Ford veto roils energy policy clash over oil price
President Ford vetoed a bill to roll back oil prices on new oil from wells dug since 1973, warning against complex rules that would delay independence from foreign fuel. The move set a clash with a Democratic-controlled Congress over energy policy as talks continued on extending controls and moving toward a coal conversion program.
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Rariz
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Nesten
House
Soviet space landing thrills viewers worldwide
Live broadcast of the Soyuz capsule touchdown captivated watchers as it landed six miles from target, with rescue teams and cosmonauts embraced on its side. In Moscow mission control Charles Lewis praised the cosmonauts for accurate descent while American astronauts Stafford Brand and Slayton orbited, conducting experiments and observing a oil slick and red tide off Florida.
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Moscow Mission Control
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Vance Brand
Donald Deke Slayton
Earth
Meany backs docker wheat boycott with conditions
MIAMI BEACH AP Meany offered conditional support for longshoremen refusing to load U.S. wheat for ships bound for the Soviet Union. ILA President Gleason said the 192 000 member union should pass a resolution to block about 3.2 million tons of grain. Gleason expected talks with Ford Administration if approved midweek.
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George Meany
U.S
Soviet Union
Meany
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Thomas Gleason
Maine
Texas
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Ford Administration
Refugee program criticized for rushing resettlement
Leaders of private agencies told a House subcommittee that the federal government is moving too many Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian refugees into American communities too quickly. They cited bureaucratic delays and welfare rules as barriers while expressing optimism that sponsors and jobs will follow. President Ford said progress has been made but more remains, noting a shift of control of the resettlement program from State to HEW.
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Washington
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American Council For Nationalities Service
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Comet Kobayashi-Berger-Milton Visited Earth Tonight
A newly found comet passed 242 million miles from Earth on Monday night offering a rare viewing. Discovered July 2 by Toru Kobayashi Douglas Berger and Dennis Milton the long term comet may not return for thousands of years. About 400 spectators at Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles viewed it using binoculars or a telescope.
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Wyo
Solzhenitsyn slams Ford over East Europe betrayal
Alexander Solzhenitsyn accused President Ford of betraying Eastern Europe by attending a 33 nation European summit, risking detente and criticizing a Helsinki conference document. He spoke from Rockland County through Tolstoy Foundation, urging the American public to scrutinize U.S. policy.
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