Drought Crises Loom Over California Summer
A drought, described as the worst in recorded time, grips California with withered storage, dwindling river flows, and 6 to 15 percent of normal precipitation in key watersheds. Counties declare disaster, grazing lands dry, and Central Valley irrigation cuts up to 73 percent threaten crops and beef prices. Power shortages loom as hydro output drops 50 to 60 percent, fueling higher electricity costs and farm pumping. Pacific Gas & Electric may struggle without Diablo Canyon license, as recreation industries suffer amid ongoing water scarcity.
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Tom Harris
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Sierra Nevada
Lela
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Diablo Canyon
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
More survivors freed as quake toll passes six hundred
Romanian officials reported continued rescues two days after a major earthquake that damaged central Romania and affected a vast Eastern Europe area. Death toll rose past 600 with Bucharest bearing the worst losses. aid from the United States and United Nations was requested.
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Romania
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Washington
Entombed miner escapes as two bodies found
Tower City, Pa. Ronald Adley, a trapped coal miner, wriggled free after five days in the mountain and was rushed to a hospital in good health. The bodies of two other miners were recovered from the same mine later Sunday, raising the death toll from an underground flood. Five others remain missing with slim hope of survival. Federal official John B. Shutack said chances are slim for the missing men. Adley directed rescuers as they breached a coal and quartz wall.
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Interior chief hints at cases over gas withholding
Washington AP Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus said the department will provide the Justice Department with all data from its probe into whether natural gas is being withheld from the market. He noted leases on offshore tracts may not be renewed until a production timetable is set and that federal lands producers must raise output. Andrus also discussed Carter’s energy plans, decontrol of gas prices, drought projects, and a forthcoming energy message scheduled for April 20.
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Amin seeks Carter as ally amid Uganda tensions
Ugandan President Idi Amin told U.S. reporters that he hopes to reopen the Kampala embassy and predicted President Carter will be one of his best friends. He said CIA officials are both allies and adversaries, and criticized Carter for not understanding Africa.
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Fire damages Long Beach church in midday blaze
A Sunday fire at the Galilee Navy Family Chapel in Long Beach caused an estimated 20,000 in damage. It confined to an upper level storage area, with three adjacent classrooms spared. About 30 worshippers escaped unharmed while eight year old Frank Dandrew suffered mild smoke inhalation but was not hospitalized. The cause is under investigation.
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Galilee Navy Family Chapel
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Gonzalez Blames Crime Bloc for JFK Probe Failure
Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez says John F. Kennedy’s assassination will never be meaningfully investigated due to powerful crime elements and business interests in Dallas Fort Worth. He condemns the Kennedy committee as a farce and accuses chief counsel Richard Sprague of corruption, resigning as chairman after a clash over Sprague, then predicts a weakened King assassination inquiry as a sop to blacks. He faulted House leaders for aiding the stalemate and said the fix was in.
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French threaten crisis over ban on Concorde
Paris reports France warns Carter of a grave crisis in French American relations if Concorde landing rights at Kennedy Airport are denied. Ambassador Kosciusko Morizet says Giscard d Estaing urged a negative ruling could spark strong French public backlash and strain ties. Carter notes US has little control over Port Authority decision. Environmental concerns cite jet noise, while Europe argues comparable noise levels and economic stakes.
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France
United States
Valery Giscard Estaing
Carter
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Jacques Kosciusko Morizet
New York-New Jersey
Kennedy Burden Lifted From Senator Edward Kennedy
Forty nine members of two key congressional committees received two million dollars in campaign cash from special interest groups. Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin arrives for talks with President Carter. They got involved.
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