Soviet MIRV tests intensify U S weapons debate
Washington UPI reports the Soviet Union conducted successful tests of missiles with multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles. The article traces MIRV timelines, notes SS-16 to SS-19 missiles, and discusses implications for U S defense planning, SALT talks, and the balance of strategic power amid ongoing arms modernization.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Melvin Laird
Laird
U.S
Armed Forces 4 Servicemen In C.R. Area Get Promotions
Four area servicemen receive promotions across the Army Navy Marine Corps and other branches. Kevin T. Kelly 3756 Kencrest drive NE gains specialist fourth class with the 103rd support brigade. Gilman Clark 931 Old Marion road NE is promoted to lieutenant colonel with the Des Moines unit. John H. Miller son of Mrs Laurence Miller 1710 Fourteenth avenue SW becomes marine sergeant at New River North Carolina. Craig Ankney son of Mr and Mrs William Hoffman 1724 Fifteenth avenue SE promoted to marine sergeant while serving in Iwakuni Japan. Home on leave are Navy Specialist 2c Kenneth R. Reed 4008 Vine avenue SE Fireman Recruit Robert Duncan 5923 First avenue SW BTFA Robert Nelson 417 Seventh avenue SW FN Philip Ross 1560 Twenty-first avenue Marion Pvt Michael J. Kacher Shueyville Pfe Kimberly Ross 2131 Richard drive NE Sgt Linn Lawrence 1739 C avenue NW Ensign Terry Tomes 819 Greenfield street NE and Jack Toms Central City on leave en route to Seattle Enlistee James Johnson 26 of 3000 J street SW to Lackland air force base for training Darold Ortberg 17 of 2370 Blakely boulevard SE and Russell Stambaugh 19 of 3000 J street SW enter delayed entry program.
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Kevin T. Kelly
Kencrest Drive
Des Moines
Gilman Clark
Old Marion Road
John H. Miller
Laurence Miller
Fourteenth Avenue SW
New River
N.C
Craig Ankney
William Hoffman
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Iwakuni
Japan
Navy
Kenneth R. Reed
Kenneth M. Reed
Vine Avenue
Albany
Norfolk
Robert Duncan
Roy Duncan
First Avenue
Great Lakes
Ill
Robert Nelson
Hardy Nelson
Seventh Avenue
Philadelphia
Philip Ross
Ruth Ross
Twenty-first Avenue
Marion
Michael J. Kacher
Dave Kacher
Shueyville
Fort Carson
Colo. Pfe
Kimberly Ross
Wilmer Ross
Richard Drive
Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
Linn Lawrence
Raymond Lawrence
C Avenue
Ching Chuan Air Force Base
Taiwan
Terry Tomes
Ted Northland
Greenfield Street
Jack Toms
Central City
Seattle
Wash
James Johnson
J Street
Lackland Air Force Base
Darold Ortberg
Blakely Boulevard
Russell Stambaugh
Danish Pilot Rescued After Sea Landing Near Keflavik
Danish pilot Jan Held Christiansen had to perform an emergency sea landing in a Cessna 310 near Keflavik International Airport after discovering the fuel gauge near empty. He escaped in a rubber dinghy and was rescued by a US helicopter from the NATO base at Keflavik.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Keflavik International
Jan Held Christiansen
Christiansen
Goose Bay
Canada
Germany
NATO
Keflavik
Girl Hurt in Kennedy Crash Still Paralyzed
Pamela Kelley aged 18 remains paralyzed from the waist down two weeks after a Nantucket crash involving Joseph Kennedy III. Kennedy, 20, son of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy, was convicted of negligent driving and had his license revoked for 60 days.
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Hyannis
Mass
UPI
Pamela Kelley
Cape Cod
Joseph Kennedy III
Nantucket Island
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
GOP Applicants Given Preference At Census Bureau
Washington AP Top officials confirm Republicans get first choice in census bureau hiring. Director Barabba notes political patronage dates to 1790. Aspin calls it cronyism and will push a bill to outlaw it. Barabba says candidates are not politically checked, but party referrals aid hiring in rural areas. Squires says there is no mass house cleaning after administrations change.
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Pentagon
U.S
Washington
Vincent Barabba
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Aspin
Congress
Barabba
Census Bureau
Squires
Kennedy
Johnson
Eisenhower
Activist Movement Still Alive and Kicking
The peace movement's last Washington protest drew an older crowd and sparked obituaries about its demise, yet activism persists. Civil disobedience and organized campaigns continue from AIM and UFW, with a new fast planned on Winnebago land to forge fresh action strategies for the 1970s.
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Washington
UPI
Peace Movement
Benjamin Spock
Spock
Grist
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