Carter urges stronger NATO to counter Soviet force
President Carter, at a NATO summit in London, urged expanded allied military strength and a two way defense equipment trade. He called for a ministers committee to assess member defenses and report at a Washington summit next May. He warned Warsaw Pact forces are stronger than needed for defense and stressed credible deterrence.
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Carter
NATO
Western Europe
Soviet Bloc
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United States
Washington
Soviet Union
Warsaw Pact
Europe
U.S
Congress of
Council Instructs Garbage Men to Swipe Cans Ridin High Point
Public Q and A reveals city policy letting sanitation workers remove extra garbage cans placed with Mobil-Toter to curbside collects. Readers urged to bag or box overflow, and residents learn steps to obtain marriage or birth records and a replacement social security card from federal and local offices.
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High Point
Mobil
City of
Anon
Council
Richard McLean
Lawmakers Clash Over Carter Social Security Plan
Lawmakers in the House criticized President Carter’s plan to shore up Social Security as a gimmick and fiscal legerdemain. Rep. Joe Waggoner said using income tax revenues would make Social Security a welfare matter and warned of dangers. Rep. Bill Archer called the plan a magic show and warned of deficits and program cuts to fund it.
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Washington
Carter
House
Joe Waggoner
D-La
Ways and Means
Bill Archer
Texas
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Treasury
Social Security Fund
Archer
Meany blasts Carter Democrats over aid and wage promises
AFL-CIO President George Meany charged that Carter and congressional Democrats offer only schemes to tighten the screws on the poor. He cited failed bills on union picketing rights and criticized food stamp cuts and a minimum wage increase that he says lags inflation. He urged a $3 minimum wage and preservation of food stamp benefits for many recipients.
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Washington
Carter
Congressional Democrats
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Life After Tenerife Crash Changes Brusco Family
Roland Brusco survived the March 27 collision of two Boeing 747s in Tenerife, an event that killed at least 580 people. He says the near tragedy reshaped his life, shifting focus from work to family and redefining his values.
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Longview
Wash
Roland Brusco
Canary Islands
Brusco
Tenerife de Santa Cruz
Horse Census Bill Gains Bipartisan Support in Congress
The measure would authorize over 3 million dollars for a national horse census and has 15 congressional supporters including Rep. John Breckinridge. Rep. E de la Garza backs the bill, with hearings planned for summer. A Senate vote on a similar farm bill measure could come soon.
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Washington
John Breckinridge
Dky
House
Rep
E. de la Garza
D-Tex
Breckinridge
John Chwat
Chwat
Senate
Prosecutor Wrote Testimony in Wilmington 10 Case
Defense showed two documents claimed by former witness Jerome Mitchell to be prosecutor Jay Stroud handwriting given to memorize before he testified at the 1972 trial. Mitchell testified the testimony was coached and false, aiding early release in his murder case, as the hearing drew about 900 spectators to Pender County Courthouse.
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Burgaw
N.C
Wilmington 10
Jerome Mitchell
Jay Stroud
Stroud
James Ferguson
Ferguson
Mitchell
Ben Chavis
Gregory Congregational Church
Wilmington
Mike
Chavis
Superior Court
George M. Fountain
Pender County
Coastal Plain
Angela Davis
North Carolina
U.S
Don Edwards
D-Calif
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Teri Brusco
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