Test ban talks seen likely in 1978 progress
Geneva reports that the United States Soviet Union and Britain recessed nuclear test ban negotiations for a month with officials optimistic for a year end agreement. Talks resume December 5 unless moved earlier and follow Brezhnev's Moscow proposal for a formal ban and moratorium on peaceful nuclear explosions.
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Geneva
Switzerland
UPI
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
Carter
Brezhnev
Yale New Haven test detects Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Yale New Haven Hospital and UC San Francisco researchers report a new prenatal test for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the New England Journal of Medicine. The blood sample from the placenta during mid-pregnancy may indicate if the unborn child has the disease, which predominantly affects males and often proves fatal in the second or third decade.
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New Haven, Conn
UPI
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New England Journal of Medicine
Yale
University of California
San Francisco
Duchenne
Maurice Mahoney
Mahoney
Helms faces judge ruling after plea on Chile covert acts
Former CIA director Richard Helms awaits a judge's decision on jail or fine after pleading no contest to two reduced misdemeanor charges for not fully disclosing CIA activities intended to influence Chile's 1970 election. The judge's stance could test justice and national security limits.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Helms
CIA
Iran
U.S
Helms
Justice Department
Department
Barrington Parker
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Chile
Sturgis says he tried to help CIA informant in Kennedy case
Frank Sturgis, Watergate burglar and former Castro security chief, says he tried to aid a Cuban informant who accuses him of involvement in the Kennedy killing. He denies knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald and claims he was in Miami on the Dallas day, while noting arrest over harassment at Marita Lorenz's apartment and release on $10,000 bail.
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New York
UPI
Frank Sturgis
CIA
Sturgis
Kennedy
Dallas
Marita Lorenz
Fidel Castro
Castro
Air Force
Miss Lorenz
House Committee On Investigation
House Committee
al Gonzalez
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Miami
Abused wife found innocent by insanity in husband’s murder
Francine Hughes, who endured 13 years of domestic abuse, was found innocent by reason of insanity after she set fire to her ex-husband James Hughes. The verdict, delivered by a 10 woman 2 man jury after 5 1/2 hours, may influence future views on self defense and abuse cases.
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Lansing, Mich
UPI
Francine Hughes
National Organiza
Trudeau Watches Levesque French Visit for Quebec Stand
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau said Canada will set France straight on Quebec's place in the Confederation as Rene Levesque meets in France. He warned Paris against interference while noting France shows interest but must respect Canadian internal affairs.
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Ottawa
UPI
Canada
France
Quebec
Rene Levesque
Pierre Trudeau
Trudeau
Levesque
Elysee Presidential Palace
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Corsic
Brittany
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Martinique
United Nations
Jacques Viot
Gerard Pelletier
Department of External Affairs
Deportation Setbacks for Latvian-Born Suspect in Nazi Allegations
In Albany a deportation bid against Vilis Hazners 73 a Latvian native now living in Whitehall Washington County faced two procedural setbacks as government lawyers confronted rulings limiting their line of questioning. A new set of charges aimed to permit testimony from Jacob Noy a Latvian born witness in Jerusalem broadened the scope of past allegations regarding Hazners wartime cooperation with Nazis and concealment upon immigrating to the United States in 1956.
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Albany
N.Y
UPI
Vilis Hazners
Whitehall
Washington County
Hazners
Ivars Berzins
United States
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Anthony de Gaeta
William Strasser
Jacob Noy
Latvia
Jerusalem
Senate moves to raise Social Security taxes in 1982 plan
A Senate majority rejects delaying tax hikes and debates how to levy Social Security taxes for 100 million workers and employers. Senator Dole seeks to allow seniors 65 and over to earn unlimited wages and still claim full benefits starting 1982, a plan costing about 23 billion over five years. Senate resistance to equal tax burdens remains, with Curtis proposing equal rates but defeated. Democratic Leader Byrd warns of funding gaps and notes election-year pressure as Carter weighs tax reform and energy measures.
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Donald H. May
Washington
UPI
Senate
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Dole
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
Curtis
Robert Byrd
Byrd
Carter
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