Tanker Olympic Games Captain Charged After Delaware Spill
The Liberian registered tanker Olympic Games spill near Philadelphia leads to arrest of its Greek captain Vassilios Viismas on Water Pollution Control Act and Refuse Act charges. A separate grounding of Daphne off Puerto Rico prompted U.S. charges and a $50,000 bond.
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United Press International
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Daphne
Puerto Rico
U.S
David W. Marston
Vassilios Viismas
Edwin EK
Nauthons
Marston
Viismas
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Gloucester City
N.J
Tanda No
Ford to Decide Soon on Amnesty for Vietnam-Era Evaders
President Ford signaled a likely decision within a week on amnesty for Vietnam era draft evaders and deserters. He noted he would weigh military morale public opinion and equity after being pressed by Jane Hart widow of Senator Hart’s wife. About 21 000 people cleared their records via alternative service in 1974 clemency.
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Vaal
Colo
Ford
Five seek Valparaiso City Commission seats
Alfred A. Cox and incumbent John C. Sims are among five candidates to fill two at large posts on the Valparaiso City Commission. Nominations were announced Wednesday for the January 11 municipal election with incumbents Reid P. Gilland and James Smith joined by James Thigpen and Cox as newcomers. Gilland is finishing a second term, Sims a third. qualifying closes Friday at noon.
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Alfred A. Cox
John C
Buddy) Sims
Valparaiso
Noth
Commission
Reid P. Gitland
James
Jim) Smith
James Thigpen
Cox
Gilland
Sims
Barricaded former mental patient shot by police in Kansas
Larry Lear, armed with pistol, rifle and shotgun, held six hostages in a south central Kansas home for about nine hours. A police marksman shot Lear through a window, killing him. six hostages were released, including Lear’s girlfriend, after officers and volunteers swapped places. One officer was grazed during later gunfire. no other injuries reported.
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Haysville
Kan
UPS
Kansas
Larry Lear
Lear
Girlriend
George Jameson
Wichita Southeast High School
Debt Collection Limits Accepted by FTC in Major Case
The FTC secured a consent order with National Account Systems a large Chicago based debt collector owned by Diners Club Inc halting alleged oppressive tactics. The order carries fines up to 10000 per violation and targets illegal use of credit data false pretenses and threats to jail. NAS operates in over 50 cities with subsidiaries NAS Creditors Services Milwaukee and A B Hartman named in the action.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
National Account Systems
Diners Club Inc
New York
Kenneth Downey
Los Angeles
Downey
NAS
NAS Subsidiaries
NAS Creditors Services, Inc
National Account System of Milwaukee, Inc
A.B. Hartman, Inc
Saudi Arabia says it has Western friends but seeks favors from Carter
Saudi Arabia's oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Yamani told Der Spiegel that Washington has four friends in Saudi Arabia and may expect choices in return from President-elect Carter. He cited a modest 5 percent price rise as a Western recession fear and noted Saudi-UAE split from OPEC after resisting larger hikes. Yamani denied a formal deal but suggested political bargains exist and warned of Western economic unease abroad.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Commerce
Feliks ‘Tarum
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Tamm
Bonn
West Germany
UPL
Ahmed Yamani
West
Saudi Arabia
der Spiegel
Yamani
Italy
France
United Arab Emirates
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Carter
Yamant
United States
Israel
Florida Bar Probes McCain Ethics Charges
Former Florida Supreme Court Justice David McCain acknowledges contacting three judges on pending cases but denies unethical conduct. The Florida Bar has begun disbarrment proceedings amid impeachment and bar investigations, citing alleged pressure and undisclosed campaign contributions related to a bribery conviction reversal.
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Florida
McCain
Tallahassee, Fla
UPI
Supreme Court
David McCain
Palm Beach
House
4Th District Court of Appeals
Florida Bar
Judicial Qualifications Commission
Bar
DGA
Joseph McNulty
Lakeland
Richart Nell
Fort Lauderdale
Europe Battered by Freezing Temperatures Across Continent
Europe endures record cold as temperatures plunge below freezing from Britain to Iceland. Snow, ice and fog disrupt transport with hundreds of accidents and major airports delaying travel Italy France Switzerland Austria and Germany report heavy snow and cold across the holiday period with Moscow tobogganing under snow.
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London
Britain
Iceland
Europe
France
Italy
Switzerland
Austria
Radstatt
English Channel
Ramsgate
Oxfordshire
Reykjavik
London Airport
Southend-London
Siberia
Germany
North Sea
Baltic
Zurich
Paris
Brussels
Yugoslavia
Nam
Scandinavia
Sweden
Norway
Skagerak 2
Tt Moscow
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Harcus Hook
Richland, Wash
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Tel Aviv
Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin
Labor Party
Michigan
Saginaw
Mich
Saginaw General Hospital
Maryann Rodriguez
Margarita
Rodriguez
KKK
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Ku Klux Klan
Cpl
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Henry
Ivanhoe
N.C
PF. Latimer Gould
Miami
Miami Beach
Fla
Fontainebleau
Herbert Schiffman
Schiffman
Ihotel Employes
Janes F. Scearce
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Seoul
South Korea
Seoul Court of Appeals
Kim Dae-sang
Park Chung-hee
Posun Yun
Kim
Henderson
Tallahassee
WD. Childers
Karl Lenderson
Childers
Pensacola
Woodle Lites
Public Service Commission
Valp Council
Daily. News
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P.O
Friesed Ae Uecand
Fort Walton Beach
Niceville
Audit Bureau of Cleeufadian
Wichita
Harry Minor
Minor
Arabia
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Albany, Ga
Lula Belle Lane
Fort Wallon Beach
Francis May Page
Frank Fell
Edmund Kielman
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