Carter approves grain deal as path to peace
President-elect Carter’s agriculture secretary nominee backs the five year U S Russian grain pact saying it makes good sense as a basic policy for peace. Russia will buy at least six million metric tons annually with a potential eight million cap and a supply safeguard if U S output slips.
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Washington
UPI
Russia
Jimmy Carter
Bob Bergland
United States
Bergland
Thompson denounces pregnancy exclusion ruling as chauvinist
Rep. Frank Thompson Jr. denounces the Supreme Court ruling permitting pregnancy exclusion in disability plans as narrow and chauvinist and plans to introduce a bill to overrule it. He urging addition of a woman to the next Supreme Court vacancy to ensure perspective in deliberations.
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Washington
UPI
Frank Thompson Jr
Supreme Court
New Jersey Democrat
William Rehnquist
General Electric Co
Thompson
High
Nutrition groups push to save Senate nutrition committee
Antihunger groups plan a letter and visit campaign to block abolition of the nutrition committee led by Sen. George S. McGovern. The Food Research and Action Center will coordinate the effort as a Senate reorganization plan aims to dismantle the panel and faces a mid January vote.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nutrition Committee
Food Research and Action Center
George S. McGovern
D-S.c
Senate Committee
Saudi to boost oil output in 1977 to 10 million bpd
Middle East Economic Survey reports Saudi Arabia will raise crude production by about 1.5 million barrels per day to 10 million bpd in Q1 1977 to meet demand for cheaper Saudi oil. The plan will be reviewed quarterly and adjusted as needed.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Arabian-American Oil Co
Conscience of the Senate Senator Hart Dies at 64
Respected Michigan Democrat Senator Philip A Hart died at age 64 after a battle with cancer. He avoided hospital care to stay with family, passing Sunday at his Washington home. Carter and Ford led a wave of tributes praising his integrity and defense of individual rights.
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Washington
UPI
Philip A. Hart
Capitol Hill
Michigan
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Hart
Senate
Carter
Hunger strike in Mexico City hopes for parole law
American prisoners in Mexico City enter the fourth week of a hunger strike urging an early parole law for drug offenders. Spokesmen report Mexican congress may pass the parole bill this week, as prisoners across jails press for relief they say was promised in September. Philip Mallard of Alameda, California, 32, serves three years of a 62 year drug sentence and remains hopeful.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexican Congress
Mexico
Philip Mallard
Alameda
Calif
Carter to convene Cabinet on Georgia island for tax cut talks
President-elect Carter summoned his Cabinet and top aides to St Simons Island Georgia for a three day retreat to discuss a potential 15 billion tax cut amid a weak economy. Budget chief designate Thomas Lance said a 15 billion cut is the figure heard most.
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Plains
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Carter
St. Simons Island
Georgia
Musgrove Plantation
Reynolds Tobacco Co
Thomas Lance
St Simons
Lance
Atlanta
Ford
Flu Shots Back on Table as Swine Flu Debate Renewed
UPI reports the U S health official says the nation faces an early flu season with a possible partial restart of the swine flu immunization program. An advisory panel will meet in Atlanta to weigh risks as four swine flu cases are documented, including a weekend Illinois case.
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Washington
UPI
Theodore Cooper
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Atlanta
Cooper
Illinois
Nantucket tanker oil spill ends with no charges
Massachusetts official says no criminal charges will be filed regarding the 7.6 million gallon spill from the Argo Merchant near Nantucket. Hearings on a $60 million damage suit move from Boston to New York for depositions as winds shift and oil disperses offshore.
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New York
UPI
Massachusetts
Nantucket Island
Steven Rosenfeld
Massachusetts Attorney General's Office
New York City
Commonwealth
Boston
Cape Cod
Argo Merchant
U.S. Coast Guard
George Papadopoulos
Argo
Thebes Shipping Inc
Coast Guard
M. Sabir
Nantucket
Atlantic
Woman Injured in Early Morning Erie Crash
Judith Edwards, 30, of Erie, sustained injuries when her car left a county road two miles north and two miles east of Erie at 4 45 a m. She was alone and taken to Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott in satisfactory condition. Neosho County Sheriff David Kern said auto damage was about 2000 dollars and the incident remains under sheriff investigation.
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Judith Edwards
Erie
Mercy Hospital
Fort Scott
Neosho County
David Kern
Weather Area Forecast Mostly Sunny with Near Record Highs
Mostly sunny today with near record high temperatures in the upper 60s. Clear and colder tonight with lows in the lower to mid 20s. Tuesday mostly sunny and much colder with highs in the lower 40s. Wind shifts to west to northwest at 10 to 20 mph today and continuing tonight.
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