One Killed as Lightning Strikes Oil Tanker Sea Tiger
A Liberian tanker Sea Tiger caught fire after a thunderstorm lightning caused explosions near a Sun Oil dock in the Neches River. One crew member is dead and 15 hospitalized with injuries. 15 more treated and released. Two dockworkers injured. Approximately 24,500 barrels of oil on board, with foam crews sealing a 30 foot starboard breach as river flooding hinders the rescue.
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Nederland, Texas
Neches
Coast Guard A
Coast Guard
Sea Tiger
Houston
Sun Oil Co
Dave Galgay
John Shaw
Sun Oil
Robert Brown
Galgay
Shaw
Gulf Oil Co
Pat Riley
Eisenhower urged public confusion over Nevada nuclear tests
Newly declassified documents reveal that in 1953 President Eisenhower directed the Atomic Energy Commission to keep the public confused about dangers from nearby Nevada open-air nuclear tests, as pressure rose to relocate tests. The report notes Southern Utah residents faced uncertainty about health risks from the tests in the 1950s.
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Salt Wiare City
Utah
Nevada
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Congressional
Federal Agency
Gordon Dean
Dean
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Temperature Drop at Three Mile Island Lowers Reactor Heat
Temperatures in the Three Mile Island reactor cooling system fell from 235 degrees to 182 degrees marking the first drop below boiling. Officials said a natural circulation backup is being designed while the plant is not yet in cold shutdown and a six month rate freeze shields customers from new charges.
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Harrisburg
Three Mile Island
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Jan Strasma
Strasma
Carter Shifts on Shah Residency in United States
Washington reports the Carter administration privately accepts the Shah of Iran may live in the United States when Iran relations stabilize, with no timetable given. The Shah his wife and children have been in the Bahamas since March 30, regarded by Bahamian officials as a brief visit.
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Washington
Carter
United States
U.S
Iran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Bahamas
Cancer of the Colon The One Nobody Talks About
Leon Mitchell battled colon cancer after a routine rectal exam revealed a malignant tumor. A May 1972 surgery removed the tumor and a second operation created a colostomy, changing his life as doctors aimed to remove all cancerous tissue.
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Star
United States
American Cancer Society
Winchester
William Houck
Leon Mitchell
George M. Stoddart
Mitchell
Europe
Atlantic
Cel Pathology Laboratory
Demolition of Byrd Bridge on Rt 50 Under Way
Fifty year old Byrd Bridge on Rt 50 is being dismantled as the steel trusses and the remaining span are taken down. The description of the process appears on the Area page. The piece notes youth activist Jim Moyer as the youngest member of the Frederick County Taxpayers Association.
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Byrd Bridge
Rt. 50
Jim Moyer
Frederick County Taxpayers Association
Flood Waters Continue to Flow South
Flood waters push south through Mississippi while rains flood east Texas and parts of Alabama. In Mississippi, Pearl River floods threaten Columbia as Jackson recovers. Texas evacuations increase in Harris County with hundreds displaced. Red Cross opens shelters. In Alabama, delta towns near Mobile brace for rising floods as Tombigbee swells.
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Mississippi
Texas
Alabama
North Dakota
Minnesota
Beaumont
Houston
Red Cross
Sour Lake
Bella Woods
Banana Bend
Highland Shore Drive
Harris County
Mississippi Civil Defense
Jim Thornhill
Columbia
Morgantown
Pearl River
Jackson
Georgetown
Monticello
Miss
Peggy Simoneaux
Thornhill
Weather Service
Mobile
Tombigbee
Marengo
Greene
Hale
Sumter
Scaffold Collapse Ends Safely
In Richmond three window washers from Greensboro North Carolina escaped serious harm when a coupling failed on a cage style scaffold high above the financial district. The men Charles Sheffer 25 Douglas Jones 19 and David Nunn 19 were treated for scrapes and bruises after being hauled to safety by rescuers.
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Richmond (Ap
Richmond
Financial
Jim Grady
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Charles Sheffer
Douglas Jones
David Nunn
Greensboro
N.C
Clear Day
Grady
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Spectator
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