Alaska gas pipeline proposals tested for environmental impact
A state commission reviews three gas export plans from Alaska to a seaport. The Arctic and Arche proposals favor sea shipment after liquefaction with expansion potential, while the Alcan route passes Canada. The staff’s Nov. 16 report cites lowest environmental risk for Arche, citing avoidance of earthquakes and liquefaction hazards.
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Alcan
Northwest Pipeline Corp
Commission
Alaska
Canada
Mars
Lopez Portillo Sworn In As Mexico Seizes More Land
Jose Lopez Portillo takes office as Mexico’s president amid sweeping expropriations by outgoing leader Luis Echeverria. About 11 million additional acres are expropriated to benefit roughly 40,000 peasants, with large-scale seizures in Sinaloa and Sonora, economic strains cited by observers.
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Mexico City
Jose Lopez Portillo
Mexico
Luis Echeverria
Tia
Agrarian Reform Ministry
Sinaloa
Pacific
Erheverria
Sonora
Ciudad Obregon
California student pilot terrorizes coast in stolen plane
A young California student pilot flew a stolen aircraft over the Los Angeles south coast in a violent incident with his girlfriend the cause of which remains unclear. Police chased the attacker as citizens watched with fear and confusion.
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California
Los Angeles
Civilian SR-71 blamed for Tucson sonic boom
Davis-Monthan Air Force base officials traced a loud sonic boom over Tucson to a civilian owned SR-71 aircraft from Lockheed's Palmdale plant. Initially labeled SAC, officials later confirmed the civilian jet flying 20 miles north of the city. The SR-71 cruises at 1800 mph and covers 60 000 square miles in an hour.
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Davis-Monthan
AF3
Tucson
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Federal Aviation Administration
D-M
Lockheed
Palmdale
Calif
Snowstorm Dumps Hefty Snow Across Erie County and Beyond
A Lake Erie storm dumped up to four feet of snow in southern Erie County New York with Hamburg and Evans reporting heavy totals. The New York Thruway was closed from Hamburg to the PA turnpike amid widespread road closures and emergency declarations.
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Lake Erie
Buffalo
Erie County
N.Y
Evans
Hamburg
Midlands
Rockies
Great Lakes
Wyoming
Midwestern
Chicago
December shoplifting surge hits Tucson stores
A Tucson Daily Citizen report outlines a holiday rise in shoplifting. It notes arrests peak in December, with 227 people jailed in December versus 196 in an average month, and highlights losses to merchants statewide.
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Tucson
STEM
Raymond V. Paulus
Tucson Daily Citizen
Government index signals cautious optimism on October economy
The government says its index forecasting economic trends held steady in October after two months of decline. Economists caution a trend needs three months to form, but Commerce Department chief economist John W. Kendrick calls the reading grounds for cautious optimism.
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Washington
John W. Kendrick
Commerce Department
Warmth eludes winter travelers in cold Arizona
Snowbirds flee Minneapolis heating bills yet face homesickness as gas costs rise. The weatherman predicts warmth but Tucson's high of 62 yesterday dropped to a 32 degree low this morning. Tomorrow's highs near the mid-60s with lows in the mid-30s across Arizona. Full weather report, page 7.
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National Weather Service
Midwest
Roanoke
New Orleans
San Antonio
Hartford
Minneapolis
Arizona
Tucson
Carter advisers meet on price boosts amid cabinet talks
President elect Jimmy Carter convened 16 economic advisers including five corporate executives to review the economy and discuss potential picks for treasury secretary OMB director and other top posts. Press Secretary Jody Powell said four or five advisers may be chosen. Carter weighs steel and aluminum price concerns and invited industry leaders to Plains for debate. Mondale and veteran Kennedy era figures joined the session at the Bond House.
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UPL
Jimmy Carter
Sing
Carter
Jody Powell
Treasury
Office of Management and Budget
Council of Economic Affairs
Commerce
Powell
Pittsburgh
Thomas C. Graham
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Bond House
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Thomas Bertram Lance
The
National Bank of Georgia
Lance
Hamilton Jordan
Mondale
Babbitt backs no wrongdoing in Simon beating case
Arizona Attorney General Bruce Babbitt endorsed the county prosecutor’s finding that jail guards and deputies did not assault Paul Simon in his February death at Pima County Jail. He urged improvements to jail facilities and overcrowding after reviewing the case and autopsy.
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Pima County
Paul Simon
Bruce Babbitt
Babbitt
Deputy County
Atty
A. Bates Butler iI
Simon
Butler
University of Arizona
Tucson Lily Citizen
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Hy Gardner
Ba TV
Ann Landers
United Press International
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
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Penney’s
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UPI Telephote
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Palmetto Expressway
Michael O'Rourke
Advisers
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Johnson
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Theso
Tod
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Cmuch
Pama County Hospital
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