Brown urges alert as U S troops pull out of Korea
Defense Secretary Harald Brown urged American and South Korean forces to stay fully combat ready during the pullout. He toured DMZ posts with South Korea's Suh Jyang-einil and observed missile units from Osan air base as talks with Park Chung-hee focused on withdrawing 33,000 U.S. ground troops.
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South Korea
Harald Brown
Woop
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Brown
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U.S
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Carter Administration
Congress
South Bate
Uijongjsu
Dmz
North Korea
No Man's Land
Panmunjom
Camp Hovey
Ulehia
Women in arms face clash of equal rights and tradition
A 134 page report by Martin Binkin and Lt Col Shirley J Bach argues women in the military face policies that hinder progress. It cites low women’s share in white collar and blue collar jobs, outlines potential force-wide gains, and highlights combat limits notably in the Air Force. The study calls for policy changes to reopen roles and address housing and integration challenges.
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Martin Binkin
Pentagon
Brookings
Shirley J. Bach
Air Force
Esti
Cowd
Binkin
Bach
Soviet Union
Worldar Il
Nazi Germany
Sanctuary
Navy
Panel adopts ideas to curb plutonium thefts
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission accepted key recommendations from a staff critic who charged lax safeguards on plutonium and highly enriched uranium threaten national security. The decision, made unanimously June 30, was not publicly announced as four congressional panels investigate. Conran is set to testify before a Senate committee today and a House committee Friday.
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Washington
Nyts
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Commission
James H. Conran
Conran
Senate
House
US faces plutonium shortage for future weapons program
Washington reports that ERDA official Maj Gen Joseph K Bratton told a House subcommittee the United States must increase production of weapons grade plutonium for new nuclear weapons. He urged converting a reactor in Hickland Washington from fuel-grade to weapons-grade plutonium to meet rising requirements amid ongoing dismantling. Rep Samuel Stratton attended and confirmed testimony but cautioned it was classified executive session.
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United States
Pentagon
House
House Armed Services Committee
Energy Research and Development Administration
Washington Post
Joseph K. Bratton
ERDA
Military Applications Division
Bratton
Hickland
Wash
Samuel S. Stratton
Timothy Leary Seeks Space Future On New Trip
Timothy Leary, 57, the former Harvard figure who pushed LSD in the 1960s, tours the United States promoting SMILE Space Migration Intelligence Increase Life Extension. He argues space colonization offers a limitless future while criticizing drug culture and stressing a democratic, individualistic space ethos.
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Timothy Leary
Outer Space
Harvard Project
Leary
Sds
United States
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
Outer
Pach
Frome
Algeria
Switzerland
Afzhanistan
Hie
Britain and U S deny Carter Ireland peace plan
Washington and London disputed a Sunday Times report that President Carter planned a peace initiative in Northern Ireland. White House and British Foreign Secretary David Owen both said they had no knowledge of any such plan and affirmed continued support.
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David Owen
White House
President Garter
Strifetorn
Northern Ireland
London Sunday Times
White Mouse
CBS
Owen
United States
Angeles fire threatens Mt Gleason area and Campgrounds
A large fire near Mt Gleason forced evacuations from Messenger Flat Campgrounds as crews battled the blaze. The Vetter Fire nearby burned about 2,000 acres with 400 firefighters. The Angeles team fought to save Gleason Pine Tree Plantation and an abandoned Nike missile base with multiple dozers, aerial tankers, and helicopters. High heat and gusty winds hampered efforts.
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Pat Pontes
U.S. Forestry Service
Vetter
Los Angeles County
Doned
Gleason
Dacre
Mt. Gleason
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