Alaska pipeline blast kills worker at pump station
A faulty valve allowed oil to spew into a hot turbine triggering a blast that killed 39 year old Charles Lindsey of Fairbanks and injured five others at Pump Station 8 on the Alaska oil pipeline. The $9 billion line faced a halt as investigators from NTSB and federal safety experts studied the accident and repairs were estimated at four to six weeks with possible bypass options to resume pumping sooner.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
UPI
Charles Lindsey
Department of Transportation
National Transportation Safety Board
William J. Haley
Washington, D.C
Alyeska Pipeline Services Co
National miners push for nationwide walkout in Stearns strike
United Mine Workers leaders urge a national coal work stoppage and a mass march through Stearns Kentucky to back the Stearns Coal Co. No. 2 mine strike. Harry Patrick proposes a 10 day memorial period and a march of up to 5000 miners to pressure Blue Diamond Coal Co. talks.
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Stearns
UPI
United Mine Workers
Stearns Coal Co
Umws
Harry Patrick
International Executive Board
Arnold Miller
UMW
Patrick
Kentucky
Justus
Miller
Lee Roy Patterson
Brookside
Harlan County
USA
Gunmen Free All Hostages On Kuwait Airways Jet
Nine gunmen freed all 27 remaining passengers and crew from a hijacked Kuwait Airways Boeing 707 after 24 hours in exchange for safe passage to South Yemen. The plane, with 12 crew and 27 passengers aboard, faced extreme heat as talks continued with Kuwait, South Yemen, and the PLO to arrange landing in Aden.
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Kuwait
UPI
Kuwait Airways
South Yemen
The
Palestine Liberation Organization
Democratic Republic of South Yemen
Aden
Survey finds one in five consumers unhappy with purchases
A Harvard Business Review based study from 1975 shows 20 percent of items upset consumers, yet fewer than half complain. Auto repairs top complaints, followed by appliances and mail order goods, with many issues unresolved.
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Washington
UPI
Harvard Business Review
Ralph Nader
Center For the Study of Responsive Law
Alan Andreasen
Arthur Best
Carter offers energy voice to governors and officials
President Carter pledged a major role for state and local officials in key energy policy decisions including oil exploration atomic power and emergency fuel rationing after a two day energy conference with 43 governors. The gathering highlighted divisions over emergency gas policy and raised questions about publicity versus real discussion of energy problems. Carroll Askew and Shlesinger framed four concrete outcomes: a governors panel on conservation incentives an emergency preparedness panel and a panel for state cooperation with the new Department of Energy.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
White House
James Schlesinger
David Boren
Oklahoma
Dent Carter
Schlesinger
Reubin Askew
Florida
Julian Carroll
Kentucky
Ocal
James Edwards
South Carolina
Carroll
Askew
Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
Swine flu vaccine gamble may cost taxpayers over a billion
The GAO reports the 1976 swine flu program could cost more than 1 billion to the Treasury due to lawsuits and claims for injuries and deaths. It notes 300 million in filed claims, potential insurance profits, and uncertain final costs far above the 135 million appropriation.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
General Accounting Office
Congress
GAO
Fort Dix
N.J
National Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
South Carolina
Wisconsin
Missouri
Michigan
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Tom Ratterman
Alyeska
Pender
Lou Cancelmi
Ror
Mont Chateau State Park
Cheat Lake
West Virginia Geologic Survey
Blue Diamond Coal Co
Knoxville, Tenn
Blue Diamond
P & P Coal Co
St. Charles
Lee Potter
Kuwait Radio
Sheik Sabah al Ahmad
Health, Education and
Gerald Ford
Justice Department
U.S
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