State wastes $7.7 million in unpaid disposal fees
Illinois Auditor General Cronson reports more than $7.7 million in hazardous waste disposal fees owed since 1982 remain uncollected. The EPA and attorney general failed to notify liable companies of due payments, despite rulings and retroactive demands. The EPA and AG officials cite ongoing steps and deferred court actions as the matter remains in dispute.
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Springfield
Illinois
Robert Cronson
State Environmental Protection Agency
Attorney General’s Office
EPA
Attorney General
Neil Hartigan
Robert Kuykendall
Lee
No stoppage in dioxin soil transport to Minker site
Jefferson County Circuit Judge Timothy J Patterson declined a temporary restraining order to halt EPA cleanup plans to haul dioxin contaminated soil to the Minker site in northern Jefferson County. The ruling sends the dispute to federal court and sets a Monday deadline for briefings on jurisdiction.
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Hillsboro, Mo
Jefferson County
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Timothy J. Patterson
Patterson
EPA
Minker
John
Hammond
Circuit Court
Soviet diplomat shot near New Delhi embassy
A Soviet diplomat identified as V. Khitzenko was killed in an attack in New Delhi as two men on a motorcycle fired five shots from a semi automatic weapon. His wife and the driver were wounded while the gunmen escaped. A missing Soviet diplomat, Igor Gezha, was being sought.
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New Delhi
India
V. Khitzenko
United News of India
Igor Gezha
Gezha
Information Department
US Air Force plane carries Vietnam war remains to Hawaii
A USAF plane departed Clark Air Base for Honolulu with what is believed to be remains of Americans missing in the Vietnam War. The remains were handed over by Vietnamese authorities in Hanoi to a team from the Joint Casualty Resolution Center, which stopped at Clark en route to Honolulu for identification.
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Manila
Philippines
US S. Air Force
Clark Air Base
Honolulu
Hawaii
Hanoi
U.S. Joint Casualty Resolution Center
Clark
U.S. Defense Department
Laos frees errant U S tourist after Mekong swim
The Laos government released American tourist Jon Robert Phillips 29 of Rumson New Jersey who crossed the Mekong River from Thailand into Laos. A Thai immigration official said Phillips was escorted back to Thailand by a U S official from Vientiane.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Laos
Mekong
Jon Robert Phillips
Rumson
N.J
Nong Khai
U.S
Vientiane
Phillips
Protesters in Uitenhage Shootings Leave Dead, Injured
Police in Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, opened fire on a crowd of more than 3,000 black protesters killing at least 14 and wounding 20. The march from Langa township to a white suburb escalated after orders to disperse were ignored amid commemorations of Sharpeville. Additional unrest flared in Sharpeville and nearby townships with youths throwing stones and police using tear gas.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Uitenhage
Langa
Sharpeville
Ex-officer claims Salvadoran leaders aided death squads
Former top intelligence official Roberto Santivanez testifies that senior Salvadoran military leaders formed and funded rightist death squads to purge leftists. He names the Committee for National Security and notes involvement by Defense Minister Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova. He cites a 1980 approval to undermine reformist foes and eliminate enemies of the armed forces.
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Washington
el Salvador
Roberto Santivanez
Ansesal
Committee For National Security
Roberto D’aubuisson
Santivanez
Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova
Col
Adolfo Ma
Jano
Oscar Arnulfo Romero
Mario Zamora
Majano
U.S
Associated Press
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