Byrd urges compromise as water project veto looms
Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd argues Congress cannot override Carter’s veto of a 17 water project measure and calls for executive legislative compromise. A House narrow 218 194 vote to continue funding signals stiff opposition to the president’s stance while a Senate subcommittee weighs a 10.2 billion public works bill and debates nuclear and weapon-related provisions.
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Robert Byrd
Congress
Carter
Byrd
House
West Virginia
John Stennis
D-Miss
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Public Works
Stennis
James Sasser
D-Tenn
Clinch River
Tennessee
Mark O. Hatfield
R-Ore
White House
Auburn
California
Jody Powell
Powell
Brent Blackwelder
Environmental Policy Center
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
Environmental Movement
SIPRI warns nuclear arms race raises risk of general war
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute warns the NATO powers and the Soviet Union face a dangerous decade as rapid growth in strategic forces and arms trade raises the chance of a nuclear conflict. US and USSR inventories include thousands of ICBMs SLBMs and warheads with high accuracy, plus tens of thousands of tactical weapons and recurring accidents.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Soviet Union
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
SIPRI
Park Rapids boards tightens policy on drinking and drugs
Park Rapids School Board adopts a stricter policy for next year governing drinking smoking and drug use by students in all extracurricular activities. The rule expands suspensions for tobacco alcohol and drugs and will be in the student handbook with enforcement during the school year and seasons.
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Park Rapids
Dick Bevine
Devine
Dick Thoreson
Athletic Board of Control
Hixon Borstad
Borstad
Gary Gouldin
Gouldin
Desai Party wins sweeping state election victories in India
Prime Minister Morarji Desai’s Janata party secured decisive majorities in four state assemblies and Delhi. The party surged toward large majorities in four more populous states, strengthening its hold on power.
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New Delhi
India
Morarji Desai
Desai
Janata (Peoples) Party
Union
Delhi
Vance Links Terrorism Fight to Justice at OAS Session
In St George's Grenada Vance told the OAS opening that terrorism must be tackled with justice not state counter measures. He urged legal economic and social justice to defeat terrorism, while Chilean and Argentine delegates pressed for security over rights.
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ST. George's
Grenada
Chile
Argentina
Cyrus Vance
Vance
Organization of American States
Star Wars reshapes Hamill Fisher and Ford status
In its first week, Star Wars set house records at all venues, fueling talk that the film could become the greatest money maker in cinema history. Hamill avoids being asked if he is Dorothy Hamill's brother, Fisher gains relief from daughter labels, and Ford avoids returning to carpentry or Western roles.
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Seattle
Mark Hamill
Dorothy Hamill
Carrie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher
Harrison Ford
Variety
Drought Warning Spurs Concern Across Minnesota Farms
Agriculture experts warned that a early summer drought is taking hold in sw, nw and ne Minnesota. Officials estimate 32,755 farms on 9.6 million acres face stress with corn and soybeans at risk, while some regions may harvest only about half normal crops unless timely rains arrive.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
John Graff
National Weather Service Office
Minneapolis
Graff
Don Baker
University of Minnesota
Hicks
Neal Martin
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