Schlesinger sees car taxing change
Energy Secretary James Schlesinger said the Senate will likely move toward the administration's stance on taxing low mileage cars despite auto industry opposition. Civiletti, head of the Justice Department probe into Capitol Hill payoffs, said more evidence is needed to indict Tongsun Park and extradite him from London.
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Washington
UPI
James Schlesinger
Senate
Tongsun Park
United States
Capitol Hill
Benjamin Civiletti
Justice Department
Park
London
Civiletti
Bruce Caputo
R-N
Griffin Bell
Great Britain
House
Carter
Schlesinger
Senate Finance Committee
CBS Morning News
Senate Committee
Vance shifts to Rhodesia amid racial conflict
London reports that Cyrus Vance plans to redirect his diplomacy from the Middle East to Rhodesia to prevent a racial bloodbath. He will meet British Foreign Secretary David Owen on an Anglo American plan to transfer power to a black majority by spring. Ian Smith rejects the plan. Roelof Botha joins discussions. Callaghan invites talks at Chequers.
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London
UPI
Cyrus Vance
Middle East
Rhodesia
Vance
David Owen
Ian Smith
Owen
Roelof Botha
Smith
James Callaghan
Chequers
Jo-Jo the seal saved by Balboa Island fans
In Newport Beach California residents lifeguards and tourists trapped a wounded young seal named Jo-Jo to remove a fishing line wrapped around his head and neck. The 160 pound animal had slow weight loss from April as crowds fed him and watched his struggle.
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Newport Beach
Calif
Jo-Jo
Alboa Island
Louise LeBeau
Enterprise completes first solo space shuttle glide test
Edwards AFB Calif UPS reports the space shuttle Enterprise made the first solo flight from a Boeing 747 piggyback to a dry lake bed landing at 11 54 a.m. EDT. Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton controlled the glide to a safe touchdown and a 12 12 p.m. EDT exit, as thousands watched and networks carried the event live.
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AL Rossiter
UPS
Edwards Afb
Calif
America
Fred Haise
Gordon Fullerton
Enterprise
Karol Bobko
Mission Control Center
Houston
Mojave Desert
Haise
Rogers Dry Lake
Bown
Hulle 'T3s
California
Space Agency
Space
Earth
Fullerton
Carter seeks support for new Panama Canal treaty
President Carter telephoned prominent Americans including Ford and Kissinger to win Senate ratification of a Panama Canal treaty that would transfer control to Panama by century's end. The White House said Reagan was contacted as negotiators push for continued U.S. defense rights and wartime priority while payment increases to Panama are set. Powell noted Congress shows cautious openness amid a tough ratification fight.
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UPI
Carter
Gerald Ford
Henry Kissinger
Senate
White House
Jody Powell
Plains
Ronald Reagan
Powell
Ford
State Kissinger
Panama
Canal Zone
U.S
United States
Congress
Bert Lance
White House denies Carter role in loan
The White House states Jimmy Carter’s 1975 visit with Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co officials in New York had no connection to a $2.6 million loan to Bert Lance that year. Carter, a former Georgia governor seeking the presidency, attended to gain business support. Lance arranged the meeting.
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Washington
White House
Jimmy Carter
New York
Bert Lance
Carter
Georgia
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
New York City
Jody Powell
Hanover
Lance
First National Bank of Chicago
Bank robber aborts heist at Macon credit union
A man entered the American Federal Bank in Macon on a Thursday, pushed a bag toward a teller and demanded cash. The teller refused, the robber abandoned the bag and left, climbing into a getaway car. The incident was reported by UPI and the FBI is reviewing the case.
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Macon
UPI
American Federal Bank
FBI
Weather Summary for Cedar City St George and Utah
Cedar City sees partly cloudy skies through Saturday with afternoon or evening thundershowers possible and warm highs in the lower 90s with lows in the 60s. St George remains warm with highs near 100 and nightly lows around 75. Utah overall stays fair northwest through Saturday with scattered afternoon clouds in the south and east and highs in the 90s and lows from 55 to 70.
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Cedar City
St. George
Utah
Lydia Canyon Fire Contained After Five Days Near Kanab Utah
The Kane County Lydia Canyon fire, sparked by lightning last Sunday, burned 896 acres on BLM land and a private ranch thirty miles north of Kanab. Support from 133 firefighters, rain on Thursday, and Tio helicopters helped bring the blaze under control with plans to reduce crews around 6 p.m. today.
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Kanab
Utah
UPI
Kane County
Lydia Canyon
Ed Gray
Bureau of Land Management
Tio
Gray
BLM
Last Hughes plane leaves Cedar City
Cedar City loses Hughes Air West service as the Cedar stop on the Sait Lake to Phoenix route is abandoned due to high operating costs. The F27 40 passenger aircraft will be used elsewhere and staff Jim Mikkieson and Vic Middleton transfer to Las Vegas and Salt Lake City respectively.
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Cedar City
Hughes Air West
Hughes
Bonanza Airlines
Cedar
Salt Lake City
Phoenix
Bonanza
Pacific Airlines
West Coast Airlines
Air West
Howard Hughes
Blaine Bartney
Sait Lake
Jim Mikkieson
Vic Middleton
Mikkleson
Las Vegas
Middleton
California Fire Containment Near Scarface and Pandosa
United Press International reports California fire crews have containment on the Scarface blaze near the Oregon border at 82 280 acres and the Pandosa fire at 20 670 acres within 1.5 miles of Scarface. Both started by lightning and burning over a week. A third major fire near Big Sur has consumed 93 000 acres and remains out of control after nine days.
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United Press International
California
Scarface
Oregon
Big Sur
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