Carter seeks energy department and price control powers
President Carter plans to ask Congress for authority to regulate oil and natural gas prices as part of consolidating federal energy duties into a single cabinet department. Budget Director Bert Lance said the plan would abolish the Federal Power Commission, the Federal Energy Administration, and the Energy Research and Development Administration and move duties to the new agency. Carter announced the move at a news conference and said legislation would go to Congress next week, with a broader energy policy due by April 20.
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Canada expels Soviet scientist for trying to buy secrets
In Ottawa a Soviet scientist Lev Grigoryevich Khvostantsevs 39 was arrested by the RCMP while attempting to purchase NRC classified information. He was held overnight and flown to Moscow, marking the second Soviet deportation from Canada in three months as External Affairs cites no clear link to the prior case.
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Jordan PLO agree on link to future Palestinian state
Amman Jordanian officials report an in principle accord with the Palestinian Liberation Organization on a strong link between Jordan and a proposed Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza. The tentative agreement followed first formal talks since 1970, with details to be discussed in the next two weeks.
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Hess reportedly attempts suicide in Spandau prison
Paris officials refused to confirm a French TV report that Rudolf Hess, 82, Hitler’s former deputy, attempted to kill himself in Spandau prison where he serves a life term. Hess, captured in 1941, was tried at Nuremberg in 1946 for aggression and crimes against peace.
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Carter seeks independent probe on Maine Indian land claims
President Carter plans to back an independent elevator to evaluate Penobscot and Passamaquoddy land claims in Maine. The move, reported by the Boston Globe, aims to set a formal administration response next week on land rights, back rent, and damages, alongside White House and Justice Interior actions. Lipshutz urged Maine senators to pause bills limiting claims to monetary damages and shift focus to land restitution.
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Rich states win in scramble for House public works funding
Washington story on a $4 billion local public works bill passed 295-85 as part of Carter's stimulus. Sponsors claim it would create 600,000 jobs, distributing funds among states with varying unemployment. Rep. Roe criticizes the political motives behind the allocation.
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Bell seeks interview with James Earl Ray in King case
Washington reports Attorney General Griffin Bell wants to question James Earl Ray amid nine years of investigations into Martin Luther King Jr. death. Ray, serving a 99 year sentence after a guilty plea, refused to talk to a Justice Department probe, which found no proof linking Ray to conspirators or his own finances during the year between the Missouri prison escape and the King shooting.
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Hawaii tanker blaze leaves 39 sailors stranded near Honolulu
A 846 foot oil tanker Hawaiian Patriot exploded and burned 360 miles west of Honolulu. Thirty nine crewmen abandoned ship as it leaked over 5 million gallons of crude oil forming a 50 mile slick. The Philippine Bataan rescued all but one crewman as a Coast Guard plane dropped rafts and gear. The missing man was last seen engulfed in flames.
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Turner Named New CIA Head by Senate Vote
Stansfield Turner, 53, a Navy admiral and former Rhodes Scholar, is designated as the U.S. Director of Central Intelligence. The Senate unanimously confirmed his nomination, and he will resign as commander in chief of NATO southern forces to lead the CIA and coordinate all U.S. intelligence agencies. Deputies include Henry Knoche and Adm. Daniel Murphy. The nomination followed a sharp contrast with Theodore Sorensen’s failed bid for the post.
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