Belgrade hosts Helsinki conference on arms race and rights
Yugoslavia opens a Belgrade meeting of 35 nations discussing the 1975 Helsinki peace pact. Portents of detente strain as Tito and Waldheim warn that expanding arsenals threaten progress. Milos Minic signals a moderate human rights stance to avert an East West clash.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Helsinki
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Tito
Sava
Waldheim
Milos Minic
Steel Envoys Delay Visit to Tokyo for Briefing
The Mahoning Valley steel delegation postponed its trip to Japan by one day for a Justice Department briefing on steel dumping litigation. Mayor Jack C. Hunter said the delay may create urgency among Japanese steel executives as the group aims to discuss Youngstown Sheet & Tube’s Campbell Works shutdown that threatens 5,000 local jobs.
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Mahoning Valley
Steel Communites Coalition
Frank Leseganich
District 26
United Steelworkers
Japan
Hunter
Sullivan
Justice Department
Treasury
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Sheet & Tube
Campbell Works
Algerian authorities hold hijackers after Japan Airlines hijack
Algerian officials detained five Japanese Red Army hijackers and six accomplices as 12 passengers and seven crew members left the Japan Airlines DC-8 in Algiers after a 5,000 mile alibiless flight. The sole American, Thomas Phelan, was reported well but tired with digestion issues. The fate of the hijackers and the $6 million ransom remained undetermined.
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Algiers
Algeria
Red Army
Japan Air Lines
State Department
Thomas Phelan
San Francisco
U.S
Pomeroy Village Declares Amy Jones Property Nuisance
The Pomeroy Village Council on Monday night adopted a resolution declaring Amy Jones property a nuisance and health hazard. The action was announced during the council meeting reported on page 5.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Village
Amy Jones
Forestry Changes Open Burning Permit System
The State Division of Forestry announces changes to its open burning permit system. Permits are now required during October and November as the fall forest fire season begins.
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State Division of Forestry
Neighbors to Hold Another Meeting on Street Parking Proposal
City Council seeks removal of street parking on Second Street prompting neighborhood group to schedule a follow up meeting on traffic safety. The report also notes scattered legislative items and local weather forecasts, with brief page references.
Carter says SALT deal near and pledges possible 50 percent cuts
President Carter told the United Nations that the US and USSR are within sight of a significant strategic arms agreement and that Washington is willing to cut its nuclear arsenal by 10 to 50 percent if Moscow does the same. He urged progress on a comprehensive nuclear test ban and called for tighter nuclear fuel export controls. He also pressed for Middle East negotiations and urged action on Zimbabwe and Namibia transitions.
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N.Y
Carter
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations General Assembly
Middle East
Israel
Moscow
Africa
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Ohio official seeks nonpartisan voter group replacing League
Ohio Secretary of State Ted W. Brown says he asked Democratic and Republican county chairs to form a nonpartisan organization to provide voter information, replacing the League of Women Voters in voter service. The league accuses Brown of distortion, as they dispute the move amid a clash over a new voter registration law.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ted W. Brown
League of Women Voters
Brown
Nonpartisan League
League
Louise Miller
The
Indira Gandhi Freed in Court After Arrest
Indira Gandhi was brought to court on corruption charges after a night in police custody. Magistrate R Dayal freed her with no bail or restrictions as officers used tear gas and clubs on demonstrators outside the courthouse.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
R. Dayal
Frank Anthony
Morarji Desai
Mrs. Gandhi
Dayal
Nuclear engineer warns energy shortage risks higher than nuclear war
Norman Rasmussen of MIT argues fossil fuel shortages threaten international stability and that not pursuing nuclear power could raise conflict risks. He notes nuclear plants are safe, wastes can be buried in salt domes, and safety systems add costs, urging political solutions to weapons proliferation.
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Norman Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Ohio Electric Utility Institute
Department of
Nuclear Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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