PG&E seeks interim license amid Diablo quake concerns
PG&E applies for an interim nuclear operating license for one Diablo Canyon reactor citing urgent electricity needs amid drought and hydro plant limits. NRC reviews safety and quake resistance while four protesters face trial over August occupation. hearings set for October with potential jury trials.
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Sue Edelman
Diablo Canyon
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
San Luis Obispo
Pg&e
Hosgri
Diablo
NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Jess Crews
Western Region
Crews
San Luis Obispo County
Carter notes future of recognizing mainland China remains distant
President Carter expressed optimism about contacts with emerging Chinese leaders while stating full recognition of the mainland is still well into the future. A White House source said Cyrus Vance's trip reinforced the sense that high level contact is timely and warranted.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
U.S
White House
Cyrus Vance
China
Vance
Taiwan
Walter Mondale
Defense
Harold Brown
Jody Powell
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Powell
Africa
Middle East
Panama Canal
Soviet Union
Hua Kuo-feng
Nixon
Shanghai
Richard Nixon
Air Force files draft EIS for Space Transportation System at Vandenberg
The Air Force publishes a draft Environmental Impact Statement on Space Transportation System activities at Vandenberg AFB and Port Hueneme CA. A public hearing is set for Sept 28 in Lompoc at 7 p.m. Comments and copies of the EIS are available through SAF/MIQ and local libraries with a comment deadline of Oct 10, 1977.
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Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Port Hueneme
President’s Council On Environmental Quality
Information Public
Civic Auditorium
Lompoc
EIS
Office of Information, Space and Missile Systems Organization
Los Angeles Afs
Environment and Safety
SAF/MIQ
Secretary of the Air Force
Washington, D.C
Free shuttle flight set for September 7 at Edwards
NASA Dryden at Edwards Air Force Base reschedules the second Enterprise free flight to no earlier than September 7. Ground work on runway 15 extends the strip to 5.5 miles, replacing the waterlogged 17 runway after tropical rains and duck rescue. The second crew is commander Joe Engle and co pilot Dick Truly.
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James P. Sweeney
Edwards Air Force Base
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Edward’s Dryden Flight Research Center
Doreen
Rogers Lake
Mojave Desert
Enterprise
Trudy Tiedeman
NASA
Dryden
Tiedeman
Joe H. Engle
Dick Truly
Oil tax proposal draws wide, fragmented opposition
Washington groups led by Consumer Federation of America and unions oppose Carter's crude oil tax seen as key to energy savings. Ed Rothschild says not part of a coalition. Hearings set for early September. administration argues tax will curb imports and raise domestic oil prices to world levels with credits for some households.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Senate
Consumer Federation of America
Teamsters Union
He64
Ed Rothschild
The
Consumer Federation
Senate Finance Committee
U.S
Administration
Brown proposes tighter MediCal controls in California
The Brown administration circulates a plan to tighten state controls over Medi-Cal claims. The 2.6 billion program has been governed by procedures in place for more than a decade. Bruce Yarwood of the Health Department endorses the plan as a major step to improve program management.
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Sacramento
UPS
Brown
Bruce Yarwood
Health Department
Medi-Cal
California
LUSD panel and teachers to vote on contract agreement
The Lompoc Unified School District board and Lompoc Education Association teachers prepare for a contract vote. LEA meets 1 to 5 p.m. at the Civic Auditorium to present terms and hold ratification ballots, followed by a 6 p.m. board meeting at 1301 North A St to approve pending ratification. A 6:30 p.m. dinner with the City Council lacks a formal agenda.
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Lompoc
Rhodesia peace plan briefing on verge of approval in Pretoria
U.S. envoy Andrew Young and British Foreign Secretary David Owen briefed South Africa's Prime Minister Vorster on an Anglo American Rhodesia peace proposal. The plan seeks a peaceful transition to black majority rule with South Africa's endorsement viewed as pivotal. Young and Owen met with Rhodesian leaders in Lusaka and with regional officials to garner support while Salisbury awaits formal details.
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Pretoria
South Africa
UPI
U.N
Andrew Young
Britain
John Vorster
Rhodesia
Young
David Owen
Vorster
Roelof Botha
Owen
Johannesburg
Lusaka
Zambia
Smith
Salisbury
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Tanzania
Angola
Botswana
Mozambique
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Vandenberg Village
John Sherman
Vandenberg
Space Shuttle
Comple
LUSD
Ian Smith
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