Sochi Strives To Stop Smoking In Soviet City
In Sochi the first nosmoking city campaign targets tourists and locals alike as signs caress the Black Sea resort. Taxi drivers urge discreet smoking while restaurants display no smoking signs yet allow subdued lighting. Mayor Voronkov leads an education push with early signs of reduced cigarette sales and school programs.
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Sochi
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Black Sea
Moscow
Vladimir N. Sarmakeshey
Sarmakeshev
Vyacheslav Voronkov
Kurortny Boulevard
Sleep Foiled Hijacking by Pair From USSR in Finland
Two Soviet hijackers Alexander Zagirnyak and Gennady Seluzhko attempted to force a flight to Sweden with a dud grenade. They fell asleep, allowing seven crew and most hostages to escape, and were handed to Soviet authorities. The hijack ended peacefully in Helsinki with no fatalities.
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Helsinki
Finland
Sweden
Soviet Union
Alexander Zagirnyak
Gennady Seluzhko
Petrozavidsk
Soviet Karelia
Russia
Seluzhko
Paavo Vayrynen
Aeroflot
Petrozavodsk
Leningrad
Vasily Sosnovsky
Zagirnyak
Seluzhka
Federal Judge Dismisses Suit Against NBC Network
In Winchester Tennessee AP reports a federal judge dismissed a 6 million damage suit against NBC over a film about the Scottsboro trials. Victoria Street claimed defamation and invasion of privacy, but Judge Charles Neese found no evidence of NBC fault or negligence and suggested an appeal by Street’s lawyers.
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Victoria Price Street
Raymond Fraley
NBC Television
Winchester, Tenn
NBC
Judge Horton
Street
Scottsboro Boys
U.S. District Court
Charles Neese
Tennessee
Scottsboro
Cincinnati
Ruby Bates
Carter seeks neutron bomb funding as Senate weighs vote
President Carter urged Congress to approve spending to produce neutron weapons, while stopping short of pledging deployment. The Senate planned a Wednesday vote amid debate over risks to civilians and the arms race, with critics warning of radioactive danger and supporters arguing strategic balance. Senator Hatfield warned the device could threaten populations with a radioactive cloud lasting years.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Senate
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
U.S
Mark Hatfield
R-Ove
Weather overview for Virginia and North Carolina
Partly cloudy and humid with a chance of showers in southeast Virginia on Wednesday. Highs mid 80s to mid 90s, lows near 70s. Thursday sunny hot and humid with highs mid 80s to mid 90s. North Carolina: partly cloudy with scattered showers Wednesday, highs mainly in the 90s, 80s on Outer Banks and in mountains. Wednesday night partly cloudy, lows around 70s, mountains hotter on Thursday with upper 80s to upper 90s.
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Virginia
North Carolina
NATO commander backs neutron bomb in Europe
NATO commander Gen Alexander M Haig Jr said allies voiced enthusiastic support for the neutron bomb and urged its inclusion in Europe. President Carter urged senators to back production funds with a final August decision after studies. Haig stressed NATO defensive role and that use requires presidential authority and would be an escalatory step.
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NATO
Carter
Haig
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Europe
Laetrile Debate and Lab Tests Stir Cancer Controversy
Federal regulators are urged to reexamine Laetrile's status as unproven. NCI acting director Dr. Guy Newell cites exhaustive animal tests showing anticancer quality. Battelle researchers in Columbus report Laetrile failed to affect breast and colon tumors in six months of testing, noting no toxicity but no clear effectiveness.
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Federal Regulatory Agency
Guy R. Newell
National Cancer Institute
Columbus
Ohio
Battelle Laboratories
David Houchens
Artemio Ovejera
American Cancer Institute
Houchens
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