Gas explosion prompts pipeline safety review urge
A February LPG line blast in Texas near Whitharral killed five and spurred the National Transportation Safety Board to press Mid-America Pipeline System owners to review accident records and re inspect pipeline sections. The initiative follows the LPG rupture near Whitharral and signals heightened safety scrutiny.
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Oil company breakup in committee
A closely divided Senate Judiciary Committee takes up a bill to force the 18 largest oil firms to divest into a single segment within five years. Supporters say competition would rise and prices fall, while opponents warn of higher costs and reduced production. The bill names Exxon Texaco Shell Standard Oil Indiana Gulf Mobil Atlantic Richfield Standard Oil of California Getty Union Sun Phillips Continental Cities Service Marathon BP Sohio Am erada Hess Ashland.
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Howe to plead innocent in sex solicitation case arraignment
Rep Allan Howe seeks an innocent plea amid charges of soliciting sex from Salt Lake police decoy prostitutes. Arraignment scheduled in Salt Lake City on a misdemeanor. Howe claims innocence and says he was set up. Colleen Gardner plans to meet with the U S attorney over alleged Capitol Hill sexual activity involving lawmakers and staffers.
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Ford names chairmen to hold onto delegates
President Ford's campaign names nine regional delegate chairmen to keep Ford's delegates in line and prevent defections to Reagan. Morton says the aim is to maintain communications with delegates, while Reagan's camp plans to contest 38 Iowa delegates and meet 36 Iowa picks this weekend. Carter returns home after fundraising in Dallas and a New York convention appearance with Udall backing.
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Letter bombs prompt FBI warning to the public
FBI Director Clarence M Kelley cautioned businesses and individuals to be alert for letter bombs similar to those already found in five U S cities involving seven corporations and a business executive The FBI is pursuing an active investigation into the mailed devices which arrived in manila envelopes bearing typed labels and postmarked from Atlanta Tex and Texarkana Tex Five women were slightly injured when a bomb exploded in New York City at Merrill Lynch others were sent to the Bunge Corp DuPont Exxon McDonalds Systems Beatrice Foods and Marathon Oil with one small package found in Findlay Ohio An FBI spokesman declined to discuss motives
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Marine drill sergeant fights death ruling in McClure case
An attorney for S. Sgt. Harold L. Bronson opened the court martial alleging Lynn McClure may have died from a drug overdose rather than a training camp beating. The claim centers on a 400 percent overdose of streptomycin and gentamicin at a Houston VA hospital days before McClure’s death. Bronson is charged with assault negligent homicide general orders and maltreatment in the 20 year old recruit from Texas. He collapsed after a drill incident December 5 and died March 13 after brain surgery.
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Associated Press
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Daniel Hunter
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Veterans Hospital
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Louisiana wins border dispute with Texas
Louisiana gains jurisdiction over 9200 acres of Gulf sea bottoms south of the Sabine River after a Supreme Court ruling. Attorney General William Guste says the property could yield millions over time as oil wells surround the area and state budgets face cuts amid declining revenues. The unsigned opinion upholds Measured median line rules tied to Sabine jetties per the 1958 Geneva Convention framing.
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