Tangshan quake details emerge in official China report
Chinese authorities describe the Tangshan earthquake as the deadliest in four centuries. Officials shared details with Mexican seismic researchers, noting a four mile by five mile devastation in Tangshan and a death toll likely higher than past major quakes, with magnitudes between 7.8 and 8.2.
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New Warhead Not Chip For Bargaining Powell Says
Washington AP President Carter administration says a new more powerful warhead is not a bargaining chip in arms talks with the Soviet Union. Jody Powell noted changes may occur if the Soviets negotiate seriously and deployment by 1979 could be reconsidered. The Mark 12A warhead would give twice the force of current missiles to match Soviet forces. Powell argued unilateral restraint by the United States is unreasonable without Soviet restraint.
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Welfare plan tightens eligibility to save billions
Carter administration aims to trim welfare costs by tightening rules to deny aid to certain grandchildren households and off and on workers. The plan would expand the accountable period and filing unit counting all income of blood relatives, potentially making teenage mothers and seasonal workers ineligible. Officials caution no final decisions and expect revisions before August congressional submission.
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Cruise Ship Rasa Sayang Burns Off Malaysia. Two Dead
The cruise ship Rasa Sayang carrying 989 aboard caught fire in the Malacca strait. Two crew members died and three are missing while 653 passengers and 281 crew were rescued and landed at Port Dickson after disembarking to a Japanese tanker. The ship sails toward Singapore under its own power with Captain O C Bjornstand and 49 crew remaining aboard.
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Carter Burns clash over tax plan and rate hikes
President Carter and Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns clash over policy. Burns helped scuttle the $50 tax rebate and the Fed raised short term rates as Lance criticizes banks for raising the prime rate to 6 percent. Carter weighs Burns's future as the Fed tightens money supply amid inflation fears.
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Rosalynn Carter Praises Ecuador Rights Efforts
Rosalynn Carter on a Caribbean Latin American tour commended Ecuador for its human rights stance and plans to restore civilian rule. She spoke at Quito airport and met with the junta leaders before a National Palace meeting. Later in Boston John Crimmins, Kennedy aide, died at 70.
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