19 Sep 1976
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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1976
Page
1
PASADENA Calif AP Viking 2s sampler arm is repaired and ready to collect more Martian soil. The team seeks a digging site on the Utopia Plain while analyzing pictures from the lander. The arm had jammed for a week and delivered soil to a mini laboratory aboard the craft.
UN General Assembly session opens Tuesday with expected sharp clashes over Israel and South Africa. Israel faces criticism for occupying Arab lands while South Africa contends with its minority rule in Namibia. South Africa likely to skip the assembly to avoid suspension, while Israel plans to send a delegation to answer critics. Luxembourg's Gaston Thorn, 48, the 1975 assembly president, will preside at the opening.
The Chinese Communist Party factional fight over succession to the chairmanship continues with Hua Kuo-feng emerging as a compromise choice between moderates and hardline Maoists. Ousted Teng Hsiao-ping remains a flashpoint as rival camps push influence within the central committee. Sri Lanka’s Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe is poised to become UN president, presiding over the Law of the Sea conference slated to reconvene May 23.
The UAW presses a time off plan for auto workers, proposing 12 additional paid days off yearly and 3 percent of the workforce off daily, arguing it would boost employment while Ford counters it would raise costs and reduce growth. Ford offers up to five days off for seniority workers with perfect attendance, rejected as ineffective. The piece also notes UN Security Council actions and upcoming speeches by Kissinger and other officials on global issues.
Kissinger and Vorster narrowed gaps on Namibia independence and constitution yet clash over election supervision. He pressed Vorster for Smith’s weekend response, warning no negotiation and setting a time limit. Kissinger insists future talks with Smith must yield a final, satisfactory Rhodesian settlement.
Blanche Bernstein, once deemed hopeless after a December 1975 coma from a liver ailment, has awakened enough to converse with visitors and begin walking with braces. Her parents recount years of uncertain medical trials across Norfolk and Richmond, as therapists insist on extensive rehabilitation and a lengthy recovery ahead.
MINNEAPOLIS AP Lay and clergy representatives of the Episcopal Church approved a new version of the Book of Common Prayer, the first major revision since the Reformation. Bishops must concur and ratification in 1979 is planned. if approved, the 1,000-page revision will be used across the denomination. The revision, praised as a literary masterpiece, aims to preserve Elizabethan phrasing while modernizing worship.
Strike s continued from page one affecting motel rooms near the airport and roundtrip cab fare to homes in New Jersey. It began after a government cooling off period expired. Washington talks failed to resolve the pay dispute and mediators may not restart negotiations until Monday at the earliest. Lifes of workers and union leaders expressed readiness to resume talks at the mediation board's call.
In Washington on Saturday thousands flocked to the Washington Monument grounds for Korean evangelist Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church rally. Police estimated 50,000 present, with 230 buses from New York and nine from Baltimore. Moon framed his church as the world’s greatest religion and urged a global stance against communism amid counter demonstrations.
Carter defends tax overhaul as progressive and simplified while attacking opponents for mischaracterizing his plan. He expects debates with Ford to solidify support, urges tax reform to fund welfare and health programs, and outlines GOP criticisms as overblown. He cites mortgage and property tax breaks as core incentives.
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