Soyuz 16 rehearses for planned joint U S space flight
Soviet cosmonauts Anatoly Filipchenko and Nikolai Rukavishnikov continue day three rehearsals for a joint Apollo mission. They adjusted Soyuz 16 into a near orbit similar to the future docking path, testing medical and biological experiments as NASA notes Bushuyev is watching via color TV.
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Britain Cuts Defense Spending and Overseas Posts
Britain announces a decade long 10.9 billion defense cut reducing overseas forces to scattered garrisons. Defense Secretary Roy Mason says NATO remains the security cornerstone as Britain trims Far East presence and considers ending the Simonstown Base agreement. Cyprus force reduced. Diego Garcia expansion planned. IRA extradition and mail bomb warning follow national bakery strike.
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House OKs Bill to Retain Nixon Tapes Control
The House passed a bill to keep government control over the tapes former President Nixon had arranged to revert to him. If the Senate concurs in minor wording changes, the bill would have the same effect.
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Ford Trudeau talks amid oil export cut and beef clash
In Washington Ford and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau meet at the White House to discuss Canada’s announced cut in oil exports to the United States and a beef quota dispute. The meeting is described as a get acquainted session, yet both thorny issues loom over the talks.
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Gold for the person who has everything
The Treasury announces a public sale of two million ounces from U S stockpiles as gold prices dip. An auction on January 6 will offer 400 ounce bars to savvy bidders with a minimum 400 ounce purchase.
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Plane tapes show crew was calm in final minutes of crash
National Transportation Safety Board chairman John H. Reed said cockpit recordings from TWA Flight 514 show no alarm in the final 30 minutes before the jet crashed into Paris Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains, killing 92. The recording offers valuable data for the investigation, with hearings to follow in weeks.
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Ethiopia army tightens grip amid postponed corruption trial
In Addis Ababa the Military Council postponed the mass corruption trial of former leaders to an undisclosed date while tightening control. A curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. was imposed after two bomb blasts damaged city hall and Wade Shebelle Hotel. Eight suspects, including a former land reform official and six army officers, were detained. Officials report two dead and 11 injured, with witnesses citing at least four deaths and 17 injuries. The regime blamed Selassie loyalists. diplomats point to the Eritrean Liberation Front.
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NASA warns pollution could trigger another ice age
Los Angeles NASA Administrator James C. Fletcher says a NASA report based on Mariner 9 Mars data suggests heavy air pollution could drop Earth surface temperatures enough to trigger another ice age. He notes the finding is dramatic and controversial and not yet fully accepted by the scientific community.
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