U S and Turkey sign four year defense base pact
The United States and Turkey sign a four year agreement restoring U S access to Turkish defense facilities closed last summer. The deal, valued at about 1 billion dollars in aid, awaits congressional approval and aims to mend crisis over the Cyprus invasion and arms embargo. Two dozen facilities are affected and operations could resume once Congress acts.
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Washington
United States
Turkey
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Ihsan S. Caglayangil
Congress
Kissinger
Cyprus
Ford Administration
Caglayangis
Soviet Union
Gondola Crash Kills Three At Vail Mountain
A collision of two gondola cars at Vail Mountain, Colorado, left 3 dead and 9 injured as more than 400 skiers were stranded. Rescue crews lowered passengers from 67 stranded cars while officials investigate the cause and monitor six critically injured at St Anthony Hospital in Denver.
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Vail
Colo
Sxi
Janice K. Pasterkamp
Englewood
Darlene Reese
Custer
S.D
Karen Toghman
Wales Park
Ill
St. Anthony Hospital
Denver
Jim Carpenter
Wall
Harriet Cooper
Lebanon in War as Fighting Intensifies Without Compromise
Persistent clashes between Moslem leftists and right wing Christians escalate in Beirut with rockets mortars and fires. The UN Secretary General calls for immediate cease fire amid rising casualties and fears of regional spread. Authorities report over 15 000 dead and 32 000 wounded in 11 months.
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Beirlt
Lebanon 2
UPI
Lebanon
Rashid Karami
An Nahar
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Beirut
Suleiman Franjieh
Kamal Jumblatt
Cartlidge laments slow Capitol interagency mail in Texas
Austin congressman Tom Cartlidge says a letter from his office to the Secretary of State took seven days to traverse about 350 feet. He notes the mail moved at roughly 50 feet per day and mocks U S mail delays, blaming Capitol interagency mail for the slowdown.
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Austin
Tex
Tom Cartlidge
Secretary of State
Capitol
Cartlidge
Capitol Interagency
U.S
Ford Extends Feeler to Hanoi in Normalization Talk
Kissinger said the Ford administration is prepared in principle to normalize relations with Hanoi. The message to Hanoi emphasized MIA accounting of about 2,000 Americans and assurances of peaceful intentions toward Southeast Asia. The note left open questions on postwar aid while signaling a test of Hanoi's sincerity.
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Washington
United States
North Vietnam
Ford Administration
Hanoi
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
State Department
Robert Funseth
Paris
MIA
Southeast Asia
Funseth
Richard Nixon
Ford
Cable car crash in Calavese claims 42 lives
The Calavese gondola disaster left 42 dead with a single survivor. Bronson reported a car hit debris on the line and others became trapped as two cars dangled. Jean Kessler of Houston described the moment as responders pulled victims from the wreckage.
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Bronson
Jean Kessler
Houston
Tex
Calavese
Italy
New Drug Radiation Therapy Shows Promise Against Deadly Lung Cancer
National Cancer Institute researchers report a combined drug and radiation protocol used on 27 patients with undifferentiated small cell lung carcinoma. Of 22 survivors, 21 remained cancer-free 4 to 16 months post treatment, while 4 of 5 deaths were due to recurrence or treatment complications.
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ST Petersburg
Fla
National Cancer Institute
Ralph KE. Johnson
American Career Society
Science Writers
United States
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