Safeguard Gains Ground in Senate Fight Over ABM Plan
Washington AP reports Sen Winson L. Prouty backs the Safeguard missile defense, narrowing the Senate path to approval while critics push for a compromise. Sen George D. Aiken suggests a 60 vote bloc with site talks on radar and computer only, awaiting later weaponization. Others remain undecided or oppose. Prouty forecasts a narrow victory and doubts his vote will be decisive.
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Undeclared War Between Honduras and El Salvador
A new undeclared war erupts in Central America as Honduras and El Salvador accuse each other of aggression. The Organization of American States sends a peace team. Reports claim Honduran ground forces invaded at two points and Salvadoran planes attacked. seven cities reportedly bombed. A Guatemalan dispatch notes Salvadoran officials report about 1,000 Honduran troops crossed into El Salvador. Te guigalpa says Honduran air Corsairs faced heavy anti aircraft fire. El Salvador’s president Fidel Sanchez Hernandez convened a three hour cabinet meeting and ordered the army to defend the country amid claims of continuous Honduran attacks on the frontier and violations of air space.
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Surtax Rise Hinted as Fall Action Looms in Senate
Washington AP More than half of Senate Democrats signal amendments to the income surtax extension bill aiming at broad tax reform. House bill would extend the 10 percent surtax for six months then drop to 5 percent for part of 1979. Senators Muskie Harike Harris McGovern Metcalf Proxmire Hart push reforms on oil depletion minimum tax stock options foreign earnings excess profits tax and farm loss offset. Mansfield says tax reform must move with surtax extension. unlikely comprehensive reform clears Finance Committee before August recess.
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Astronaut Moon Mission Ready Amid Weather Safe
Three astronauts prepare for the moon voyage with Saturn V ready for launch at 9:32 a.m. EDT. Armstrong Aldrin and Collins describe confidence and training as Vice President Agnew and former President Johnson attend the moonport. The plan calls for lunar orbit, undocking, and lunar landing with contingency for a rescue from Collins.
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North Viet shells DMZ outposts amid convoy of attacks
The U S Command reported four shellings from inside the DMZ and four other rocket attacks. Five covkets and mortars were fired, with four Americans killed and three wounded in a helicopter collision near Tay Ninh. Two South Vietnamese soldiers died and three Americans were hurt in another crash. Helicopter losses raise total US helicopter deaths to 2 850.
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Athens Chamber adopts new PMBIEM plan
A notice notes the Athens Chamber of Commerce adopts a new PMBIEM plan as readers consider potential impacts on local development. The item appears amid a page with mentions of pool construction near East State Street and a note about the Ohio U. airport relocation.
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Wing crack grounds Lockheed CSA super transport test
The CSA super transport wing cracked during ground static tests at the Lockheed Georgia plant in Marietta. The failure occurred at 128 percent of the design load, prompting Air Force and company engineers to assess impact on the program while tests continue. The project faces congress scrutiny over cost and schedule with plans to buy 20 planes for 3.31 billion, though costs have risen by about 2.3 billion.
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Luna 15 Slows En Route to Moon Landing
Jodrell Bank England AP reports the Soviet Luna 15 is traveling slower than normal and will take longer than 34 days to reach the moon area. Director Lovell notes possible rock recovery and Moscow rumors of Soviet glory seeking before the US lunar landing.
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Undersea Ben Franklin Begins Month-Long Gulf Stream Dive
The 1200 mile undersea mission starts off Florida with the Ben Franklin submarine sinking to 1800 feet. Crewmates include Jacques Piccard and Roswell Busstman as it travels toward Cape Kennedy and Boston testing underwater life support and communications for long confinement.
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North Turns Down Thieu Election Proposal
North Vietnam formally rejected a July 12 proposal by South Vietnam for elections under international supervision and called for a total American withdrawal. The plan sought joint elections involving all factions including the Viet Cong.
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