Vance outlines Carter policy on peace, power, hostages
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance told Congress the Carter administration seeks a difficult but correct path to U.S. security and world peace. He noted readiness to back a Iran grievances inquiry and considered options if hostages remain unresolved, while reaffirming commitment to SALT II as long as the Soviet Union complies.
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Washington
Cyrus Vance
Congress
U.S
United States
Iran
Soviet Union
Vance
America
Mount St Helens Under Close Watch Near Vancouver
Spectators monitor Mount St Helens as six days of earthquakes raise eruption concerns. Federal experts warn of possible activity while local officials prepare evacuations and geologists continue monitoring the Washington volcano about 45 miles north of Vancouver.
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Mount St. Helens
Washington
Vancouver
Wash
House drops vote on draft registration funding
The House Appropriations Committee halted a planned vote on 13.3 million dollars for the Selective Service System to begin registering young men this summer. The move leaves when the proposal will be revived unclear. President Carter had authority to order registration but needed funds to restart the system. President Carter also asserted that Social Security and Medicare will not be cut to balance the federal budget and said SSI meals on wheels housing and aging programs would be protected.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Carter
Council On Aging
White House
Bombings drop to a 7-year U.S. low in 1979
FBI data show 1,196 bombing incidents in 1979 across the United States and Puerto Rico, the fewest since 1972. Casualties rose 22 percent to 22 fatalities and 165 injuries, with property damage topping 6.6 million dollars.
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Washington
FBI
United States
Puerto Rico
William H. Webster
Webster
Tragic Elevator Fall Kills 23 Miners at Vaal Reefs Mine
At the Vaal Reefs gold mine near Johannesburg South Africa an elevator cage plunged over a mile. All 23 miners aboard were killed as rescue teams cleared wreckage and attempted to reach them. Authorities confirmed no survivors.
Kuwait hikes oil prices by about five fifty a barrel
Kuwait, an OPEC member, raises crude oil prices by roughly $5.50 per barrel. The move affects Western buyers but is unlikely to impact the United States since it imports little Kuwaiti oil.
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New York
Kuwait
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Persian Gulf
United States
Ethics panel to begin public inquiry into Rep Wilson
The House ethics committee voted 8-1 to approve public hearings into Rep. Charles H. Wilson D Calif on financial misconduct. Hearings set to begin Monday and run about a week following a decision to dismiss a procedural challenge.
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Washington
House Ethics Committee
Charles H. Wilson
D-Calif
House approves emergency funds for beleaguered FTC
The House narrowly backed an emergency funding bill for the beleaguered Federal Trade Commission by 216 to 201. Senate approval is expected. The vote reflected hostility to FTC regulations as other bills limiting FTC authority cleared both chambers, though no final version exists.
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Washington
House
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Congress
Iran Delays Runoff Elections Amid Hostage Debate
Iran's foreign minister said the runoff for the new Parliament is postponed likely to May or later as vote fraud probes delay the process. A UN panel member warned the Shah's escape to Egypt could affect the hostage case, while Dr Michael DeBakey examined the exiled ruler in Cairo ahead of surgery.
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U.N
Adib Daoudi
Syria
Beirut
al Sharq
Egypt
United States
Michael DeBakey
Cairo
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Ing
Revolutionary Council
Majlis
Indictments Hit Cordova Nuclear Plant Security Case
A federal grand jury charged Commonwealth Edison and two guards with fraud and conspiracy over security at Quad-Cities Station from 1976 to 1977. The nine counts allege unrecorded unlocked doors and unescorted visitors, with Edison executives named in most counts.
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Commonwealth Edison Co
Cordova
Pinkerton
Quad-Cities
Edison
Mississippi River
Nicholas Kalmanakis
Walter Meehan
U.S
J. Waldo Ackerman
NRC
Kalmanakis
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Meehan
Morrison
Bill Harrah
Illinois
Chicago
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