Mexican workers halt attempt to cap offshore oil leak
PEMEX officials said a 125ton inverted steel cone used to cap the Ixtoc oil well in the Bay of Campeche cracked underwater and was sent to Brown and Root in Houston for repairs. The spill, first reported June 3, has coated parts of the Texas coast and polluted beaches as far away as Texas. Flow had been reduced from 1.25 million to about 420,000 gallons daily.
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Bay of Campeche
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State Run Oil Company
PEMEX
Associated Press
Brown and Root
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Kenya to hold fourth general election on Nov. 8
Kenyans will vote for a new parliament and local officials on November 8 in the East African nation's fourth general election since independence in 1963. President Moi announced the date and 700 plus candidates seek 168 seats, all from KANU the sole legal party.
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Texas health chiefs clash over Southeast Asian refugee health risks
In Austin, Rep. Mike Ezzell urged slowing Southeast Asian refugee inflows after Dr. Vernon Houk of the CDC said Texas faces no insurmountable health problem. Officials fear tuberculosis leprosy and venereal disease though Texas officials acknowledge ongoing refugee flows and monitoring gaps.
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Shepard Lowman
Office of
Welcome set for today Philadelphia greets PopeJohn Paul II
The City of Brotherly Love prepares a grand welcome with 3000 Catholic schoolchildren flashing placards spelling Philadelphia Welcomes Pope John Paul II With Love as Pope John Paul II arrives on Shepherd One. The event centers on Logan Circle where a Mass is planned outside the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.
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Six Mexican Americans sue car lot owners for civil rights violations
The suit, filed in federal court, claims four used car lots exploited language barriers to sell shoddy autos. Plaintiffs seek injunctions against Amigo Motors Rio Bravo Tex-Mex and Rio Grande Motors plus damages under the Civil Rights Act the Federal Consumer Protection Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Port Houston to send a six member trade mission to China next year to bolster economic ties. About 200 Alabama Coushatta tribal members back the reservation superintendent in a dispute with the Texas Indian Commission calling for the executive director’s resignation.
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Bob G. Wharton
Bob Andrew Wharton
Amigo Motors
Rio Bravo Motors
Tex-Mex Motors
Rio Grande Motors
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Texas
Texas Indian Commission
Emmett Battise
Walter Broemer
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Floor debate on SALT II faces uphill Senate fight
Washington AP reports SALT II remains bogged by Senate delays and disputes over verification and defense spending. Leadership aims to start floor debate this year only if 67 votes are assured, with views split among Byrd Baker Tower Church on timing and strategy for ratification amid the Cuban Soviet brigade issue.
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Cuba
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Chamber
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Howard H. Baker
Tennessee
Baker
John Tower
Texas
Senate Republican Conference
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Frank Church
Idaho
Church
Gold Loses Glitter on Fluctuation Day
Gold softened after a day of wild swings on global markets. Prices opened in London at 412.40 per ounce, rose to 417, still below the 444 peak reached Tuesday and the 424 close..
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London
Zurich
Tokyo
Bank of Japan
United States
Frankfurt
Upside Down Flag Protest At Northside Christian School
The head of Northside Christian School in Altamonte Springs Fla has ordered the American flag flown upside down and at half staff to protest U S withdrawal from the Panama Canal Zone He read the names of 56 senators who voted for the Panama Canal treaty urging distress over the presidents actions.
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Fla
Northside Christian School
U.S
Panama Canal Zone
John Butler Book
Benedict Arnold
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