Candidates hurt for dollars in race as FEC funds lag
As of April 1 only Ford had a campaign surplus. Reagan ran $1 million in the red while Carter Udall and Jackson faced deficits. Jackson seeks 50000 for a Pennsylvania ad push. Carter funnels funds from other states for Texas and faces a weak fundraising environment across campaigns.
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FEC
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Carter
Hartford
Conn
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Houston
Texas
Udall
Denver
United Steel Workers
Afl-Cio
James Mahoney
California
Edmund Brown Jr
Frank Church
Oregon State University
Tokyo sanitation halts as rail strike snarls city services
A two day nationwide rail strike by 730000 workers blocks Tokyo sanitation. About 7600 tons of garbage go uncollected as 2900 of 7700 city sanitation staff miss work. Companies hire taxis buses and trucks, triggering major traffic jams across Tokyo.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan National Railways
Soviet killer satellites loom as warning to U S planners
Deputy defense secretary William P. Clements warned that the Soviet Union is pursuing highly speculative technologies such as high energy lasers and surface effect vehicles that could shift military balance within a decade. Physicist Richard Garwin downplayed immediate danger, noting limits in energy focus and visibility. The MIT conference highlighted U S lag in innovation versus West Germany, France, and Japan.
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Soviet Union
United States
Titan
Russia
U.S
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Richard Garwin
Garwin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Energy Research and Development Administration
Sputnik
Clement
West Germany
France
Japan
Four Million Dollar Melbourne Bookmaking Heist
Masked gunmen raided the Victoria Turf Club in Melbourne, seizing up to four million dollars in Easter racing receipts and targeting 118 bookmakers. Police say the inside job timing was near perfect, with losses including at least 1.7 million from track receipts.
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Melbourne
Australia
UPI
Victoria Turf Club
Jack Ashby
Rome
UPS
Chevron Oil Co
Giovanni Theodoli
Italy
Florence
America
Texaco Oil Company
Fiat Auto Works
Turin
Caltech expert predicts major quake within year
Caltech seismologist Dr James H Whitcomb told state officials that readings from new techniques indicate a major quake may strike the Los Angeles area within a year with an epicenter near the 1971 San Fernando temblor. The forecast covers 83 square miles and a population above six million.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Los Angeles
James H. Whitcomb
Caltech
San Fernando
Vietnam bans church services to secure elections
Communist authorities in Saigon order Sunday church shutdowns to ensure full turnout for nationwide elections for a 492 member National Assembly. Officials imply abstention could be treated as sabotage, as most seats are uncontested and the drive aims to quash opposition groups allied with exploiters.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
National Assembly
Vietnam
Tran van Tra
Environmentalists sue FDA over acrylonitrile bottles
The NRDC filed suit in U S District Court alleging plastic acrylonitrile bottles used for some soft drinks may leak chemicals of unknown safety into beverages. The group cites tests showing possible acrylonitrile and hydrogen cyanide presence, linking to vinyl chloride as a cancer risk. Coca Cola began marketing in Providence Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts about a year ago with plans for a nationwide switch if consumer acceptance and viability hold.
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Coca- Cola
Providence
R.I
Massachusetts
NRDC
U.S. District Court
Increased ICBM production could be proposed by Ford administration
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld signaled Congress might be asked to authorize more nuclear tipped ICBMs due to slow SALT II talks with the Soviet Union. A Ford administration path remains undecided as Rumsfeld notes April without a SALT II agreement and references current Minuteman III suppliers.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Congress
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Senate
Washington
Ford
Rumsfeld
California
PG&E Reopens Diablo Canyon Earthquake Safety Review
PG&E will reexamine Diablo Canyon nuclear plant earthquake safety features after a conference with the NRC in Bethesda Maryland. The open ing has been delayed by disagreements over effects of a nearby newly discovered fault on the Pacific Ocean floor.
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UPI
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Diablo Canyon
San Luis Obispo
Dennis Allison
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Pg&e
Bethesda
Pacific Ocean
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