U.S. Pressures South Africa on Nuclear Controls
The Carter administration threatens to cut uranium fuel supplies unless South Africa signs the 1968 nonproliferation treaty and dismantles a suspected Kalihari weapons facility. Officials say talks aim to secure international safeguards while weighing ending decades of nuclear cooperation.
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NY Times News Service
Washington
Carter
South Africa
Pretoria
Kalihari Desert
Kalihari
Soviet Union
Congress
United States
Strikers Warn of Escalating Picketing Before Christmas
United Press International reports national farmers accuse federal officials of ignoring their strike for 100 percent parity. Colorado farmers set picket lines around food-distribution points while grain elevators in the state face closure. Entries from Georgia to Texas describe peaceful protests, minor clashes, and planned actions to pressure supply chains ahead of the holidays.
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United Press International
Washington
Colorado
Keith Thomas
American Agriculture
Jimmy Carter
Pueblo
Moultrie
Georgia
Colquitt County
Gene Beard
Arkansas
Teamster Union
North
Little Rock
Louisiana
Winnsboro
Monroe
Carl Jones
Bethlehem Underprices Steel In 5.5 Percent Hike
Bethlehem Steel Corp raises prices 5.5 percent becoming the second major U.S. steelmaker to lift rates. Effective February 1 on most rolled steel and March 1 on structural shapes and tin mill products. The move undercuts Wheeling-Pittsburgh’s 7 percent rise and follows energy and material cost pressures cited by Bethlehem and Wheeling-Pittsburgh officials.
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Bethlehem, Pa
UPI
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Wheeling-Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corp
Council of Economic Advisers
Republic Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
U.S. Steel Corp
David M. Roderick
White House
Carter
Jody Powell
Washington
Congress
Dennis J. Carney
Carney
Mormon Will Trial Delayed Amid Questionable Documents
Judge Hayes halted proceedings after a photocopied new will surfaced in the Hughes estate case. He cited holiday fatigue and the need for a breather as the jury was sent home with the trial postponed to January 4. Melvin Dummar was notably excluded from the contested will.
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Hayes
Judge Hayes
Hughes
Department 9
LVCVA Board reprimands marketing director over extra study funds
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority voted a letter of reprimand for marketing and advertising director Paul K. Titus after an hour-long session on his unilateral approval of a $10 000 extra for a black tourism study. Chairman Robert Broadbent cited poor judgment but good faith.
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Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
LVCVA
Paul K. Titus
Titus
Authority
Clark County
Robert Broadbent
JRH
Witness ties suspect to blue Gremlin in kid killer case
A new witness supplied a detailed description and confirmed a blue Gremlin was used in the abductions and killings of four Detroit area children. Investigators say the suspect was observed with the blue car near Adams Street Elementary and in a supermarket parking lot. Police have questioned thousands of Gremlin owners as part of the probe.
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Birmingham
Mich
UPI
Detroit
Joe Krease
Oakland County
Timothy King
Krease
Adams Street
Carter weighs excise tax cut as part of 78 budget
President Carter weighs a conservative 1979 80 budget with limited growth while proposing to accelerate nearly 1.7 billion in federal funding to states for vocational rehabilitation maternal and child health and aging programs. Governors press for tighter fiscal policy as lawmakers discuss jobs programs and tax cuts.
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Carter
Souleco
William G. Milliken
Michigan
White House
John Brademas
House
Blumenthal
Brademas
al Ullman
Ways and Means Committee
Jim
Congress
Georgia
Washington
Congress Halts Cadaver Air Bag Tests
Congress has ended three years of cadaver tests by the Transportation Department on auto airbags. Calspan used 19 cadavers in 21 tests at SUNY Buffalo. the bodies were willed for medical study. NHTSA suspended cadaver testing citing sensitivity to Congress and debate over results.
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Congress
Washington
UPI
Transportation Department
Scripps Howard News Service
Scripps-Howard
National Navy Traffic Safety Administration
Ghent
Calspan
Buffalo
State University of New York Medical School At
Scrippis Howard
Ee Ditlow
Public-Interest Center For Auto Safety
NHTSA
Scripps Howard
John Moss
Dcalif
The
Safety Agency
Nly
Naw
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Hike
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