Arizona leaders back Carter water plan amid drought concerns
Arizona Governor Raw Castro and lawmakers Morris Udall and Dennis DeCopeini urged adoption of Carter's plan to shrink and modify the Central Arizona Project. They warn ongoing water shortages threaten the region, citing proposed dam removals and rising costs from inflation, with Orme Hooker and Charleston sites cut.
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Arizona
Raw Castro
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Dennis DeCopeini
Ariz
Carter
Central Arizona Project
Central Arizona
Rold Wuertz
Central Arizona Water Conservation District
Orme
Hooker
Charleston
Sparkman vows Taiwan support as long as I can
Senator John Sparkman chairing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee led a 12 member delegation to Taipei. He pledged U S support for Taiwan in diplomatic and defense ties as long as possible, meeting Premier Chiang Ching Kuo and other Nationalist Chinese officials who called the discussions frank and instructive. The group traveled from Australia after attending an Interparliamentary Union conference and was seen off by Vice Foreign Minister Yang Hs Kun and protocol director Yiu Pang Yen.
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Taiwan
John Sparkman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Alabama
Chiang Ching-Kuo
Washington
Sparkman
Republic of China
Taipei
Australia
Interparliamentary Union
Yang Hs+ Kun
Yiu Pang-Yen
Maine Indians target paper firms in land suit
Penobscot and Passamaquoddy lawyers call Maine paper companies the big defendants in a land ownership dispute covering millions of acres. The argument came before the Maine State Democratic Committee as Attorney General Brennan weighed fairness for homeowners versus corporate claims.
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Augusta
Foes of SST stage drive in protest at Kennedy
A convoy of about 360 cars protested the Concorde at Kennedy Airport. Police kept main roads clear, delays scarce, and no arrests or tow operations occurred. Protesters vowed weekly actions until Kennedy bans Concorde use, while authorities consider a permanent ban amid ongoing safety and noise complaints.
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New York
Kennedy Airport
Kennedy
Horne
Drvers
Port Authority
Washington
Dulles
Europe
Valery Giscard d
Carter
CIA Denies Recruiting Mercenaries for Zaire Invasion
The CIA categorically denied involvement in recruiting mercenaries to help Zaire resist Katangan exiles from Angola. Officials said they are not funding or aiding any recruitment in the U.S. Britain or elsewhere.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Zaire
Angola
Herbert Hetu
Central Intelligence
Stansfield Turner
Hetu
Newsday
Long Island
CIA
U.S
Britain
Justice Department
Buffon
Mobutu Sese Seko
Belgium
Egypt
China
Mobutu
Carter cuts target water projects to trim deficit
President Carter's recommended no funding for 15 water projects and partial or continued review for others could save about 320 million dollars in fiscal 1978, but that is a fraction of the 55.2 billion dollar deficit. The plan aims to protect lands and habitats while targeting dams and reservoirs slated for funding cuts.
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Washington
Carter
Council On Environmental Quality
Dolores
Colorado
Congress
Arizona
Utah
North Dakota
Louisiana
Drought Endangers California Wild Rivers Fight Over Dam Bans
Environmentalists mobilize to defend California’s free flowing Smith, Klamath, Trinity and Eel river systems from a potential repeal of the 1972 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Senator Ruben Ayala and backers push repeal to boost drought relief while critics warn dams threaten ecosystems and fish.
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Sacramento
California
John Zierald
Sierra Club
Smith, Klamath
Trinity
American River
Ruben Ayala
China
Ayala
General Accounting Office
Bureau of Reclamation
Mark Dubois
Friends of the River
Dubois
Peter Behr
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