Soviet renounces trade pact linked to emigration issue
Moscow rejects U S plans tying trade terms to freer emigration of Soviet citizens, notably Jews. Gromyko's letter to Kissinger says U S misinterprets Soviet assurances and criticizes press materials and Jackson Kissinger correspondence as a distorted view of Moscow's stance.
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UPI
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United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
Henry A Kissinger
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Gromyko
Ussr
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
U.S
Kissinger-Gromyko
Russia
Jackson
County weighs 365000 plan for county water project
County Water Agency considers a two phase plan costing up to 365000 ahead of a 1977 bond election for supplemental water projects. Critics urge clearer detail while supporters say county wide action is necessary to meet demand and secure State Project water as a feasible supply.
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Dick Praul
County Water Agency
Robert Edmonston
Board of Supervisors
Curtis Tunnell
Llana Sherman
Goleta County
Edmonston
Stanley Hatch
Santa Ynez River
Tunnell
Congress eyes Nixon tapes clash delaying adjournment
Democrats threaten to stall adjournment until President Ford acts on a bill giving the government sole control of Nixon tapes and documents. The energy and jobs packages advance as Ford has until midnight Friday to sign or veto.
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UPI
Ford
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
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Nixon
Robert C. Byrd
Senate
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Byrd
Permanent 55 m.p.h. limit becomes law in highway bill
House Senate negotiators agree on a permanent 55 mph federal speed limit and higher maximum truck weights on interstates as part of a $752.8 million highway aid bill. States must certify annual enforcement or face loss of road funds. The package funds rural noninterstate highway upgrades and reconciles differing bill totals.
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Washington
House
Senate
Parkinson denies cover up acts at Watergate trial
Kenneth W. Parkinson testified he did not conspire to obstruct justice and said he stopped aides from altering Jeb Magruder diary and warned Mitchell that payments could look like blackmail. He was the last defendant to testify as final arguments loom. Judge Sirica planned a two day Christmas recess before jurors retire on December 26.
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Jeb Stuart Magruder
John N. Mitchell
Watergate
Mitchell
Jacob A. Stein
Stein
James F. Neal
U.S
John J. Sirica
Local firm lands soil testing contract for Lompoc project
City Council deadlocked on choosing a soils tester for the 16.8 million regional sewage project and awarded the work to S and G Testing Laboratories of North First Street after two votes. The panel also allowed S and G to perform concrete testing for Gentry Rados Co. while testing soils for Brown and Caldwell.
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Steve LA Rue
Lompoc
S and G Testing Laboratories
North First Street
Brown and Caldwell Co
S and
Gentry Rados Co
Corona
Brown and Caldwell
Charlotte Benton
Converse Davis and Associates
Pasadena
Gar Jones
Jones
Brown and
Gene Huseman
S and G
E.C. Stevens
Art Scott
Lockout hits workers as Christmas nears at Johns Manville
About 500 workers and families brace for a bleak Christmas as Johns Manville Products Co locks out Dec 9. Unemployment checks due Dec 26 will mostly be the maximum 90 per week. The union distributes 10 to 12 pound turkeys to ease hardship while a federal mediator session is set for tomorrow.
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Vaughn Proctor
Johns-Manville Products Co
International Chemical Workers Union
J-M
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