Four Nations Claim Spratlys Islands Amid Oil Drive
Nations including China Taiwan the Philippines and Vietnam press competing claims to the Spratlys in the South China Sea as oil interests rise. Reed Bank drilling by a Filipino Swedish venture drew a Chinese warning while AMOCO joins as operator, signaling shifting U.S. and regional dynamics.
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Marcos
Carlos Romulo
PRC
Teng Hsiao-ping
Hanoi
Manila
AMOCO
American Oil Co
Curious Case of the Biology Experiment on Mars
Mars biology tests at JPL yield almost no radioactive signal after sterilized soil runs. Scientists call the result curious and caution against declaring life. a second test will look for organic carbon molecules to verify any biological signal. Renato Dulbecco to join Salk Institute and UC San Diego as professor beginning 1977.
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Calif
Mars
Sherlock Holmes
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Norman Horowitz
Earth
Horowitz
San Diego
UPI
Renato Dulbecco
Salk Institute
University of California
School of Medicine
Salk
Dulbecco
Japanese Flag Returned to Widow After 31 Years
The rising sun flag of World War I Japanese Cpl. Seisaku Nakagawa is returned to his widow Chieko in Osaka after being found by U S Marine Forrest Schmiddle during Okinawa combat. The gesture follows a long delay as the flag carried inscriptions from family and friends.
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UPI
Atchison
Kan
Japan
Health and Welfare Ministry
Cpl
Seisaku Nakagawa
Forrest Schmiddle
U.S
Schmiddle
Okinawa
China Sea
Yoshiko Hansen
Nakagawa
Chieko
Osaka
Britain launches nationwide beat the drought drive
Britain begins a flood of warnings and reductions to cut water use by half with taps off and baths pared. Lord Nugent warns rationing may last all winter. Denis Howell urges reporting waste as Southeast Wales endures seven hour daily limits and potential broader cuts loom.
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London
UPI
Britain
Global cigarette production grows at near 14 year low
Washington reports that global cigarette output will rise about two percent in 1975, the smallest gain since 1962, due to higher taxes and rising costs. Health concerns and anti smoking campaigns are dampening demand, with shifts toward low tar varieties affecting U S leaf exports and synthetic tobacco substitutes losing ground. Bulgaria remains the top exporter with 58.1 billion cigarettes shipped, mostly to the Soviet Union.
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UPI
Agriculture Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
U.S
United States
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Terns' Nesting Sparks Costly Clash At Camp Pendleton
At Camp Pendleton Marine Corps blocks utility movement of equipment to San Onofre due to nesting least terns on a 15 acre Santa Margarita River Estuary. Utilities estimate 8000000 cost to avoid beach during nesting. 150 million in equipment would be hauled along the beach if permitted. Negotiations continue with San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison. Rockwell workers urged to write in support as bomber decision looms. The estuary hosts one of California's largest tern colonies.
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Marine Corps
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Southern California Edison Co
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