European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge the stars Sau Irray August Washington Pupil congressional investigators Friday labelled the govern ments first Effort to turn Coal into Oil a failure because of inadequate planning and incredibly poor management thai led to a 211 percent Cost a report by the general accounting office Gao said the program was 110 million Over its proposed million target Cost and i4i months behind sched ule Inch the Energy research and development administration killed it june Kurdas first attempt ins synthetic Fossil Energy technology by convening Coal into a clean burning liquid fuel has been a the report the the investigative Arm of con prepared its report at toe request of John chairman of the House Commerce subcommittee on it said problems with the program Dale Back to the Interior departments Hasty award o a million contract to Union Carbide and chemical construction operating jointly under the name just two Days before in Lenny b office or Coal research wis consolidated into the newly formed the Gao Suid the Loti Kracl Van awarded in1 in Nical problems of he pro Cess had in adequately risk arched and aiming if the it was Hui in us highs fur Eastern  i him lows fur Western Federal research Uffe class rushed the thu Gao because another twit Days would have the program under n new cd ural Law requiring congressional approval at we Raets Over pulium and would have caused additional the contract covered everything from design to construct in and operation of a  Plant in West list it never got Pusl first is 7 million design initially scheduled fur completion March once the contract was Rao Erda relied in tie contractors to report problem and conduced Only haphazard fed rail monitoring of the cd Delcon in our relying solely in Cual con to notify Kra of major problems represented an incredibly poor management the Gao it said Coal research officials said they the project because of Llie 1973 Oil embargo and the resulting Conj Gressional concern that alternative to foreign Oil be Spassky wins semifinals Geneva Lall Boris Spassky of the soviet Union clinched the semifinals of the world chess championships challengers tournament by a Isle round draw against hungary1 s Lajos Portisch a former world will play self exiled Victor Hurch Iii in the final with the Winner to meet reigning title Holder Anat li1 Karpov of the soviet Riding with their top up two boys make Good use of a Trellu in a Runny Ufler Nunn in Imma la Sudul Nola As they go for a spin in their loan up1 photo 46 of prayed workers abnormal sub builders Union cites lung damage books list names i up reputed underworld Money Tan Meyer Larsky and Ive financier Robert Are with multimillion Dollar a noun in irs conds Coteil this week from b Rhode Island based International drug smuggling a newspaper and a Slon station reported the mens last names were listed in ledgers along with amounts in the Mil Lions of according to reports in the Providence journal and on station the Money was Money used finance an operation involving More than 200 drug dealers operating in three foreign countries and in primarily on Ine East coast according to the newspaper Federal officials Nave Long considered Lansky a major of Money for Orga Vosco 13 presumed in Costa Rica where he fled after being charged with embezzlement and making illegal contributions to Richard Nixon 1972 pets id Tiai cum Epli about workers at lha electric boat division of general dynamics have been prayed and the results show in per cent have lung a a Union spokesman the spokesman said it was unclear what caused the but some might be related to the use of Asbestos in construction of he said the Union has been referring employees with lung damage to Matthew a Groton lawyer rep resenting Many of those sucking damages from electric said the number of cases he is handling has increased in Charles compensation chair Man for pipe fitters local said officials dont know How serious the abnormalities just because there were abnormalities Doest mean they were contracted from working at they could come from Many other electric boat slopped using Asbestos As insulation in submarines in 1974 and has switched to fibreglass the workers claim they Are owed dam staying their exposure to Asbestos caused illness in some death the Union is trying to establish a South Eastern Connecticut clinic where workers could receive annual Chest xray examinations and be examined for possible health problems related to their exposure to such substances As Asbestos the ledgers were Conri Scato by state and Federal officials in a series of raids this that netted nearly in Cash and 51t tons of marijuana Worth an estimated t9 Warwick Iolite chief John Coulcher indicated International organized crime figures listed in the records and said their names were Well Florida Law officials have informed Rhode Island police they May have Stum bled on the Bones of the marijuana Trade into the United Acra Pmj to news paper ten of the 21 people arrested in related drug busts monday and wednesday were Roin if tire res a bigger drug ring operating in this Idoe a Florida official was quoted As he also said the drug ring operates in Jamaica and Mexico and has been the subject of a three year and Rhode Island officials have said the confiscated records indicate the marijuana was colombian Gold shipped from South America on the Rusty jamaican fishing ship Dorchester which mysteriously sailed into Narragansett Bay two weeks ago a Captain or any fishing Black and Decker recalls trimmers Washington Upu about Black and Decker Weed and grass trim mers Are being recalled because of a pos sible electric Shock the consumer product safety commission said thurs involved arc Model s2w Type 1 trimmers which use a swinging Nylon line to Cut weeds and the Orange col ored distributed nationwide and produced during the Spring and summer of this sold for they were sold a assembled with a two part handle which the consumer had to put together before the cps said Black and Decker is recalling the devices because Engineer ing tests have indicated that Consumers could damage the insulation surrounding the electrical Cord when assembling thy such damage could result in Seri Ous electrical Are urged to immediately Stop using the 8209 Type i trimmer and to return Illo Only a Black and Decker service Center or a Black and Deckeraw theorized service Center listed in the yellow the Agency products subject to the recall will be modified to a 8209 Type 2 trimmer at no Cost to the con the Type 2 models have safety features to Deal with the the Agency said the company has mailed certified letters with recall instruction la Consumers who mailed in registration cards packed with the it said those wishing additional information should Call the company collect at my b282955 Between 6 and 5 p flush times can mean no business ult the nuclear reactor at the University of Florida has a problem the Cooling system mat functions when someone flushes the Bain room dont flush the toilet while the reactor is reads the sign on the buildings lavatory the situation is merely a a spokesman for the nuclear regulatory commission adding no safely Viola Tion is the which uses pounds of has a powerful watered Cooling system fed by a Well for risky expert Bui Lowrick Ripen Meihua run on a secondary Cooling system tied in by a City water main to toe untimely flushes Nave caused the reactor to be shut Down five times in the past three sending students experiments Down the its just a pain in the said Edward chairman of the nuclear engineering sciences