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...coalition of environmentalists and state officials backs an alternate plan that would take the supertankers to Port Angeles, which is on the strait leading into Puget Sound in easily navigable waters. The oil would then be carried by pipeline around the southern shore of the sound ?some going on up to Cherry Point and the rest flowing to the Midwest. Ideally, the environmentalists would also like to stop all tanker traffic on Puget Sound. Senator Magnuson does not go that far, but he has succeeded in getting a measure passed in Congress and signed by President Carter that...
...Sharm el Sheikh and give Israel inspection rights. Most experts agree that Israel's stated strategic concern about the Aqaba Gulf is irrelevant. Whether cargoes get through to Eilat depends on who controls 1) the Suez Canal, which must remain open to Israeli shipping, or 2) the Strait of Bab el Mandeb at the mouth of the Red Sea between Djibouti and South Yemen...
...flag, will have its hands full. The crew will have to be alert as the Tigris is towed down the Shatt al Arab, the narrow river that flows from the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Then they will sail into the Persian Gulf and through the tricky Strait of Hormuz before they try crossing the Arabian Sea to the shores of Africa or India. These waters, surrounded by oil-rich nations, are crisscrossed daily by huge supertankers that could miss the reed boat's small kerosene running lights and run over the Tigris at night without their...
...there is an escape artist who puts Sommers--and most other artists in the field--to shame. While Sommers finds escapes too strenuous at age 43, Harold Denhard of Chicago is a sturdy 81 years old. He still performs escapes--including the strait-jacket--and specializes in getting out of lengths of chain and rope...
...other end of the spectrum there are young escape artists. Sixteen-year-old Mark Nelson performs escapes in the St. Paul area, including the strait jacket and the Houdini water can. Nelson is obviously enthusiastic about adopting a life in the escape business. He should be. He has reportedly dropped out of high school to devote full time to escapes...