Two US envoys press Lebanon talks over Arab League peace plan
Two American envoys Robert Houghton and David Mack returned to Lebanon from Cyprus for a week of talks with Christian leaders in Jounieh about terms of a new Arab League peace proposal. They carry new instructions from Washington and plan discussions with President Suleiman Franjieh and other rightists before cycling back to Cyprus.
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UPI
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Suleiman Franjieh
Viking 2 prepares to land at moist Mars site Utopia
Pasadena reports Viking 2 is readied for a Friday descent toward Utopia Planitia, 4600 miles from Viking 1, with tests on the three legged landing gear. The site offers higher moisture and potential life clues, though slopes over 3 degrees risk a slide or burial by dust.
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Mars
Pasadena
Calif
UPI
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Utopia
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Viking 1
Jim Martin
Masursky
New strain of gonorrhea raises global alert
Health authorities warn of a penicillin resistant gonorrhea strain as the CDC reports three new cases after two initial infections last week. The worldwide alert emphasizes increased vigilance for this venereal disease.
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Atlanta
UPS
National Center For Disease Control
Ford UAW near strike as talks hinge on pattern deal
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers face a deadline of under two weeks to negotiate a new contract amid threats of a nationwide strike. The union deems Ford's 3 percent wage increase offer insulting while negotiations continue as Ford is viewed as a pattern-setting firm for the industry. Aparicio Mendez sworn in as Uruguay's president suspends political rights of hundreds, including former president Bordaberry, in a five year term.
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Pentagon Eyes $6 Billion in Arms Sales to 10 Nations
The Pentagon plans to sell nearly 6 billion dollars in military hardware to ten nations including Saudi Arabia Iran and Israel. Iran would be the largest buyer at about 4.46 billion dollars with many details kept secret at the request of the purchaser nations.
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UPI
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Israel
Carter faces conflict of interest questions in bid for presidency
plains Ga UPI Carter may not divorce profitable farm and business interests if elected president. A spokesman says he plans to present actions to resolve conflicts of interest and divestiture remains undecided. Disclosures show net worth 811982 with farm lands 348444 and family peanut business 330062. Tax return lists 136138 gross income and 58404 taxes offset by 41702 investment credit.
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Rex Granum
Granum
FBI official questions fees grasp of reality
Boston UPI report shows deputy associate FBI director James B Adams criticizing altlaw proposals for wiretapping surveillance and undercover work. He warns of balance, cites organized crime terrorism and espionage realities, and laments tighter information sharing, probable cause barriers, and FOIA privacy Acts hindering investigations.
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UPI
FBI
James B Adams
Adams
Tax revision bill nears completion
Washington UPI Congress tax writers nearing completion of a tax revision bill to extend low rates and reform how individuals and corporations calculate taxes. Key issues remain how to curb shelters, tax on wealthy, and child care and sick pay breaks. Provisions include exempting the first 35 000 of home sale profits for homeowners over 65, tax free group legal service premiums for five years, and using Social Security numbers for driver licenses and public assistance to track runaway fathers.
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UPI
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Doctor Study On Radioactive Exposure At A Plant
RICHLAND Wash UPI reports Dr Brice Breitenstein of the Hanford Environmental Health Foundation says no one knows the long term effects of the high americium exposure on Harold McClusky 64 of Prosser Wash The accident occurred when a chemical explosion sprayed him with a radioactive solution at an Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co plant on the Hanford Reservation Breitenstein notes burns from nitric acid and glass cuts but emphasizes the unknown long term risks as they measure his dose and monitor outcomes.
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Richland , Wash
UPI
Brice Breintenstein
Hanford Environmental Health Foundation
McClusky
Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co
Hanford Atomic Reservation
Washington
Breintenstein
McCluskys
Gasoline tree prop proposed by Nobel chemist Calvin
Nobel Prize chemist Melvin Calvin proposed planting experimental gasoline trees in arid Southern California. He said certain Euphorbia plants with milky latex could yield about 25 barrels of gasoline per acre per year, offering fuel from crops in unsuitable areas.
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San Francisco
UPI
Melvin Calvin
California
Calvin
American Chemical Society
University of California
Hays resigns from Congress amid sex scandal and health woes
Washington report says Wayne Hays resigned from Congress after losing power and amid sex scandal allegations. The House Ethics Committee closed its probe into Elizabeth Ray’s pay claims, while a grand jury investigates potential misuse of federal funds. Hays admitted an affair but denied payment for sex. He left Washington August 11 and announced he would not seek another term.
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UPI
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Hays
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Carl Albert
House Ethics Committee
Elizabeth Ray
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