Loretta Lynn's eldest daughter dies at 64

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Country legend Loretta Lynn is mourning the loss of her eldest daughter, Betty Sue Lynn, who died on Monday from complications of emphysema, reports the Associated Press. She was 64.

A statement from the family released to the press revealed the details, indicating Betty Sue died in Waverly, Tenn, near her mother's ranch in Hurricane Mills.

Betty Sue is the second of Loretta's children to precede her in death; in 1984 her son Jack Benny Lynn, then 34, drowned on the family's property reported People magazine at the time. Betty and Jack's father, Oliver Vanetta Lynn, died in 1996.

"The Lynn Family appreciates all your prayers, love, and support of our family. Betty was Loretta's oldest daughter. Betty leaves two daughters Lynn Markworth and Audrey Dyer," a statement on Loretta's website indicated.

Loretta Lynn's life was portrayed her autobiography, "Coal Miner's Daughter," which was the title of one of her biggest hits. It was made into a movie in 1976.

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/loretta-lynns-eldest-daughter-dies-64-6C10791940

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China?s Consolidated Coast Guard Rocking The Boat?

The New York Times?s Jane Perlez reports that China has sent four ships to patrol disputed islands in the East China Sea in the past week in addition to flying an early-warning aircraft between Okinawa and Miyako, all part of a recently consolidated coast guard force intended to pressure Japan. ?The report claims that the increase of Chinese and Japanese maritime vessels ?has raised alarm in Washington about clashes that could lead to larger conflict.? However, the unified Coast Guard may make China?s activities easier to regulate:

At a conference on maritime safety in Beijing last week, four retired American admirals, three retired American defense attach?s and a group of American maritime experts met with Chinese officials to discuss the ramifications of the strengthened Chinese Coast Guard.

The new coast guard is a ?positive development,? said Susan L. Shirk, a former deputy assistant secretary of state, who organized the conference for the?University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. Vessels belonging to the fisheries law enforcement agency have been particularly aggressive in the South China Sea over the past few years, and this kind of behavior may be modified under the new structure, she said.

?It?s good for China?s neighbors and the United States because we know who is responsible and who we can hold responsible,? Ms. Shirk said. ?As they develop a sense of professionalism in accordance with international law, it should make for lower risk of accidents.?[Source]

The South China Morning Post reports that China?s revamped coast guard has ?made waves? in Japan, prompting a potential early summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Xi Jinping:

Abe called on Friday for an unconditional meeting between his country and China as soon as possible. While Abe?s call drew a cool reaction from Beijing, his adviser, Isao Iijima, said Chinese leaders were considering it and he believed they would respond positively.

?I feel they are troubled by it, they are deeply thinking about it,? Iijima said when asked about the call for a summit.

?I don?t think it will take that long? before they meet, he said on the sidelines of a speech in his hometown in central Japan.[Source]

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Source: http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/07/chinas-coastguard-rocking-the-boat/

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Mideast Peace Talks to Resume Monday in Washington

The U.S. State Department says Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will resume in Washington Monday for the first time in three years.

These revived talks come as the Israeli government has approved the release of long-held Palestinian prisoners.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overcame strong opposition within his Cabinet to secure Sunday's approval of the prisoner release by a vote of 13 ministers in favor to seven against, with two abstentions.

Under the Cabinet decision, 104 Palestinian prisoners will be released in four stages during a period of the U.S.-proposed peace talks with the Palestinian government of President Mahmoud Abbas.

Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who voted in favor of the releases, said they will be carried out "only if" the Palestinians prove to be a "serious" partner in the planned negotiations.

Abbas' government has said Israel must free long-held prisoners in order for negotiations to proceed. Israeli media have said the prisoners include Palestinians convicted of decades-old deadly attacks against Israeli civilians and security forces.

The Israeli Cabinet's offer to release such prisoners drew opposition from ultranationalist ministers who said it would be a reward for "terrorism." Israeli media said Netanyahu told his ministers the prisoner decision was "difficult" for him and the families of those killed, but also necessary to renew the peace process.

