Young spy of Russians handed life sentence
Andrew Daulton Lee, a 25 year old cabinetmaker, was sentenced to life in prison for espionage acts with the Soviets. Judge Robert J. Kelleher cited deterrence for treason while noting Lee's cooperation and family illness. The case involved Lee and co-defendant Christopher Boyce, both accused of selling top secret documents for about 70 thousand dollars.
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Los Angeles
Andrew Daulton Lee
U.S. District Court
Robert J. Kelleher
Lee
U.S
Kelleher
Mexico City
CIA
Asst
Christopher J. Boyce
Boyce
FBI
TRW Systems Inc
Mystery illness puzzles Texas hospital officials
Health officials in Madisonville investigate a mystery substance linked to the deaths of two Navajo railroad workers near Madisonville Texas and illness in eight others sent to hospital. Tests from Cedar Rapids Atlanta San Benito and Austin are pending as officials note pentachlorophenol exposure from railroad ties may be involved.
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Madissonville Tex
Texas
Gall
N.M. Melvin Thompson
Emerson Preterro
Poison and Disease Centers
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Atlanta
San Benito
Texas Department of Health
Austin
Clark
Sweet
James Fraley
Texas Senate backs fast action on abusive nursing homes
The Senate Committee on Human Resources approved a bill 9-0 to empower quicker shutdowns of facilities harming patients. Nurses faces possible prison terms and civil penalties from 25 to 1000 dollars. Testimony highlighted mixed claims of abuse with officials noting some complaints unproved while urging tighter oversight.
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Jack Keever
Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Senate Committee On Human Resources
House Committee
Austin
Senate Committee
Ferguson
Raymond Vowell
Texas
Frans Duff
Sid Rich
Texas Nursing Home Association
Vowell
Vietnam may win U.N. membership with Security Council backing
United Nations officials indicate Vietnam is poised to receive Security Council support for U.N. membership, ending U.S. veto history. The move would bypass a roll call, sending the issue to the General Assembly for final approval alongside Djibouti, with expected assembly action at its September session.
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United Nations
N.Y
Vietnam
U.S
Security Council
U.N
United States
Hanoi
Council
General Assembly
World Organization
Djibouti
Assembly
North Vietnam
Saigon
Rity Council
White House
Oil flows again as Alaska pipeline restarts after blast
Pipeline movement resumes ten days after Pump Station No 8 was destroyed. Alyeska officials say values opened and gravity aided the return of oil, with pumps then keeping flow to reach Valdez later in July. Until Pump 8 is rebuilt, capacity sits at 800,000 barrels daily.
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Anchorage, Alaska
Henry Mowell
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Mowell
Brooks Range
Attigun Pass
W.J. Darch
Alyeska
Darch
Valdez
Prudhoe Bay
Anthrax Outbreak Strikes Cattle Near Dublin Tex
In Erath County southwest of Fort Worth about 20 cattle have died from a mild anthrax outbreak. Dr. Ken Dorris notes the disease is confined to a 10 square mile area near Dublin and a vaccination program has begun. About 2,500 cattle have been vaccinated since Saturday with more to come. No further deaths reported yet.
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Dublin
Tex
Erath
Fort Worth
Ken Dorris
Stephenville
Texas
Texas A&m
Dorris
Robber steals blouse bra and cash at El Paso station
El Paso police hunt an armed robber who escaped with $1,000 after forcing a gas station attendant to open the safe. The thief took the blouse and bra of the attendant to discourage pursuit, leaving her in a raincoat as investigators arrived.
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EL Paso
Tex
Old west town debates private club permit amid dry history
Saint Jo Texas faces a clash over a private club permit for the Country Kitchen and Club on the town square near the Stonewall Tavern museum once a cowhand haven. Some residents oppose citing church concerns while others see it as progress in a county recently dry. A Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission hearing will decide in coming weeks as town divisions widen.
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Saint JO
Tex
Chisholm Trail
Texas
Stonewall
Montague County
James Palmer
Texas Alcoholic Beverages Commission
Country Kitchen
U.S. 82
Parmer
Red River
TABC
J.C. O’donnell
Muenster
Cooke County
Spanish Fort
Nocona
Bowie
Montague
Weather watch partly cloudy warm with storms
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with widely scattered thunderstorms west and north. Very warm afternoons continue. Low tonight 65 to 74, in the mountains mid 50s. High Wednesday 86 to 105.
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E.G. Clark
Madison County Hospital
Charles Sweet
State Health Department
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Tin
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Automobile Workers
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Paris
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