Texas Grain Elevator Explodes (COMPILED from AP/UPI REPORTS) -- As City and Other Nearby Communities Already Are Trying to Piece Togeth- Covered Anything
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Texas grain elevator explodes (COMPILED FROM AP/UPI REPORTS) -- as City and other nearby communities already are trying to piece togeth- covered anything. They are lining An explosion in a grain elevator in responded. er what caused the deadly blast up witnesses to the explosion, Galveston, Tex. Tuesday night kill- The grain elevator was about a that killed at least 34 persons but say their probe can't begin un- ed at least 8 persons while the mile from downtown Galveston. last week in Louisiana. til surviving victims recover from search for the last victim of anoth- Windows of buildings in Galves- So far 34 bodies have been pulled their injuries enough to be ques- er grain elevator explosion near ton's business district were shat- from the rubble left when that ele- tioned. New Orleans continued. tered and knocked out by the force vator blew up and toppled onto an Ten of the injured remain hospi- The most recent explosion was of the blast. office building. The search for talized. heard 70 miles away. Residents in distant Port Arthur the 35th continues. The F.B.I. said earlier rumors of At least 22 persons were injured and Beaumont heard the explosion and The area director of the Occupa- sabotage are nonsense. One spokes- in the mishap to which ambulances felt its vibrations. tional Safety and Health Adminis- man said, "It's a grain dust explo- and firefighters from Houston, Tex- Meanwhile, federal investigators tration said his people hadn't un- sion, an industrial accident." Helicopter Vol. 32 No. 244 Wednesday, December 28, 1977 Carter picks slices into new budget apartments director BOSTON, MASS. (UPI) -- A helicopter on its usual morning flight to WASHINGTON (UPI) -- President Carter broadcast traffic conditions in the Tuesday announced a new budget di- Boston area during rush hour Tues- rector and a new budget. day morning sliced into a three Carter said he wants to fill the story apartment building in Quincy, vacancy left by Bert Lance with the Mass. man who served as his budget direc- Moments earlier the pilot radioed tor in Georgia, James McIntyre. Lance resigned in a controversy that he was going to try for an The Nav's only .hohe-based daily emergency landing. over his personal finances, and the Senate has been criticized for not The helicopter's rotor blades hit U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba the building, part of the bubble questioning him closely enough. Now cockpit sheered off and the air- it must decide whether to confirm craft crashed to the ground, leaving McIntyre as head of the Office of a rotor blade sticking out of an Management and Budget. apartment window. The nominee said his net worth Egypt will not give up was $100,000 a year ago and his The pilot and the broadcast re- porter aboard the chopper were stock holdings amount to only killed. Both were filling in for $9,600. He says he has no finan- the helicopter's regular pilot and cial or other problems in his past on a Palestinian state that will impede confirmation. traffic reporter. In The crash also touched off a CAIRO (UPI) -- Egypt said Tuesday it Meanwhile, the agency quoted chief announcing the choice, Carter three-alarm fire inside the apart- would not budge on its demand for a U.S. negotiator Alfred Atherton as said McIntyre has been superlative in ment building in which four resi- Palestinian state -- rejected by Is- saying Washington "understands putting together the fiscal 1979 dents were injured. rael at a Christmas summit meeting. Egypt's position well and will do budget. Dead are newsman Chip Whitmore of It said a U.S. envoy expressed under- its utmost to help in the realiza- After a final meeting tomorrow, Boston's all news radio station WEEI standing of Cairo's position. tion of a just peace." that budget goes to the printer. It and pilot Richard ("Red") Banks. Egypt also stood by its call for a The reported Atherton statement is expected to reach about $500 bil- complete Israeli withdrawal from oc- followed calls by Meguid Monday for lion. cupied Arab land, on which wide dif- greater U.S. involvement, presumably Carter said too much of the gross Kennedy visit ferences were reported to remain af- to press for Israeli concessions. national product goes into the fe- ter the two-day meeting between The Cairo conference recessed late deral coffers. His new budget, he President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Monday and was due to reconvene to says, is a "good start" on provid- to check on Prime Minister Menahem Begin. hear reports as early as January ing adequate funding for federal "The Egyptian position has not and from two