Kennedy Signals Run for President in 1980
Senator Edward Kennedy told Massachusetts AFL-CIO delegates he will decide in a few weeks whether to challenge President Carter in 1980. He criticized the Carter energy policy and accused the administration of favoring oil companies. He also urged harsher treatment for youths who commit serious crimes.
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Boston
UPI
Edward Kennedy
Carter
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Afl-Cio
Senate
Fire Kills 25 in Vienna Hotel. Maine Visitors Among Dead
Damaged Vienna hotel lobby shows four bodies after fatal blaze that killed 25 and hospitalized 18. Among the dead are Ellen Wright 24 Miss Oklahoma 1977 of Bath Maine and elderly couple Donald and Frances Fraser from Kennebunk Maine. Twelve Americans from a Maine tour group are among the hospitalized.
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Vienna
Austria
Ellen Wright
Bath
Maine
Oklahoma
Donald and
Frances Fraser
Kennebunk
Castro accuses Carter of dishonesty amid missile crisis flare
In Havana Fidel Castro rejects claims of Soviet troops in Cuba and accuses President Carter of dishonesty and immorality. He identifies a training base near Havana and says troops have been there since 1962. White House plans a televised address on the dispute.
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Havana
UPI
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Carter
Castro
Presidential
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Washington
White House
U.S
State Department
Cyrus Vance
Panama
Canal Zone
Carter and Portillo delay critical issues talks
President Carter and Jose Lopez Portillo held cordial talks on energy and immigration with no discussion of oil spills Mexican oil production or Soviet troops in Cuba. The meeting included U S and PEMEX energy officials and considered cross border electric energy sharing and geothermal use in California.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Jose Lopez Portillo
Jerry Schecter
Texas
Cuba
Lopez Portillo
Cyrus Vance
Schecter
White House
U.S. En
Ergy
Charles Duncan
Jorge Serrano Diaz
Mexico
PEMEX
California
United States
Heating fuel aid limited to the poor in Senate plan
Senate Finance Committee chair Russell Long said middle income families may not receive heating cost relief as legislation aims to fund aid from windfall profits taxes. Debate focused on aid scope and revenue gaps with concerns over funding for 1980 programs and existing tax credits.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
Russell Long
D-La
Long
Daniel Moynihan
D-N.y
Moynihan
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
House
Threat of new leak at Three Mile Island rises
NRC experts warn highly radioactive water from the TMI Unit 2 cooling system will pour into storage tanks in 35 days. Officials say the leak, at about 1100 gallons daily into the auxiliary building and 500 gallons into containment, poses no immediate public health threat.
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Washington
UPI
Three Mile Island
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Richard Vollmer
John Collins
Three Mile Island Unit 2
Victor Stella
NRC
Judge blocks Amtrak cut of three passenger trains
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order delaying Amtrak’s plan to end three money losing trains. The Lone Star to Houston Floridian to Miami and St Petersburg to Seattle were halted while Kansas Minnesota Nashville and Davidson County seek a permanent ruling. A hearing is set for Oct 11.
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UPI
Amtrak
National
Chicago
Lone Star
Houston
Floridian
Miami
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Fla
Hiawatha
Seattle
National Limited
New York
Kansas City
Hilltopper
Boston
Catlettsburg
U.S
Frank Theis
Kansas
Minnesota
Nashville
Tenn
Davidson County
Social Security trust fund called sound by officials
Government economists told a House subcommittee that the Social Security trust fund remains sound for the next 25 years under various assumptions. Stanford Ross said projected income covers scheduled benefits, while Alice Rivlin cautioned that while no emergency exists, marginal problems could arise in the long term.
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Washington
UPI
Congressional
Friday
House
Ways and Means
Social Security
Stanford Ross
Ross
Alice Rivlin
Congressional Budget Office
Church schools win case sets nationwide church tax precedent
In a landmark ruling in Los Angeles a federal judge said California may not collect unemployment and disability taxes from church-operated schools. The suit was brought by 85 schools run by the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and about 15 other churches.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Elvis Presley death records sealed in Memphis
Chancellor D J Alissandratos ordered medical records and tests related to Elvis Presley sealed and removed from the county medical examiner and the University of Tennessee. He said the files would be placed in a safety deposit box for security while he weighs a suit filed by ABC-TV seeking Presley death records.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Elvis Presley
University of Tennessee
D.J. Alissandratos
Presley
Abc-Tv
Signa
Connally promises lollapalooza campaign in GOP race
John Connally told 3,500 delegates at the National Federation of Republican Women convention that a Kennedy Connally matchup would trigger a large campaign effort. He, with Edward Kennedy, would be the GOP’s strongest challenger to Carter or Kennedy, and Reagan’s appearance loomed as key. For the first time, Connally and Reagan shared the same forum in an event billed as a candidate cattle show among GOP hopefuls.
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Indianapolis
UPI
John Connally
Edward Kennedy
Connally
National Federation of Republican Women’s
Ronald Reagan
GOP
Carter
Massachusetts
Texas
California
Iran oil chief Nazih replaced amid Islamist pressure
Hassan Nazih was dismissed as head of the National Iranian Oil Co. and replaced by Ali Akbar Moinfar, after Bazargan announced the move on state TV. Khomeini ordered Nazih to answer complaints from workers as clerics attack his purge of un-Islamic elements from a 40 000 strong workforce. Burma quits non aligned group at UN.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
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Mehdi Bazargan
Nazih
National Iranian Oil Co
Ali Akbar Moinfar
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Bazargan
Khomeini
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