Oil spill slick fouls Delaware River shorelines
A Liberian tankerOlympic Games spilled 134000 gallons of Arabian crude oil washing from Newcastle Delaware to Marcus Hook Pennsylvania and threatening New Jersey. Coast Guard will hold Thursday hearings while EPA reviews potential bird kills and shellfish damage.
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Carter urges realistic expectations for new administration
President elect Carter cautions that quick sweeping changes are unlikely and advisers warn against overpromising. Jody Powell Harold Brown and Joseph Califano push restraint while Mondale outlines shared leadership and cabinet independence. Carter defends his word of honor and signals limited early welfare and defense reforms. Griffin Bell faces criticism over private club membership amid White House club comparisons.
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Defense
Harold Brown
Joseph Califano
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Walter Mondale
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Powell
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Griffin Bell
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Griffin
Bell
Georgia
Robert Lipshutz
Hotel strikers back on job in Miami Beach
Workers at the Fontainebleau, Miami Beach’s largest luxury hotel, obeyed a court order and returned to bed making and food service. Picket lines remained in front of six other large hotels struck five days earlier.
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Fontainebleau
Captain cites faulty gear in grounding Argo Merchant
Capt. Georgios Papadopoulos testified in a federal case that inaccurate bearings from a radio direction finder and malfunctioning gyrocompass contributed to the Argo Merchant grounding. The tanker spilled 7.6 million gallons of oil into the Atlantic, with insurers seeking to limit liability. Oceanographers reported the slick shrinking and drifting, with no bottom contamination expected.
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Argo
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Continental Insurance Co
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Continental
Thebes Shipping Co
Monrovia
Liberia
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Kissinger Bequeaths Phone Call Transcripts With Access Controls
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has abandoned his bid to keep telephone conversation transcripts secret. He will still tightly control access to the records, according to a State Department spokesman. The change comes after discussions with officials.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
State Department
Library of Congress
New York seeks backers for billion dollar city note repayment
City and state officials, aided by President-elect Carter, begin lining up revenue sources to cover 1 billion in city notes after a Court of Appeals ruling. Plans include 200 million in city cash, 200 million in MAC bonds, 250 million in new MAC bonds, plus pension fund and bank investments.
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Hugh Carey
St. Simons Island
Georgia
Johan Zuccotti
Civil Service Union
Zuccotti
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Municipal Assistance Corporation
Rohatyn
Baby found dead at Miss Porter's in Middleburg
Two incidents of infant deaths surface in private boarding schools. In Middleburg Virginia a 15 year old Notre Dame Academy student reportedly gave birth in her room and her newborn girl was found dead in a school's incinerator two days after birth. Authorities consider possible criminal charges while saying cause of death is undetermined. Similar case reported at Miss Porter’s School in Farmington Connecticut involved a full term baby boy found in a plastic bag after birth to an unidentified sophomore. Local prosecutor notes the baby appeared to have breathed and investigations continue.
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Notre Dame Academy
Devine
Mary Sheryl
Academy
Miss Porter
Farmington
Conn
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