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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1977
Page
2
AP reports Michigan Senator Robert Griffin, leaning against re election next year, cites waning challenge and fading enthusiasm after years in Congress. He recalls his friend Ford’s failed bid as a factor shaping his own plans.
The Yale Daily News Magazine asked over 160 writers artists actors and politicians about their fears. Notables including Art Buchwald Abraham Beame Charles Colson Barbara Walters John Wayne and Anthony Burgess shared diverse anxieties from violence and loss of control to hell and public misquotation.
Norway's environment chief reports the Ekofisk blowout spill is receding with light ecological damage. Experts say the slick will disperse or be cleaned up in a few days as weather helps and mechanical recovery remains limited to the thickest patch. Phillips Petroleum operates the field with 24 ships skimming oil.
Environmental groups urge a temporary halt to all production and exploration off Norway until safety measures and cleanup equipment are improved. Production at Ekofisk resumed Saturday night after a shutdown due to fire threat. Prime Minister Brundtland reserves judgment pending the official blowout investigation and rejects claims Phillips violated safety rules.
Metropolitan Opera chorus singer Betty Jane Stone died after a cape snagged in a backstage elevator at the Cleveland Symphony Center. The elevator had been scheduled for replacement during the center's renovation, with the performance of Il Trovatore continuing after the accident.
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