Alaska oil pipeline ban hearing begins today
A federal judge starts hearings on whether to extend a temporary injunction against the Alyeska 789 mile pipeline from the North Slope to the Valdez port. Environmentalists say the Interior Department’s environmental impact statement is incomplete while Interior Secretary Morton defends it as final.
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Alaska
U. S. District Court
George L. Hart Jr
Alyeska Pipeline Co
Valdez
Interior Department
Interior
Rogers C. B. Morton Jr
Morton
Former Illinois House Speaker Ralph Smith Dies at 56
Ralph Tyler Smith, former Illinois House speaker and U.S. Senator, died at 56 in Alton after a third heart attack in two years. A Republican from Granite City, he served in the Senate from 1969 to 1971 after appointment by Gov. Ogilvie, losing to Adlai Stevenson III in 1970. He had moved to Alton in 1946 and earlier served as a Navy veteran and long-time state representative.
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Ralph Tyler Smith
U. S. Senate
Charles H. Percy
Smith
Richard B. Ogilvie
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Dirksen
Illinois House
Alton
Illinois Republican
Granite City
Ilinois College
Jacksonville
Washington University
St. Louis
Ogilvie
Richard M. Nixon
Stevenson
SALT talks shift to Geneva for next round
United States and Soviet Union will hold the next phase of strategic arms talks in Geneva Switzerland to avoid shuttling between Helsinki and Vienna. If accommodations delay, the first negotiating session may occur in Vienna in October before moving to Geneva. Gerard C. Smith, head of the U S arms control team, has indicated retirement but may lead the October talks before stepping down next year.
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Soviet Union
Geneva
Switzerland
Helsinki
Vienna
State Department
U. S
Gerard C. Smith
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
U S
Nixon
Smith
New signs replace old school traffic markers statewide
Illinois adopts a nationwide program to install Canadian and European picture oriented road signs. By Sept 15 Carterville High School area signs will replace the yellow diamond school signs. First to go up are school crossing signs with other regulatory signs to follow as replacements occur.
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Carterville High School
Illinois
Highway Department District 9
Carbondale
Ilinois Department of Transportation
B52 Bombers Hit North Vietnamese Forces Near Quang Tri
U S B52s bombed North Vietnamese units attempting to cross the DMZ toward Quang Tri as Saigon troops fend off attacks in the south. Saigon reports 113 enemy killed and 28 South Vietnamese deaths with 71 wounded. U S forces also targeted concentrations between Saigon and the Cambodian border.
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U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri Front
Bor
Saigon Command
Dmz
U. S
Quang Tri City
Hue
Cambodia
Kampong Bay
Local Directory Snippet Ties Names to Places
Fragmentary list shows phone numbers 942-3187 684-2126 993-8161 549-5391 paired with place names Herrin Murphysboro Marion Carbondale. No full context or verbatim article text provided.
Two British soldiers killed by IRA land mines in Belfast
In Belfast Anderstown a trip wire mine explosion killed two British soldiers during a foot patrol. The deaths bring Northern Ireland death toll to 508 over three years with 68 fatalities this year among British troops amid ongoing sectarian violence.
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Belfast
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Anderstown
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
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