PLO Open to Recognize Israel If U S Concedes
The PLO reportedly discussed a shift to recognize Israel in exchange for U S recognition of the PLO and direct negotiations over the West Bank Gaza Strip and a Palestinian state. Arafat supposedly raised the plan in Vienna with Chancellor Kreisky and ex Chancellor Brandt.
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Paris
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
U.S
PLO
al Mostakbal
Yasser Arafat
Vienna
Bruno Kreisky
Willy Brandt
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Arafat
Security Council
Carter
Gaza
United States
Egypt
Truth squad forms to警warn against Kennedy bid
Conservatives launched a fundraising drive to build a truth squad to warn Americans about Edward Kennedy's presidential bid. The effort, funded by John Dolan of the National Conservative Public Affairs Council, seeks up to 500 per pledge and plans national travel and a TV radio campaign.
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Washington
UPI
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
John Dolan
National Conservative Public Affairs Council
George McGovern
D-S.d
McGovern
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Carter
America
Senate approves food stamp hike in compromise bill
The Senate approved a House-Senate compromise to boost food stamp benefits for elderly, blind and disabled recipients and to avert a Sept total cutoff. The bill allows deductions for medical and dental expenses over $35 monthly in determining stamp eligibility.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Vance says Carter warned Brezhnev on Cuba buildup
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance told Sen. Richard Stone there is no substantial Russian force increase in Cuba and no evidence of violations of 1962 missile crisis understandings. Vance noted the warning was sent to Brezhnev, but Stone called it a whitewash amid reports of troops in Cuba.
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Washington
UPI
Cyrus Vance
Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Cuba
Vance
Richard Stone
D-Fla
GM Cuts Big Car Output Across Eight Plants
General Motors will idle about 12,630 workers by reducing production of large cars vans and light trucks at eight U S assembly plants. The move coincides with expansion at two plants making compact cars. the industry total of permanent layoffs now surpasses 45 000 amid a sales slump since March.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors Corp
Five Die As Van Pushed Into Creek After Flooded Road
In Centerville Texas two First Baptist Church vans and a car were struck by a tractor-trailer as a flooded road washed out. The impact sent a van into a swollen creek where five of eleven aboard drowned. Six others in the van escaped. one more from the other van was injured. The area had recently received heavy rains from the remnants of tropical storm Claudette.
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Centerville
Texas
Claudette
U S to Evacuate Afghan Embassy Staff Amid Rising Risk
The United States plans to evacuate about 100 citizens from Afghanistan next week, including non-essential embassy staff and dependents, reducing the diplomatic corps to 48. Afghan officials request trimming the delegation as armed unrest and repressive moves unfold. no ambassador has served since the Adolph Dubs kidnapping and death in 1979.
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New Delhi
India
United States
Afghanistan
U.S
Washington
Delhi
Adolph Dubs
Exiled Shah Denounces Iran Regime From Cuernavaca
The exiled shah in Cuernavaca called Iran's new government an abyss of medieval leadership and said he was livid over charges he killed 365,995 people during his 30-year reign. A spokesman said the shah could not sit back any longer after reading the accusations reported by Excelsior.
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Cuernavaca
Mexico
UPI
Iran
Tehran
Mexico City
Excelsior
Senate Defeats Revenue Sharing Fund Cut Amid Bipartisan Support
In Washington a 59-31 vote rejected a 10 percent cut in the revenue sharing program within a $6.9 billion request. Proxmire urged cuts citing deficits and state surpluses, but a broad Senate coalition defended funding. The debate touched on balanced-budget concerns and potential immediate deficits if cut. The larger appropriation bill also advanced separate items including DC funding and space program authorizations.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Appropriations Subcommittee
Proxmire
Congress
Donald Riegle
D-Mich
Bill Bradley
D-N.j
Surging Exports Trim U.S. Trade Deficit in June
The Commerce Department reports the June trade deficit fell to 1.9 billion dollars from 2.5 billion in May as exports rose to 15.0 billion while imports increased to 16.9 billion. Oil imports climbed to 4.27 billion, with crude price rising to 17.36 per barrel, signaling progress toward a 22 to 25 billion deficit goal.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Commerce Department
Major wage settlements average 9.2 percent first year
UPI reports through mid 1979 major union contracts covering 999000 workers yielded 9.2 percent average first year wage and benefit gains, above Carter 7 percent guideline. Life-of-contract average rose to 7.3 percent, with COLA clauses boosting some figures.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Teamsters
BLS
Bureau
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Dale Carnegie
Cedar Rapids
KEN Burger
Meadowbrook
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Robert Matias
Harry Terpstra
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