Carter selects Benson for State Department arms control post
President-elect Carter named Lucy W. Benson to be Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, a top arms control role, pending Senate confirmation. Benson, former League of Women Voters president, would be the department’s highest ranking woman. Brzezinski at the White House begins a broad National Security Council personnel cleanup, reducing staff by about one third.
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League of Women Voters
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Argo Merchant captain says helmsman not supervised at grounding
Captain George Papadopoulos testified there was no supervision for the helmsman Jose Rivera as the tanker Argo Merchant ran aground near Nantucket on December 15, spilling 7.6 million gallons of oil into the Atlantic. The ship grounded at about 6 am during heavy seas, near productive fishing grounds, in what may be the worst Atlantic coast spill.
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Jose Rivera
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Tangshan quake death toll tops 655 thousand
UPI reports a record breaking July 29 Tangshan earthquake in northern China killed at least 655,237 and injured over 779,000. Centered about 100 miles southeast of Beijing, it was one of six major earthquakes in 1976. Officials have not released precise casualty figures for any of the quakes.
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Brazilian coffee growers post record profits amid boycott talk
Brazilian coffee growers earned a projected 1976 gross sales exceeding 2.3 billion dollars, more than double 1975. Despite U S led boycott efforts to curb prices, producers and exporters enjoy a boom while domestic drinkers and migrant pickers bear higher costs and limited supply. It may take three years for new trees planted this year to bear fruit, affecting roughly 500000 seasonal workers.
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UPI
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Grand Zenith tanker missing off New England in six day search
Dawn to dusk air search probes 642-foot Grand Zenith, carrying 8.2 million gallons of industrial fuel oil, 38 crew, off Cape Cod. Coast Guard aims to confirm fuel, debris or liferafts as experts test oil samples amid rough North Atlantic conditions and prior Argo Merchant spill links.
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Coast Guard probes Argo Merchant wreck fate near Nantucket
England waters near 40 degrees threaten an immersed man in under an hour. Griggs notes wreck possibility but vessel status unclear. Coast Guard says minor oil from Argo Merchant drifted 15 miles from Nantucket, unlikely to approach shore. oil mostly offshore.
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Byrd Rises to Senate Democratic Leader Post
United Press International profiles Robert Byrd of West Virginia as the Senate's new Democratic leader. Born 1918 in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Byrd rose from poverty to power through hard work, political skill, and long service. Once a Ku Klux Klan member, he now champions centrist positions and procedural mastery.
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Ford calls GOP summit to seek new leadership
Washington UPI reports President Ford invited Vice President Rockefeller former Texas Governor Connally and former California Governor Reagan to a White House lunch summit aimed at uniting factional GOP leaders ahead of the January 20 transition and a forthcoming Republican Committee meeting selecting a new chairman.
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