Senators back Clinch River reactor funding in Senate vote
The Senate approved 75 million dollars for the Clinch River fast breeder plant in Oak Ridge Tennessee despite the President’s opposition. The House will consider the measure later this week while Carter seeks broader restraint on plutonium development. A separate 14 million for Barnwell was also approved.
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Soviet hijackers surrender after hostage escape
Two Soviet hijackers Alexander Zabrrnjak and Gennady Seluzhko, aged 19 and 22 from Petrozavodsk, slept through the escape of their last three hostages. They surrendered peacefully in Finland and were to be returned to the Soviet Union. They had commandeered a Tupolev 134 jet over northern Russia threatening to blow up the plane but surrendered with only an empty grenade.
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Liddy Paroled After Nixon-Era Conviction Cut
Watergate mastermind G. Gordon Liddy was granted parole to take effect September 7 after Jimmy Carter commuted his 20 year sentence to eight years. The U S Parole Commission set the date at Allenwood Pennsylvania where Liddy has served 52 months. He must pay or dispose of a $40 000 fine by release.
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Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
Jimmy Carter
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Parole Commission
Japanese vote gives Fukuda win but keeps LDP in power
The Liberal Democratic Party lost its House of Councillors majority for the first time in 22 years but won 63 of 126 seats and retained control with support from three independents. Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda praised the results as a vote for stability.
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Scottsboro libel suit against NBC dismissed in Tennessee
U S District Judge Charles Neese dismissed Victoria Price Street's six million libel claim against NBC over the film Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys. The judge found no proof of negligence or fault by NBC in national broadcasts of the 1976 and 1977 airings, and noted the network simply bought the movie. Street vowed to appeal.
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Victoria Price Street
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U.S. District Court
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Federal subsidies proposed to boost adoption of hard to place kids
The Carter administration urged $171 million in adoptive subsidies for fiscal year starting Oct 1 to help low and moderate income families adopt hard to place children and to aid reunification with natural families. Emphasis on preventive and reunification services and continued Medicaid for adopted children.
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Carter Administration
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Califano
Walter Mondale
House
Mondale
Pension funding and unfunded liabilities in corporate plans
The article explains that pension costs rise with stronger unions and higher benefits, while a younger workforce lowers current liabilities. It notes Western Electric’s full funding since the 1940s, with no unfunded liabilities, and links funding to profitability and asset value in the pension fund. It defines unfunded liabilities as the sum of benefits earned by retirees and active workers plus future benefits, offset by fund assets. It discusses contributions, expected fund earnings, and projected employer and employee inputs.
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Western Electric
Western
Postal Service eyes citizen rate to ease upcoming increases
Washington AP reports the Postal Service board approved a rate plan averaging a 22 percent rise with a 13¢ citizen first class rate kept. Private letters stay at 13¢ while business letters rise to 16¢ or 14¢ with preprocessing. Other increases cover post cards, special delivery, and certified mail, as rates go to the Postal Rate Commission for hearings. Bailar projects no rate changes for 10 months pending review.
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Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
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Benjamin F. Bailar
Bailar
Carter
Bailor
Minuteman Failsafe Refined To Require White House Order
The Air Force says a refined failsafe stops arming a Minuteman missile without an encoded signal from higher headquarters in Washington. The two man crew in the silo cannot start arming the missile unless orders come from the White House.
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