Gas probe raises more questions than answers
Washington lawmakers press the Commerce Committee to probe whether major oil firms hide natural gas in offshore federal leases. Interior officials testify as production falls in five Gulf fields and reserves cited by companies differ from U.S. Geological Survey estimates. The hearing will call oil-company representatives to explain why 980 billion cubic feet of proved reserves aren’t tapped.
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Washington
UPI
John Seiberling
D-Qhig
Interior
Cecil Andrus
Interior Department
House Mining Subcommittee
Andrus
William D. Bettenberg
Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Geological Survey
Michigan Republican
Abraham Kazen Jr
D-Tex
Gulf
Kazen
Rain Dancers Bring Quick Shower on Mt Tamalpais
A playful rain dance near San Francisco sparked a brief shower on Mt Tamalpais in Marin County. Weather officials cautioned the rain would barely touch the drought stricken lakes and reservoirs in California despite the momentary relief.
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Mt. Tamalpais
Marin County
San Francisco
California
UPI
Columbia Gas Ohio Daily Situation Report February 17 1977
Columbia Gas of Ohio reports a 19 degree average temperature across its area on February 17 1977, 10 below normal. Heating season send-out reaches 165 143 700 000 cubic feet with 38 854 200 000 remaining. residential and small commercial needs at 40 180 800 000. Gas utility urges conservation with thermostats at 65 or lower at night. PUCO directed notice.
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Columbia
Ohio
Columbia Gas
Boy’s sea bottle reaches French girls after long voyage
Philip Brown, aged 15, sent a message in a beer bottle in April 1975 from the Cayman Islands. It drifted 4500 miles to Ile de Groix off Brittany, where two French girls Anne-Lise Bonnec and Marie-Paule Lance found it 22 months later. The note asked his age. they replied they were two years old. Brown plans to continue correspondence by mail.
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Erie, Pa
Philip Brown
Philip
Anne-Lise Bonnec
Marie-Paule Lance
Cayman Islands
Caymans
Ile de Groix
Brittany
Anne-Lise
Marie-Paule
France
Cuba
Gulf
Brown
Vance plans repeat trip to Mideast to push talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance plans a second Middle East visit to press for a Geneva peace conference after noting sharp differences between Israel and the Arabs. He reported progress, with Saudi Arabia saying it will not raise oil prices soon, while signaling US pressure on Israel.
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Vance
Mideast
Washington
Cyris R. Vance
Israel
Middle East
Jume
Geneva
Saudi Arabia
Carter
Henry A Kissinger
Tanzanian paper claims Amin killed archbishop
A Tanzanian government newspaper reports Ugandan President Idi Amin personally shot Anglican Archbishop Janani Luwum after he refused to sign a confession. It says Luwum and two Ugandan ministers were killed during interrogation and their bodies dumped in Lake Victoria. The piece cites a Kampala special correspondent and notes international inquiries followed the event.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
Idi Amin
Janani Luwum
Kampala
Daily News
Amin
Milton Obote
Luwum
Lake Victoria
Erinayo Oryema
Charles Oboth-Ofumbi
Radio Uganda
Nakasero Lodge
Exploding shell kills teen at Virginia school
A 40-millimeter shell exploded at Huguenot Academy in Poquoson killing eighth grader Scott Goodman from Richmond and wounding five other students. James Davidson said a student tried to fashion the shell into an ashtray while it sat in a vise in an industrial arts room. The injured all faced hospital treatment and surgeries.
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Powhatan
Huguenot Academy
James Davidson
Scott Goodman
Richmond
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Leslie Brown
London
Uganda
Julius Nyerere
Obote
China
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Mark Horner
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