Source: http://www.voanews.com/content/mideast-peace-talks-resume-monday-washington-israel-palestinians/1711813.html

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Trade union threatens to shut Scotland's only oil refinery over staff suspension

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Stephen Deans was suspended at the Ineos facility at Grangemouth amid claims he was involved in a bid to manipulate the contest to select a Westminster candidate in the town.

However, the company reversed its decision after Unite promised to "shut your factory down" by launching a strike.

Labour has been dogged for months by the row over Unite's alleged activities in the battle to select a party candidate for the Falkirk seat.

Unite, Labour's biggest donor, recruited around 100 new members to the party in an attempt to help its favoured candidate, Karie Murphy, get the nomination.

A Labour investigation prompted leader Ed Miliband to criticise Unite and resulted in Murphy and Deans being suspended by the party.

Deans was both the chairman of the Falkirk West constituency party and chairman of Unite in Scotland during the controversy. His day job is at Ineos where, according to an internal Unite document, many of the new recruits were signed up.

"Last, but very much not least, is the exemplary Falkirk ... Using similar methods to Garston and Paisley, but at a much more intense level, led by the potential candidate, and very much supported by the local activist base, especially at Ineos we have recruited well over 100 Unite members to the party in a constituency with less than 200 members."

At the union's executive committee meeting last week, Unite's convener at the Ineos plant, Mark Lyon, said Deans had also been suspended by the company.

On a webcast on the union's website, he hit out at the "lies" told in the media about the Falkirk fiasco, adding: "Stevie had been suspended from work. It was an opportunistic attack, to try and attack him.

"Every action that Stevie Deans and every other member of our branch has taken has been within rule, within company procedures. It's been in all respects legal ...

"The General Secretary has been involved in discussions and we're dead grateful for that. Pat Rafferty [Unite's Scottish secretary] has been involved in discussions with the company as well."

Lyon claimed that the employer reinstated Deans following a meeting of hundreds of workers last week: "The message was clear: you can either reinstate Stevie, and let's get back to some sort of sanity and normal business, or we'll shut your factory down and there will be strike action taken."

He added: "Stevie started back at work this morning."

Lyon was sitting next to Unite general secretary Len McCluskey when he made the speech.

The Grangemouth facility is of major industrial importance. A strike in 2008 over pensions led to panic buying of petrol across the country.

The industrial action also resulted in BP closing the Forties pipeline system, which is responsible for delivering almost a third of Britain's North Sea oil production.

Two Unite sources confirmed Deans worked for Ineos.

A union insider said Ineos had been unhappy at the company's name being mentioned in connection with the Falkirk debacle.

Lyon's remarks were followed by a speech by McCluskey, who said: "I want to express my support for Stevie Deans and Karie Murphy. Our union will stand by them."

He described Labour's report into Falkirk as a "shoddy farce" and a "disgrace".

Police Scotland last week confirmed its officers would not be investigating the Falkirk debacle.

However, the Information Commissioner is believed to be looking into aspects of the row.

Scottish Conservative MSP Alex Johnstone said: "It just shows that no matter how damaging this has been for the Labour party, neither they nor Unite seem able to bring this matter to a reasonable conclusion.

"In the 1970s this country was brought to its knees by exactly this kind of petty squabbling, and I can't believe lessons from the past have just not been learned."

An SNP spokesperson said: "This shows how completely out of control the Labour Party situation in Falkirk is. We have been calling on Johann Lamont for weeks now to get a grip ? but Scottish Labour say London is in charge.

"This row should have been sorted ages ago ? without resorting to wasting police time ? but the person who is supposed to be in charge of the Labour Party in Scotland appears completely helpless."

A Unite spokeswoman declined to comment.

Neither Deans nor an Ineos spokesman returned the Sunday Herald's call.

