Carter weighs canal pact delay amid Senate fight
President Carter weighs whether to push Senate ratification of the Panama Canal agreement this session as opposition grows. He plans a dinner with Senate Majority Leader Byrd to discuss strategy while talk of debate postponement rises, with concerns it could become an election issue if delayed to 1976.
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Vietnam accuses US over Sacco Vanzetti case on 6th anniversary
Vietnam denounces U S human rights violations using the Sacco Vanzetti executions as a historical reminder. Nhan Dan via Vietnam News Agency cites alleged unfair trial and racial discrimination. The piece calls for ending repressions by U S imperialists from Santiago to Seoul.
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Carter delays offshore oil probes in new safeguards plan
Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus announced a second Carter administration postponement of offshore lease sales for exploration. The action adds a 60 day state review and environmental impact statements, delaying six East Coast and Gulf of Mexico sales and shifting dates to 1979 through 1981.
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Jackson campaigns to mobilize support for Andrew Young
Rev. Jesse Jackson announced a petition drive to back United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young amid a counter campaign led by New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson to remove Young. Jackson aims for 200,000 signatures from blacks and whites, with efforts organized by Operation PUSH the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Urban League across 25 cities. Sebastian Cabot dies after a stroke in Victoria British Columbia.
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Hijacking Tragedy in Mexico City Leaves Ten Dead
A hijacked interstate bus in Mexico City ended after 84 hours with troops blocking the vehicle near La Piedad. Ten passengers were killed and ten more injured as hijackers from the People's Armed Revolutionary Front detonated a hazardous device. One attacker died, the other was wounded and captured. The hijackers demanded the release of Campana Lopez brothers holding the U.S. consul Terrance Leonhardy, a case tied to political prisoners freed earlier.
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West Virginia miners end eight week wildcat strike
United Mine Workers members in West Virginia return to work after an eight week wildcat walkout that idled over 80,000 miners in five states. District 17 leaders say workers will resume for 60 days while talks with the coal industry on health plan funding proceed.
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Soviets Open to New SALT Talks, Monitor Reports
Boston based UPI report cites Christian Science Monitor shows the United States and Soviet Union moving toward a second strategic arms limitation treaty. Sources say the Soviets favor negotiations, a shift from earlier cool reception toward Carter's approach. The aim is a pact before SALT I expires this fall, echoing the Vladivostok agreement of 1974.
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