Carter halts B1 bomber production plans
President Carter announced the United States would discontinue plans for the B1 bomber but would continue testing. He urged Congress to back his stance while proceeding with cruise missile development and maintaining a testing program for the B1 to address possible future issues. The move surprised many observers and lawmakers who expected approval.
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UPI
Carter
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United States
Carter halts B1 production while exploring cruise missile options
President Carter says research on the B1 continues with costs around 100 million each but deployment of cruise missiles on air platforms including B52s should begin. He maintains a triad defense and notes Congress supports funding, while relations with the Soviet Union could alter his stance.
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United States
Soviet Union
Congressional
Congress
Carter signals openness to meeting Brezhnev in Alaska
President Carter said he would welcome a chance to meet Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev but did not confirm a date or place. He stressed ongoing dialogue, noted differences remain, and defended human rights as part of U S policy. He also commented on supporting the Democratic NYC mayoral nominee after the September primary.
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Washington
UPI
Leonid Brezhnev
Alaska
Soviet Union
Indian Ocean
United States
New York City
Abrabham Beame
Bella Abzug
Mano Cuomo
Herman Badillo
Jim Wright
Thomas O'Neill
House Keeps Pay Increase Intact
Washington D C UPI lawmakers head into a 10 day recess with 241 voting to keep a 12 900 a year pay raise, 181 voting to roll it back. The $940 million appropriations bill passed 250 161 includes 55 million for a west front extension at the Capitol, while the Senate may oppose it.
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UPI
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Senate
Capitol
Jury Deliberates Poisoning Trial of Two Filipino Nurses
In Detroit nine women and three men hear final jury instructions as they weigh charges against Narciso and Perez for alleged hospital poisonings at the Ann Arbor VA in 1975. The trial spans 100 witnesses and 58 exhibits with potential life terms on poisoning counts.
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UPI
Ann Arbor Veterans’ Administration
U.S. District Court
Filipina
Narciso
Leonora Perez
Philip Pratt
Pratt
Perez
Local effort screens former radiation patients in Holland Zeeland
Radiology Consultants of Grand Rapids began a two year outreach to locate individuals who received chest head or neck radiation as infants or children in the 1940s and 50s. About 402 of 1120 contacted responded. a few have cancer or tumors but no deaths occurred.
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Holland - Zeeland
Radiology Consultants
Grand Rapids
Holland and Zeeland
Michigan
Lake Dr
B. van Zwalenburg
P Dassel
W. Lincer
R. Verde
O. Gesink
W. Thompson
Metz Bldg
Holland Hospital
Carter narrows FBI director finalists with interviews
President Carter begins final selection for FBI director after interviews with Judge Harrington Wood and agent Neil Welch among five finalists. A Kissinger meeting was set at his request, while a Monday breakfast included Vance Mondale and Brzezinski as Carter weighs foreign policy signals.
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UPT
Carter
FBI
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Cyrus Vance
Walter Mondale
National Security
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Harrington Wood
Chicago
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Carreer FBI
Neil Welch
Detroit
Philadelphia
Wayne County
Wiliam Lucas
White House
15 Year Girl Scout Abduction Turns to Quiet Hope
Sarasota authorities report a 15 year old Girl Scout, Charlotte Grosse, abducted in a park alongside a tent she was camping near. The kidnapper telephoned her father to say she was safe and would be released, but police have heard nothing further after more than twelve hours. FBI agents joined the search as investigators track a blue car thought to be involved.
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Fla
UPI
Thomas Stimson
Charlotte Grosse
Stimson
FBI
Tam
Richard E Grosse
Florida Power and Light Co
Grosse
Lefebvre Rejects Catholic Church Yet Denies Rival Group
In ECONE Switzerland Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre says he wants no part of a church "full of thieves, wolves and mercenaries" while aides insist he will not establish a rival church. After ordaining 14 rebel priests against a papal ban, Lefebvre faces excommunication threats. Pope Paul VI issued a general condemnation, but Vatican sources say the move confirms a break with Rome and the first schism since 1870.
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Switzerland
UPI
Marcel Lefebvre
Lefebvre
Aew
Paul VI
Vatican
Rome
Food Stamp Sales End in Zeeland
The last bank in the Holland Zeeland area ends food stamp sales Friday as the USDA declines Zeeland Post Office access. The Holland Post Office offers stamps 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 3:00 p.m. Zeeland loses local sale, leaving residents without transportation access options.
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Holland-Zeeland
Special Services
Larry Hilldore
Hilldore
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Holland
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