Ford may grab 18 in Minnesota
President Ford backers win a key rule at Minnesota Independent Republican convention with 18 remaining national delegates to be chosen by majority vote. Reagan decries the rule change and hints at protests while Carter maintains a strong Democratic delegate lead ahead of the national nominating contest.
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Jimmy Carter
Washington
Carter
Gerry Nelson
ST. Paul
Minn
Ford
Minnesota
Ronald Reagan
Mississippi
California
Reagan
Betty Ford
Georgia
New Hampshire
Associated Press
Harold LeVander Jr
GOP
Republican National Committee
Sen
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Robert Dole
Kansas
National Committee
Lyn Nofziger
Kansas City
Blaze Kills Oneida Couple In Jurisdictional Fire Dispute
Two residents Janice Winder and Samuel Winder were killed in an early morning trailer fire on the Oneida Indian Nation land near West Road. Fire and police did not respond due to ongoing jurisdictional dispute with City of Oneida officials. The blaze followed a months long standoff over access to fire protection and law enforcement, with tensions heightened by past land title claims and treaty disputes.
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Robert W. Curley
West Road
Janice Winder
Samuel Winder
Oneida
David Honyoust
George Loomis
Honyoust
Loomis
Public Safety
Richard B. Myers
Uing
Herbert Brewer
Hongoust
Oneida Indian Land
Cleanup speeded for 4th Coast oil spill at Alexandria Bay
Coast Guard officials supervise a rapid cleanup of a massive fuel oil spill on the St Lawrence River. They aim to reopen the Thousand Islands tourist area by July 4, with oil boom teams and vacuum trucks clearing oil within a week to 10 days. Six birds died and twelve distressed herons were found as cleanup continues. NEPCO barge ruptured three tanks after striking a shoal near Wellesley Island and Comfort Shoal. authorities say the spill endangers wildlife and hampers pleasure craft access and local tourism.
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St. Lawrence
Alexandria Bay
Thousand Islands
Coast Guard
Goose Bay
Chippewa Bay
New England Petroleum Corp
NEPCO
Wellesley Island
Comfort Shoal
Cmdr
Jerome Foley
Foley
Flood threat eases as storms fade and coast guards work
A flash flood warning for Central New York was to be lifted late today with sun expected tomorrow. The forecast calls for a few evening showers, lows near 55 to 60, and highs in the upper 70s. Precipitation chances drop from 30 percent tonight to 20 percent tomorrow. Oil pollution in the St. Lawrence River near Wellesley Island and Ogdensburg grows, with 308,000 gallons spilled and booms deployed to curb the slick heading toward Montreal. cleanup crews and the Coast Guard pump and trap oil, aiming for cleanup in days. The NEPCO 14 barge is being inspected as part of the response before resuming service.
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New York
National Weather Service
Hancock Field
Weather Service
Wellesley Island
Mason's Point
Coast Guard
Thousand Islands
Foley
Ogdensburg
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Alexandria Bay
NEPCO
St. Lawrence Seaway Corp
Dems form task force on pension reform bill
North Syracuse Assemblyman Ronald Stott says a Democratic task force agreed to draft a pension reform bill stricter than Eckert. The plan would allow voluntary employee contributions up to three percent while keeping the current pension formula. Stott warned support could fade and hinted he might back Eckert if backers pull away.
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Albany
North
Syracuse
Ronald Stott
Assembly
Eckert
Senate
Stott
Stanley Steingut
The
Herald-Journal
County gains temp permit to dump sewage into Lake Ontario
Monroe County can dump about 35 million gallons daily of partially treated sewage into Lake Ontario from the Frank Van Lare plant to cure an odor problem. Officials say lake pollution levels and beach reopening plans will not be affected.
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Rochester
UPI
Monroe County
Lake Ontario
Irondequoit
Irwin King
Department of Environmental Conservation
EnCon
Frank van Lare
Supreme Court rules private schools may not bar black students
The Supreme Court split 7 2 in a private schools ruling that racial exclusion violates federal civil rights law. It also unanimously upheld protections against employment discrimination, saying the Civil Rights Act prohibits race based discharge of any individual. Fairfax-Brewster and Bobbe's Private School in Virginia were the cases involved.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
William H. Rehnquist
Private
White
Rehnquist
Fairfax-Brewster
Ir. Bailey
Crossroads
Bobbe
Arlington
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Utica
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