Vance and Carter clash over SALT 2 details
State Department officials clarified that cruise missiles and the Backfire bomber remain open for SALT 2 discussions, contradicting President Carter's view of a two stage evolution toward rapid ratification. Vance said the Cruise and Backfire issues are still on the SALT 2 table and could affect further talks. A spokesman later responded simply with No to unilateral U.S. testing.
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UPI
State Department
Carter
Cyrus Vance
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Vance
Vladivostok
Parole Review For Hunt In Watergate Burglary Case
Washington United Press International reports Howard Hunt's parole case sits before the US Parole Commission. Hunt, a former CIA agent, is serving 30 months to eight years for involvement in the Watergate burglary that toppled a president. The full commission meets to decide his fate alongside Billy Sol Estes, with decisions possible on Wednesday.
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UPI
Howard Hunt
Parole Commission
Hunt
Billy Sol Estes
Texas
Estes
Hunt and
Full Commission
Commission
O’ Hunt
CIA
Democratic National Committee
Watergate
Strike follows slaying of left-wing lawyers
Madrid reports a nationwide strike by thousands of workers protesting the submachine-gun killings of four left-wing lawyers by suspected right-wing extremists. The stoppages paralyzed Madrid's industrial belt and shut Spain's SEAT plant as investigations tied the attack to political violence, kidnapings, and escalating demonstrations.
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Peter Uebersax
Madrid
Spain
UPI
Workers’ Commissions
Europa Press
Barcelona
Seat Auto
el Pais
Legazpi
Emilio Villaescusa Quiles
Madrid University
Adolfo Suarez
Marcelino Camacho
Antonio Pedrosa Latas
Pedrosa Latas
House assassination panel fights for life
The House assassination committee faces revival battles as hearings and votes begin. Chairman designate Henry B. Gonzalez seeks to reconstitute the panel with a $13 million two year budget amid opposition to its aims including lie detectors and wiretap-like witness screening. Members unpaid since Jan. 3 complicate the restart.
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Daniel F. Gilmore
Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr
Henry B. Gonzalez
Texas
Rules Committee
Congress
Defense chiefs set for budget defense debate
Defense secretary and top defense official ready to argue the United States military posture as the annual budget battle starts. The two leaders outline priorities and facing questions on spending for the Pentagon.
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Harold Brown
George S. Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Armed Services Committee
Brown
United States
Donald Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
AFL CIO clashing views on Carter jobs plan
AFL CIO urged quicker and larger stimulus, proposing a $30 billion program to create about 2 million jobs this year through public works housing and youth programs. The Chamber of Commerce warned Carter's smaller plan could spur inflation while failing to lift employment enough.
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Donald H. May
Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
Carter
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Andrew J. Biemiller
Aflcio
House Budget Committee
Labor Federation
Biemiller
Jack Carlson
Chamber of Commerce
Carter halts aides limousine service
President Carter orders an end to chauffeured limousines for top White House staff aiming to echo average Americans. He follows past practices by Nixon Ford and Johnson, while Sen. William Proxmire commends the move and urges extension to remaining officials.
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White House
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
William Proxmire
Dwis
Carter
Proxmire
New Jersey judge rules husband cannot be charged with rape
Essex County Court Judge Nicholas Scalera dismissed a rape indictment against Alfred Smith of New Brunswick. The ruling says a husband cannot be charged with raping his wife while still married unless a separation or divorce order exists. This marked the first attempted prosecution of a wife rape case in New Jersey amid broader state policy gaps.
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Newark
N.J
UPI
New Jersey
Essex County
Nicholas Scalera
Alfred Smith
New Brunswick
Scalera
Smith
Alfreda
Energy shortages strike nationwide amid bitter cold
Energy supplies like gas power and water ran dangerously low across many states as freezing weather stayed severe. The crisis idled about 250000 workers in Tennessee Pennsylvania West Virginia Georgia Florida and Mississippi while officials in Indiana Ohio and Florida sought emergency measures and aid.
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United Press International
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Federal Energy Administration
Otis R. Bowen
Indiana
Ohio
James Rhodes
Philadelphia Gas Works
Frank Rizzo
Atlanta Gas Light Co
Reubin Askew
Oil refinery blast seen as like an A bomb by witnesses
Witnesses to an Atlantic Richfield refinery blast in South Philadelphia described the explosion as loud and the black smoke thick, saying it resembled a mushroom atom bomb. Four injured, one in critical condition, as firefighters and refinery workers acted quickly to contain the fire in a gas oil tank.
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Anthony R. Wood
Philadelphia
UPI
Atlantic Richfield Co
Tom Cahill
Passayunk Avenue
Tom Brennan
St. Agnes Hospital
ARCO
Frank L. Rizzo
Peter Zambelli
Joseph Rizzo
Rizzo
Houston Provides for Its Joggers Trail at Memorial Park
Houston officials expand its $5,000 four foot wide three mile jogger trail through Memorial Park. The path draws busy crowds of varied runners, becoming a social hub and inspiring plans for four more trails as residents praise its scenery and health benefits.
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Bruce Nichols
Houston
UPI
Scenic Memorial Park
Beverly Kunze
Oil Company
Edens
George Lanier
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