joint ministerial commit- programs while cutting down the will not change," said Esmat Abdel tees set up at the Sadat-Begin sum- share of the G.N.P. which is paid normalization Meguid, chief Egyptian delegate to mit. The committees were to try to in federal taxes. Cairo peace talks with Israel. bridge the summit discord. HONG KONG (UPI) Sen. Edward Ken- -- "The Egyptian position, which Sa- Egyptian officials said Sadat re- nedy arrived in China's largest city dat stressed at the Ismailia (sum- fused to announce an Israeli offer on the birthday of the late Mao mit) talks. is based on total with- of virtually total withdrawal from Tse-Tung to explore the possibili- Film director drawal and the legitimate rights of occupied Sinai because he felt the ties for normalizing Sino-American the Palestinians, including their Begin proposal sidestepped the wider diplomatic relations. right to set up an independent issues of pullbacks from all occupi- The Senator and an entourage in- Hawks dies state," he told the official Middle ed territories and establishment of cluding Caroline Kennedy, daughter East News Agency. a Palestinian state. HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (AP) -- Hollywood of the late President Kennedy, ar- film director Howard Hawks has died rived Monday in Shanghai and were at the age of 81. greeted by Kang Tai-Sha, a deputy A spokesman for the family said secretary-general of China's Insti- OMB Sea pay plan approved by Hawks passed away at his Palm tute of Foreign Affairs. Springs, Calif. home Monday night as The institute invited the Massa- The Department of Defense last week announced that the Office of Manage- a result of complications from a chussetts Democrat to China and ment and Budget (OMB) has approved the Navy's proposal to'increase sea pay rates for seagoing petty concussion he suffered in a fall will be his host during his 15-day officers. The plan will be forwarded to Congress several weeks ago. visit, which lasts until Jan. 9. next month for consideration. If approved, Hawks, who began his cinema career Kennedy has said his China trip this would be the first time sea pay legislation has been modified since the fixed-dollar-rate for sea pay, based on paygrade, in 1924, was one of Hollywood's fin- was intended to "explore the possi- was est film-makers. He was most suc- bility of continued progress for established in 1949. The sea pay plan provides increased payments to enlisted personnel as cessful in hard-hitting vehicles for normalization of relations." such stars as Humphrey Bogart, James His visit came at a time when se- they serve cumulative years at sea during their careers. It also estab- lishes new eligibility criteria and provides payments between $25 and Cagney, Kirk Douglas and John Wayne. veral U.S. Foreign Affairs experts $100 But Hawks also had a knack for are warning time is running out on monthly to qualified sea-going career petty officers. Presently, sea pay is authorized for all enlisted sailors assigned to comedy. His humorous films included the momentum toward resuming U.S. unit or staff. Current sea pay levels are based "Bringing Up Baby," starring Cary Chinese relations created by Presi- any class ship, embarked on pay grade alone, and range from $8.00 for E-1/2 paygrades to $22.50 Grant and Katherine Hepburn, and dent Nixon's 1972 trip to China. for chief petty officers (pay grades E-7 through E-9). "His Girl Friday," with Grant and Kennedy was honored at a banquet Rosalind Russell. Monday night and diplomatic sources Under the new plan, a sailor will be eligible for sea pay if he has served three qualifying years at sea, has been advanced to petty officer His last film, made in 1970, was said he and his hosts toasted to "Rio Lobos," starring John Wayne. "Friendship" between the Chinese and grade, and is serving in a ship or embarked unit/staff designated by the American people and the normaliza- Secretary of the Navy as truly arduous duty. tion of relations. A "Save Pay" provision is included in the legislation to insure that those individuals presently receiving sea pay who will not be entitled to receive it when the plan becomes effective will continue to receive Drug dealing sea pay at the present rate for a maximum of three years. Earthquake The new eligibility criteria provide recognition of the widely acknow- ledged rigors of sea duty to Navy men who are assigned repetitively to long tours at sea. officer to get Historically, sea pay dates back to 1812 in the U.S. Navy. The present felt in Alaska sea pay rates were approximately 10 percent of a sailor's monthly basic PALMER, ALASKA (UPI) -- A moderate pay when they were established in 1949. In the intervening 28 years the earthquake with a preliminary read- hard labor fixed rates of sea pay have dwindled to less than 3 percent of a sailor's A U.S.