Spacemen Herald New Era of Space Cooperation
American and Soviet spacemen celebrated a festival of friendship aboard joint ships and framed their detente as the dawn of a new era for humanity. Thomas Stafford and Alexei Leonov spoke of peace, shared voyages, and space industry built on cooperation, as closing hatches neared and plans for continued joint exploration loomed.
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Space Center
Houston
United Ships
Earth
Thomas P. Stafford
Space
Soyuz
Apollo
Leonov
Sick-In of Deputies Backs Police Strike
In Albuquerque the weeklong police strike tightens as 18 Bernalillo County deputies call in sick or return to headquarters while city officers still man patrols on 12 hour shifts. About 180 remaining city officers run essential patrols and calls remain steady with no evident crime spree. Capt. Tom Chappell notes burglars prefer faced police and reports more store owners sleep in stores as residents stay home. Resignations were accepted Thursday night.
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Bernalillo County
Albuquerque
Cers
Tom Chappell
Marland Widow Back in View
Lyde Marland widow of Oklahoma governor Lyde Marland is living at a Ponca City hotel at age 75. She has avoided interviews, and public notice of her whereabouts marks the first time in 22 years. Previously she stayed in Independence Missouri motels, then vanished again.
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Ponca City
Okla
Lyde Marland
Oklahoma
Postal Strike Looms and Rail Pact Averts Walkout
Negotiators for railroads and the railway clerks union reached a tentative three year contract, avoiding a nationwide strike. Postal workers consider extending current terms as leaders warn of possible wildcat actions though a nationwide walkout seems unlikely. Northwest Airlines pilots threaten a Saturday strike if progress stalls. The rail deal adds a cost of living rise in 1978 and a method for job stability while awaiting ratification.
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Washington
Francis Filbey
American Postal Workers Union
Northwest Airlines
Air Line Pilots Association
C. L. Dennis
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Dennis
Texas housewife delivers quintuplets in Dallas
Debbie Davis, 20, gave birth to four girls and a boy at Parkland Hospital in Dallas after fertility drug treatment. The babies, weighing 1 pound 14 ounces to 3 pounds 10 ounces, and the mother are in stable condition. father Jerry Davis, 21, was delayed on an elevator during the delivery.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Parkland Hospital
Jerry Davis
Jack Pritchard
Debbie Davis
Davis
Lewisville
Weekend Heat Near 90 With Scattered Showers
Partly cloudy through Sunday with a slight chance of thundershowers tonight. A little warmer this afternoon, with a low tonight in the mid 60s and a high today in the mid 80s. Sunday highs near 90, winds southwest 12 to 22 mph. Probability of precipitation 20 percent tonight.
Portuguese Leftists Near Confrontation Before Socialist Rally
In Lisbon Communist leaders defy a military warning urging militants to prepare for possible clashes at a planned Socialist rally protesting the military government’s drift. In Oporto Mario Soares addresses about 70 000 supporters declaring defense of democracy against a communist threat.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Communist Party
Alvaro Cunhal
Cunhal
Oporto
Socialist Party
Mario Soares
Seven Found Dead in Honduran Well
In eastern Honduras seven bodies were found in a dynamited well after a peasant uprising, including two priests one American. Two priests were identified as Michael Jerome Cypher and Ivan Betancourt. The others named include Jose Martinez and two University of Honduras students. Police and government work to identify remaining victims as the three month old military regime faces land reform pressure.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Michael Jerome Cypher
Jose Martinez
The
University of Honduras
Ruth Argentina Garcia
Maria Bolivar
Panama Refuses to Discuss Canal Asset Compensation
Panamanian negotiators told Congress they will not discuss compensation for U S assets in the Canal Zone amid talks on a new canal treaty. They cited sovereignty and jurisdiction as primary, noting the United States wants to retain far more Canal Zone areas than Panama would concede.
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David
Panama
Panama Canal Zone
Panamanian Congress
National Counties Assembly
Congress
State Department
Oma Torrijos
United States
Torrijos
U.S
Pentagon
Canal Zone
Canal
Ellsworth Bunker
House votes for sex integrated physical education in schools
Washington AP reports the House, under pressure from women and civil rights groups, reversed a prior stance to require schools to integrate physical education by sex. Rep. Bella Abzug praised the vote as a step toward equal opportunity for girls and women. Argentina AP notes President Isabel Peron is advised rest after a cold and may consider a 60 day leave, though Interior Minister Benitez denies it and says she will return to work soon.
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Washington
House
Bella Abzug
New York
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Antonio Benitez
Ford ready for early Solzhenitsyn meeting at White House
President Ford reportedly ready to meet Alexander Solzhenitsyn soon but not extending a written invitation. White House says Solzhenitsyn has an open invitation to visit the White House. Separately the House Government Operations Committee approved a bill to create an independent federal agency to give consumers a voice in government decision making.
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Washington
Ford
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
White House
Ron Nessen
Solzhenitsyn
House Government Operations Committee
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Bobby Crow
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Independence
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