Weapons figures given as budget enters final stage
Washington reports the U S Navy has 490 ships the smallest fleet since 1939 while the Air Force counts 9400 aircraft down from 16000 in 1964 and 480000 troops abroad compared with 719000 thirteen years earlier. Between 1972 and 1974 the Soviet Union produced 3000 tanks per year 1200 cannon 930 tactical aircraft while the United States produced 462 tanks 170 cannon and 540 tactical aircraft. CIA Director William Colby told the Joint Economic Committee this summer we look forward to another generation of Soviet missiles in 1978-1979. Senator Sam Nunn provided the weapons statistics and comparisons Wednesday as the annual battle of the.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U.S. Navy
Air Force
United States
Soviet Union
United
States
CIA
William E. Colby
Joint Economic Committee
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Pentagon
Senate
Nunn
U.S
James R. Schlesinger
Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
House
Schlesinger
Ford Administration
John L. McClellan
Appropriations Committee
Feminist strike fails to win broad support nationwide
The one day feminist strike organized by NOW titled Alice Doesn’t failed to draw broad worker participation. A UPI survey found only a handful of women off work as others wore armbands attended rallies or reported being too busy or afraid of job loss. Rallies occurred in multiple cities but drew only hundreds. NOW officials were unavailable to comment. Opponents praised the limited turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
National Organization For Women
America
UPI
Betty Ford
Connecticut
Ella Grasso
Washington
San Francisco
Boston
Indianapolis
Iowa City
Iowa
Boise
Idaho
Carbondale
I.l
NOW
Ann Kitzmiller
Lancaster
Ohio
Cecil D. Andrus
Ethel Bent Walsh
Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
First Israeli bound cargo to pass Suez Canal since peace accord
The Greek ship Olympos, carrying about 8 000 tons of cement, will join a southbound convoy through the Suez Canal at dawn Friday as the first Israeli bound cargo to use the canal since the Sept 4 Sinai peace agreement. Egyptian Canal Authority official Ahmed Ammar said nonmilitary cargoes may pass on ships not flying the Israeli flag. Israel had earlier postponed another vessel, and Sadat sought UN talks in New York on the Middle East peace process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Suez Canal
Ahmed Abdel-hamid Ammar
Canal Authority
Ammar
Sinai
Israel
Tel Aviv
Valentina P
Port Said
Washington
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
United Nations
New York
Middle East
Geneva
Concord, N.H
UPI
International Paper Company
New Hampshire
Connecticut River
Frank Peterson
Parsons and Whittemore
Concord
Walpole
Paul Bofinger
The
Society For Protection of New Hampshire Forests
CERN
Council of Citizens For Economic and Environmental Responsibility
Bosinger
Peterson
John Shortledge
Keene
Citizens For Walpole
Shortledge
Bofinger
Hearst ruled mentally competent to stand trial
UPI reports U S District Court Judge Oliver Carter said Patricia Hearst appears mentally competent to proceed in her trial based on court psychiatric reports. The judge noted he may change his view after reviewing final reports and will consider defense objections if raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
U. S. District Court
Oliver Carter
Carter
Orlando
Fla
F. Steele Sanford
U. S
Miss Hearst
Albert Johnson
Johnson
Symbionese Liberation Army
Indictment links SLA to Carmichael Bank Robbery
A federal grand jury indicts Steven Soliah, linked to Patricia Hearst, in the Carmichael Crocker Bank robbery murder case. Bail set at 250000. possible death penalty. FBI notes Soliah identified as robber. Kilgore also sought. Parallel report covers New Hampshire pulp mill wood supply doubts and college costs rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Steven Soliah
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Carmichael
Crocker National Bank
Soliah
U.S
Dwayne Keyes
Miss Hearst
FBI
Myrna Opsahl
Keyes
James Kilgore
Kilgore
Saliah
San Francisco
SLA
William
Emily Harris
Kathy
Josephine
Hearst
Also Mentioned on This Page
Navy
U.N
Chaim Herzog
General Assembly
South Boston
Thompson Island
Berkeley
Masland
Inner Circle
Nusland Capes
H. Masland & Sons
Cartisie
Meldrim Thomson
Vermont
Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Banner Publishing Corp
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen, Inc
Burlington
John Edward Hodges
Ignature
Silvermont
Chittenden
Chittenden Trust
Albury
Berlin
Essex Junction
Middlebury
Montpelier
Shelburne
South
Newport
Swanton
Vergennes
Waitsfield
FORD
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!