Source: http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/political-news/trade-union-threatens-to-shut-scotlands-only-oil-refinery-over-staff-suspension.21710944

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Lehigh University to discuss Stabler land plans with Upper Saucon Township officials

Lehigh University officials plan to meet with Upper Saucon Township supervisors next month to discuss their ideas for developing several hundred acres recently donated to the school.

Township Director of Community Development Sharyn E. Heater said Lehigh officials are slated to attend the board of supervisors' Aug. 12 meeting. It will be the first time university and Upper Saucon officials have met publicly to talk about the land, which was a gift from the Donald B. and Dorothy Stabler Foundation.

Heater doesn't know what Lehigh has in mind for the land but said school officials indicated they're working to craft a "thoughtful" development plan that will serve both the school and community's long-term needs.

Lehigh spokesman Jordan Reese said university President Alice Gast will be on hand but that university officials do not intend to present formal development plans during the meeting. Additional information about Lehigh's plans for the land may be available closer to the meeting date, he said.

A sign at Route 378 and Center Valley Parkway in Upper Saucon indicates Lehigh is gearing up to develop the property. The sign reads, "Prime Development Land: The Stabler Campus -- Lehigh University," and bears the school logo, as well as that of Jones Lang LaSalle, a commercial real estate firm headquartered in Chicago with offices nationwide.

Calls to a number listed on the sign and Jones Lang LaSalle's headquarters were not immediately returned.

Gast, in an April 2012 email about the Stabler Foundation gift, said the land likely would be used for multiple purposes: an expansion of the Bethlehem-based school, commercial development and preservation of open space.

An expansion in Upper Saucon would make Lehigh the township's third college. DeSales University and Penn State Lehigh Valley also are located in the municipality.

The Upper Saucon land is about three miles from Lehigh's main campus in Bethlehem and one mile from its Goodman Campus in Lower Saucon Township. The university owns about 1,600 acres combined in the city and Lower Saucon; the Upper Saucon property acquisition grew the school's land holdings by nearly 50 percent and made it the township's largest landowner, officials have said.

Heater said the land, about 755 acres, comprises 20 separate properties, the largest of which surrounds The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley and is roughly bordered by Interstate 78 and Routes 309 and 378.

The land encompasses both sides of Center Valley Parkway and neighbors the former Center Valley Club golf course, which closed in October 2011. Like Lehigh's land, the club also has ties to Stabler, though not the foundation. Sierra Management Co., of Doylestown, Pa., bought the property from Stabler Land Co. for $3.6 million in 2007, according to Lehigh County property records.

Sierra President Greg Kessell hopes to present plans for developing the 203-acre property before the end of the year.

"We're trying to figure out the best way to develop the property with multiple uses," he said, but declined to specify when Upper Saucon officials can expect to get a look at what's in the works. "It should be happening relatively soon."

Kessell said the plans involve an adjacent but separately owned 17-acre property and the development may include a hotel and a medical facility. Publicly discussing the plans in any more detail could put them in jeopardy, he said, adding, "The contracts are being negotiated."

When the club closed in 2011, Bank of America was eying the property as the potential site of a corporate data center. The bank also looked at land in Lopatcong Township for a similar purpose but eventually ruled out plans for both properties.

The club property's proximity to I-78, Olympus' North American headquarters and other Stabler Corporate Center occupants make it well suited for a hotel, but any development at the site is bound to be complicated, Heater said. The golf course was built atop underground zinc mines and the property is traversed by Saucon Creek, includes wetlands and sits in a flood plain, she explained.

A development plan would have to address all of those issues in keeping with township and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection regulations, Heater said.

"He has this big piece of property," Heater said of Kessell, who hasn't spoken recently with township officials about his plans. "We're all curious to see what he's going to come in with."

Contact Lehigh County suburbs reporter Precious Petty at 484-894-3854 or ppetty@express-times.com.

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Source: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh-county/index.ssf/2013/07/lehigh_university_president_to.html

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