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...objections to that: It can sometimes be a dangerous thing to demand things for the future as reparation for wrongs done in the past. This often compelling argument has been used as a means for obtaining what one has no real right to. An example: "When the Saint Lawrence Seaway was constructed, my family was dispossessed and lost almost everything we had. Therefore, now the U.S. and Canadian governments should pay reparations." The sins of the father are always visited upon the sons...
Costly Accident. Efforts to control the runaway well began within minutes. The Seaway Falcon, a specially designed fire-fighting ship already on station in the Ekofisk complex, rushed to the well and began spraying it with 8,000 tons of sea water an hour to prevent it from catching fire. Other ships, dispatched by a crisis control center in Stavanger, Norway, stood by to help, while aircraft were warned to stay clear of the area. A small fleet of recovery ships deployed booms to contain the oil so it could be collected, but their work was hampered by heavy seas...
...claim victory in a minor skirmish over the Queen's visit. It seems that the royal yacht Britannia, which will carry Her Majesty to Montreal, has old-style lavatories that empty directly into the waves. Royal flush or no, that is a violation of the St. Lawrence Seaway's antipollution laws, ruled Canada's Ministry of Transport. Denying the Royal Navy's pleas for an exception, the Canadians then flew a modern pushbutton, chemical commode to London for inspection by Buckingham Palace. Not up to royal standards, huffed the Queen's advisers, who have decided...
...found large deposits of natural gas in the Mackenzie River delta, would not only help to finance the pipeline but also use it to export surplus gas to the U.S. Adds William Brackett, the consortium's American vice chairman: "We've been shipping through the St. Lawrence Seaway for years without any friction between the nations. Besides, if Canada were to close the pipeline for some reason, the U.S. could retaliate easily. Almost all of western Canada's oil goes to eastern Canada through the U.S.; we could shut off their...
...requires shippers to use U.S.-flag vessels to move varying percentages of certain cargoes-half of all goods shipped to the Soviet Union, for instance. But not a single U.S.-flag ship is left that is efficient enough for trans-ocean commerce and small enough to fit through the seaway locks-so the law in effect forbids many U.S. shippers to use the Great Lakes...