Moderate Bay Area quake rattles nerves no significant damage
A 4.8 to 4.9 magnitude quake shakes northern California near the Calaveras Fault five miles west of Mt. Hamilton and 10 miles east of San Jose. No serious injuries reported though items toppled in East San Jose and Los Gatos as aftershocks followed. Residents described walls weaving and dogs howling while officials noted this as the strongest Bay Area quake since 1970.
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California
Carmen Irizarry
San Jose
University of California Seismographic Center
Berkeley
National Earthquake Information Service
Golden
Colo
San Francisco Bay Area
Danville
Oakland
Calaveras
Mt. Hamilton
State Dept. of Forestry Office
Morgan Hill
Treaty Can Be Signed With Key Points
The United States and the Soviet Union reached agreement on core provisions of a strategic nuclear weapons treaty to be signed at a summit next month. Negotiators will decide when and where Carter and Brezhnev will sign, with ratification possible through 1985 if approved by the Senate. Verification will be possible from the signing day despite Iranian monitoring losses.
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United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Carter
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Senate
Iran
Smoking Fight Sparks Florida Referendum Debate
In Dade County a public smoking ordinance referendum stirs arguments between business groups worried about sales and health advocates led by GASP who say public health improves with restrictions. The measure would limit smoking to lounges in workplaces and schools and ban it in health facilities unless patients request to smoke.
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Associated Press
Dade County
Fla
New York
Florida
Dade Voters For Free Choice
GASP
Peter Georgiades
Action On
Washington D.C
Charles Tate
Free Choice
Neal Sonnett
Poll shows public rejects high profits while split on controls
An AP NBC News poll from April 30 to May 1 finds 68 percent say corporate profits are too high, with 37 percent naming executives as the main beneficiaries and 33 percent pointing to large shareholders. Only 5 percent cite the public, 2 percent employees.
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Associated Press
NBC News
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Exxon
Atlantic Richfield
du Pont
Union Carbide
Chase Manhattan
Ap-Nbc News
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