House committee moves to lift embargo on Turkey arms
A House International Relations panel opens hearings on Ford's request to release 184 million in military equipment Turkey has bought. Officials including Sisco argue embargo weakens U S influence and harms NATO while hindering Cyprus talks. Broomfield believes the measure will pass and reach the full House soon.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Congress
Turkey
NATO
Cyprus
House International Relations Committee
Ford
Joseph Sisco
U.S
Area forecast for clear to partly cloudy and mild conditions
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with mild temperatures through Friday. Isolated thunderstorms are possible tonight with overnight lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s and Friday highs in the low to mid 80s. Winds will be northeast to north at 5 to 10 mph tonight.
Ford advisers predict U.S. oil prices rise toward world levels
Ford energy officials told a Senate subcommittee that oil prices will climb near world levels regardless of Congress action as they press to remove price controls on domestically produced oil and gas to spur exploration and curb consumption. Analysts warned the economy could suffer a severe hit if prices spike, complicating a stalled policy battle.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
U.S
Congress
Congressional Economic Subcommittee
Frank Zarb
Federal
Commerce
Rogers C.B. Morton
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Greenspan
Zarb
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Senate Democrats Today
Mansfield
Humphrey
America
Nuclear plant near Burlington deemed to have little area impact
NRC staff report on the Wolf Creek nuclear generator in Coffey County Kansas finds no significant environmental impacts within 50 miles during normal operation. It notes waste packaging to licensed burial sites and outlines land and water use for the 10,000 acre site and 5,000 acre cooling lake, with relocations and transmission line corridors affecting rural households and acres.
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Washington
UPI
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Kansas
Wolf Creek
NRC
Burlington
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Wichita
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Coffey County
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific Railroad
British Prisoner Freed by Amin in Uganda Talks
Ugandan President Idi Amin released 61-year-old British lecturer Dennis Hills during talks with British Foreign Secretary James Callaghan at Kampala State House. Hills had faced a death sentence for calling Amin a village tyrant.
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Kampala
Uganda
UPI
Idi Amin
Amin
Dennis Hills
James Callaghan
Hills
Queen Elizabeth II
Callaghan
Britain
Spacemen undergo preflight medical exams in space race
Three American astronauts at Houston's Johnson Space Center completed head to toe medical tests ahead of the Apollo Soyuz flight. Russian cosmonauts Leonov and Kubasov nearing major checks at Baikonur face heat and training hurdles as both crews prepare for a two day rendezvous and 44 hours of joint flight. The countdown at Cape Canaveral begins this weekend with weather concerns and electrical lightning risk cited as potential delays.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
U. S
Thomas P. Stafford
Alexei A. Leonov
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Leonov
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Central Asia
Valeri N. Kubasov
Stafford
Vance D. Brand
Donald K. “Deke
Slayton
Cape
Desert
Valeri Bykovsky
Kosmonavt
Kubasov
Baikonur
Stafford, Brand and Slayton
Apollo
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