briefs from December coverage
The nation saw cool dry air with limited precipitation in the Northwest and northern New England. Highlights include a 70-page Texas winter fuel plan, U S Panama disease funding, Moody's rating suspension for University of Houston bonds, a Memphis private in a ship hull, Sadat Begin peace prospects, San Antonio hotel bids, Cairo peace talks, Jerusalem tourism notes, US steel price hikes, and Humphrey cancer homecoming plans with family gatherings.
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34 Feared Dead In Massive Grain Elevator Explosion
Rescuers searched through shattered concrete and twisted steel for 13 missing workers as the Continental Grain Co complex near New Orleans suffered a blast that may have killed 34. By nightfall 21 bodies were recovered, 10 injured remained hospitalized, and officials opened investigations into the explosion and cause.
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Woody Baird
Associated Press
New Orleans
Continental Grain Co
Bald eagle delays dredging project in Victoria Barge Canal
Port Lavaca contractor King Fisher blames a nesting bald eagle and red tape for delaying a $1.535 million Army Corps of Engineers dredging job on a 22 mile canal. He faces a $25,000 late fee and $61 daily penalties if work cannot resume in a 7,000 foot section until the eggs hatch. Fisher questions the eagle’s presence, notes canal tugboats cause more noise, and urges authorities to shut the canal if needed.
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Abortions Paid by Government Employees Face Unequal Standards
A report shows federal rules restrict Medicaid abortion funding but allow indirect support via federal employee health plans and military subsidies. It notes 2.8 million federal workers and 7.5 million military personnel receive benefits, with billions spent on hospital subsidies and $21.4 billion in subsidies to 7,000 hospitals. Debate centers on fairness between aid to poor women and coverage through government programs.
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Betty Anne Williams
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
General Accounting Office
Defense Department
United States
Christmas season drives rise in mental illness cases
Dallas judge explains weekly mental illness caseload nearly doubles during Christmas, blaming social pressures and holiday drinkers. He notes alcoholics with psychosis surface as parties increase and family reunions trigger stress, depression, and abrupt tempers for those unable to cope.
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Joe Ashmore
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Exploding Garbage Gas Theory Sparks New Booms Off Jersey
Atlantic City reports of mysterious sky booms prompt scientists to weigh theories including underwater garbage gas buildup producing hydrogen and methane explosions. Other experts cite sonic booms and possible outer space causes amid reports of luminous glows and damaging shocks felt along the New Jersey coast.
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Peter Mattiace
Associated Press
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Ted Weeks
Barnegat Light
Long Beach Island
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Columbia University
Lamont- Doherty Geophysical Observatory
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Weston Observatory
Boston
Klemetson
Sixth Street Santa Reaches Out On Christmas Eve
In San Francisco for 28 years before Christmas a be spectacled man known as Santa Claus hands out food and cigarettes from a van on Sixth Street. Fred Politz funds 800 packages this week and says giving is his yearly memory of the neighborhood, a tradition begun after his liquor store closed in 1969.
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