Gap closes in rail and postal contract talks
Washington reports federal mediators pressed union and railroad officials to avert a nationwide rail strike and to advance bargaining in the postal dispute. Labor Secretary Dunlop said the administration may seek Congress action to forbid a rail strike if no contract is produced by the deadline, while progress appeared likely. Union leaders and administration officials described negotiations as closest yet, with wage, job protection, and fringe benefits at issue as talks extend beyond cooling off periods.
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Washington
UPI
John T. Dunlop
Congress
CL. Dennis
Brotherhood of Railway and Airlines
W. J. Usery
Ford
Postal Service
Dennis
Benjamin F. Bailor
Dunlop
Space Men Ready for Historic Union in Space
Cosmonauts Pyotr Klimuk and Vitaly Sevastyanov aboard Salyut 4 report the Apollo Soyuz linkup is a grand task. They describe daily work, a recent fishing trip, and mission camaraderie with American astronauts as seven people in space prepare for station keeping and docking.
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Salyut 4
Pyotr Klimuk
Vitaly Sevastyanov
Leonov
Klimuk
Nishe
Leonev
Soyuz
Soviet Wheat Trade Seen Withable Big Exports
Large U S grain firms still represented in Moscow as estimates place Soviet buying at about 10 million tons with half corn. Senate and House members say three crucial weeks loom for corn. officials expect more wheat and corn sales later. The July 1 U S crop totals show wheat at 59.6 million metric tons and corn at a record 154.6 billion bushels.
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U.S
Moscow
Department
Robert Bergland
D-Minn
House Agriculture Com
Bergland
Milton Young
Rn.d
Hubert Humphrey
Senate Agriculture Committee
Humphrey
Arms Sales Figures Show Big 1975 Increases Worldwide
Pentagon data reveal 1975 U S arms sales rising sharply with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait leading new purchases. Iran remains the top overall customer, Tran totals near 10 billion since 1969, while Latin America sales fall. Studies note figures are not final and exclude private commercial sales.
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Israel
Ford Administration
Pentagon
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
State Department
Korea
Iran
U.S
Tran
Nixon
Turkey
Greece
Australia
West Germany
Latin America
Bolivia
Venezuela
Brazil
Chile
Peru
House panel targets areas of Ruth Watergate probe
The House criminal justice subcommittee voted to summon Special Prosecutor Henry Ruth Jr. for closed door questioning about three areas: whether the probe was thorough, how his final report will be handled, and what will happen to materials from his office. Debate focused on preserving or disclosing prosecutorial materials and ensuring Ruth fully discharges his duties.
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Washington
UPI
House
Henry Ruth Jr
Elizabeth Holtzman
D-N.y
Ruth
Congress
Democrats
Rep
Holtzman
Watergate Prand
White House
Richard Nixon
Wiggins
Justice Department
William Hungate
D-Mo
Henry Hyde
R-Ill
Archibald Cox
Leah Jaworski
Mitchell seeks access to Nixon grand jury testimony case
In Washington prosecutors oppose letting former attorney general John Mitchell view Nixon secretly recorded grand jury testimony. They support Sirica examining the transcript if productive, arguing the material centers on pending investigations and contains nothing that would aid the jury in Mitchell’s guilt. Mitchell seeks access claiming compelling necessity.
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Washington
UPI
Watergate
Atty
John N
Mitchell
Richard M. Nixon
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Nixon
Ban’ Clemente
Calif
Lune B
Henry Ruth
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