Trade deficit worries push dollar value lower globally
Rep Henry S Reuss says a large trade deficit hurts the dollar and Commerce officials cite May to June oil and car imports as main drivers. The dollar fell to 2257 German marks from 2304, while Britain tried to free its currency to avoid a dollar drag. Imports rose across machinery and transport equipment while food purchases fell.
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Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
House Banking Committee
Bonn
West Germany
Weil
California ARB opens talks on Sohio oil terminal dispute
California Air Resources Board held a round of meetings with federal energy and pollution officials to resolve concerns over a proposed Long Beach oil tanker terminal run by Standard Oil of Ohio. No decisions were reached as ARB officials pressed for stronger environmental commitments while California also seeks assurances on natural gas supply and pipeline impacts.
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Washington
California Air Resources Board
Federal Energy and Pollution
Long Beach
Texas
Standard Oil of Ohio
Sohio
California
Douglas Faigin
ARB
Tom Qui
Federal Energy Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Faigin
Lehig
Six slain and two wounded in Miami house execution
In Carol City a one story house yielded six dead and two injured in an execution style slaying. Police report three men seen fleeing. two wounded victims remain in serious condition with gunshot wounds to the head at Parkway General Hospital.
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Miami
Carol City
Parkway General Hospital
Brush Fires Burn At Camp Pendleton And In Rural LA
Fire crews at Camp Pendleton contained a 300 acre brush fire that burned after artillery practice in an isolated gunnery range. No structures were threatened. In Los Angeles a separate rural brush fire was described by fire information officer Jim Jeffery as not endangering buildings and under investigation to determine the cause.
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Jim Jeffery
Los Angeles
Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base
Oceanside
Israel to settle West Bank despite U S criticism
In a 59 6 vote with 13 abstentions the Knesset backed Prime Minister Begin in asserting Israel has the right to settle Jews in the occupied West Bank. Carter criticized the move as an obstacle to peace while Begin warned against military rule over the region and a new settlements drive looms.
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Tferusalem
Menahem Begin
Israel
West Bank
Jordan River
U.S
Knesset
Begin
Washington
Carter
State Department
Middle East
Land of Israel
U.S. State Department
Curtis R. Vance
Secretary of State
Cockroaches Hurl Onto House Floor During Debate
In Washington a man in the House visitor's gallery hurled a paper bag of cockroaches onto the chamber floor during a debate on food stamps for strikers. About a dozen roaches and smaller pests were in the bag. some came out and were stepped on or sprayed. Capitol police arrested Richard Saks and Thomas George, both in their early 20s. The House rejected a move to bar food stamps for strikers.
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Washington
Mike Boyle
Capitol
Richard Saks
Jersey City
N.J
Thomas
George
New York City
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