Sakharov Accepts Nobel Prize From Oslo Via Wife
Dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov won the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize while barred from attending in Oslo. His wife Yelena read his acceptance message urging world political amnesty and detente. Sakharov said the honor belonged to all prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and noted his absence due to a trial in Vilnius.
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Oslo
Norway
Andrei Sakharov
Yelena
Leadlet
Vilnius
Soviet Lithuania
Sergei Kovalev
Sakharov
Soviet Union
Kissinger Nessen Rift Deepens On Ford China Trip
Reports of friction between Secretary Kissinger and White House press secretary Nessen surfaced during Ford's China trip. Nessen accused three reporters aboard Air Force One of being Kissinger's patsies for withholding some remarks, while Kissinger caustically replied that Nessen is after his job. The dispute followed prior tensions during Palm Springs and involved citations of back ground briefings and the handling of quotes and passages from Kissinger's briefing.
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Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Ron Nessen
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China
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Nessen
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William Greener
Nelsen
Greener
Palm Springs
James Naughton
New York Times
Helen Thomas
United Press International
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Associated Press
Bob Schieffer
CBS Radio Network
Schieffer
Naughton
Newsweek
Mao Tse-lang
Mao
Washington
Louis M. Thompson
Thompson
CBS
National Security Council
Des Moines Register
Callaway Defends Army Promotion Reforms Before Board
Washington AP secretary of the Army Howard H Callaway defended reforms to the military promotion system at a civilian appeals board hearing. He said cronysim abuse was ended and acknowledged a 1974 1975 law on reserve officers on boards. Offcers testified that dismissal and age bias affected careers, with young captains faring better for promotion than older peers.
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Bo” Callaway
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Fawkes
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West Point
Nobel laureates honored in Stockholm ceremony
American scientists and a Malian poet joined ten pioneers in receiving Nobel gold and flory before 3,000 attendees including two royal heads of state and seventy former laureates. The event marked the Nobel Foundation's 73rd anniversary with rehearsed ceremonies and musical interludes at a Stockholm exhibition hall on the fairgrounds outskirts.
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Sweden
Flory
Nobel Foundation
Stockhalin
New York Toy Law Aims to End Unassembled Gifts Next Year
New York parents face one fewer holiday toy headaches as a new law takes effect January requiring carton labels on toys with more than six parts and listing tools needed for assembly. The rule, sought by Attorney General Louis Lefkowila and signed by Governor Hugh Carey, also covers items like bicycles with non English instructions. The piece notes the prize moment as Aage Bohr wins the physics prize, with Margrethe Bohr in attendance.
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Louis Lefkowila
David Baltimore
Howard
Termin
Renato Das
James Rainwater
Tjalling .C.koop- Mans
Leonid Kantorovich
Soviet Union
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