Red Adair deploys to Elk Hills oil well blaze
Fire at Elk Hills oil well erupts when a packer jams and detonates. Officials say no nearby buildings or other wells are in danger as Williams Brothers Engineering shuts nearby lines. Witnesses describe intense heat and near-miss escapes. one worker notes the crew ate steak to celebrate earlier.
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Howanl Sehlieman
Williams Brothers Engineering
Tulsa
Ola
Elk Hills
Schlieman
Packer
Klan Launches Border Watch for Illegal Aliens
The Klan organized border patrol efforts near San Ysidro with at least 10 members and six vehicles displaying "Klan Border Watch" signs. Klansmen said they would avoid direct contact and use CB radios to relay sightings to authorities, while officials and minority groups condemned the patrols and planned counter demonstrations.
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Ickup
Duke
San Ysidro
San Diego
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Herman Baca
Baca
Mexico City
Santiago Roe
Patrick Lucey
U.S
Mexico
Prisoners may be home by Christmas
Washington AP reports that several hundred Americans jailed in Mexico could return home by Christmas under a treaty-based prisoner transfer bill cleared by Congress. Carter is expected to sign. parole eligibility, a 40 day wait, and six months left on sentence are key rules.
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Washington
Mexico
Canada
Carter
Justice Department
U.S
Demo boss rumored on way out
Washington reports indicate Kenneth Curtis may resign as chair of the Democratic National Committee amid White House dissatisfaction over leadership and staff control. White House officials deny calls for his removal while Curtis says he has not been asked to leave and continues meetings with President Carter.
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Washington
White House
Kenneth Curtis
Democratic National Committee
Baltimore Sun
Curtis
the Sun
Jody Powell
Carter
Democratic National
Charlotte Seat
Portland
Maine
WGAN
Kennedy aims to trim energy tax breaks in Senate bid
Senate debate opens on a finance committee energy bill as Sen. Kennedy leads a push to drop business tax breaks and a $400 home insulation credit. Opponents say the package remains costly while proponents argue it targets energy conservation and production with tax cuts.
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Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Finance Committee
Carter
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
Senate Energy Committee
Senate Budget Committee
Edmunnd
Muskie
Maine
Charles H. Percy
R-M
House
Senate Finance Committee
Conference Committee
Congress
Minority rule major problem Upstate N Y contractors hit 77 job law
In Ogdensburg New York Ed Skelly a white man contemplates claiming minority status to win bids under a 1977 Public Works Employment Act amendment that requires ten percent of local project work funded by federal grants be awarded to minority controlled firms. Local contractors complain the rule raises costs and there are few minority businesses in the North Country.
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N.Y
Skelly
Lam
U.S
North Country
Cary Brick
Menen
St. Tregis
New York City
Henry Smith
Smith
Rochester
Smith- Perry Associates
Vermont
High Sena
Pennsylvania
US. Department of Commerce
Washington
Long Beach Attorney Harry Simon in Critical Condition
Long Beach attorney Harry Simon husband of Councilwoman Renee Simon was listed in critical condition at St Mary Medical Center today with an aneurysm. Councilwoman Simon said her husband was in the middle of a jury trial about 2 20 p m Tuesday when he was taken to the hospital suffering from chest pains. An aneurysm is a bulge in the wall of an artery.
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Long Beach
Harry Simon
Renee Simon
St. Mary Medical Center
Simon
Carter backs South Africa arms embargo move
President Carter authorizes United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young to back U.N. sanctions to curb arms sales to South Africa while exploring limited economic penalties. White House awaits an official announcement as tensions rise over Pretoria's crackdown. France and Israel are noted arms suppliers amid growing Western pressure.
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Washington
Carter
United Nations
Andrew Young
U.S
Security Council
South Africa
United States
Britain
South Arica
White House Rose Garden
U.N
White House
State Department
Jody Powell
Young
Cyrus R. Vance
Rhodesia
Namibia
France
Israel
Fem
William Bowdler
Pretoria
Puerto Rican nationalists occupy Statue of Liberty in protest
New York Puerto Rican Nationalist Prisoners Committee members occupied Liberty Island for nine hours demanding Puerto Rico independence. Police breached a base door at 6 p.m. and the unarmed demonstrators were taken into custody after dispersing tourists and school children. They faced criminal trespass charges in Manhattan federal court.
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New York
New York Harbor
U.S. Park
Puerto Rico
Liberty Island
Vincente Alba
Battery Park
Manhattan
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Southland
Long Beam
Los Angeles Harbor
Tang Beach Harbor
Senate House Conference Committee
Bennett Johnston
D-La
Harley Staggers
D-W.va
Henry Jackson
Feft
Russell Long
By Mike Hendricks
Ogrensburg
Ed Skelly
S. Africa
Tralan
John Vorster
Miss Liberty of Protesters
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