Panama warns U S over canal security threats
Panamas strongman General Omar Torrijos sent a letter to Secretary of State Kissinger after U S press reports questioned the Panama National Guard. Torrijos warned that U S accusations threaten canal security and the new treaty talks. He said the national guard had no evidence of such activity and urged careful handling of tense relations.
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UPI
U.S
Panama
Omar Torrijos
Henry Kissinger
State Department
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Kissinger
United States
Panama Canal
Defense
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National Guard
Canal Zone
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Panama City
Jorden
Cabinet approval predicted for Carter Cabinet early
The Senate aims to confirm President elect Jimmy Carter's proposed Cabinet soon after inauguration. Informal hearings begin before nominations are formally submitted and quick confirmations are expected once names reach the Senate. Designee Griffin Bell and Patricia Harris may face tough scrutiny in Judiciary and housing cases.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Congress
Griffin Bell
Senate Judiciary Committee
HUD
Patricia Roberts Harris
Northeast snowstorm blankets region and snarls travel
A potent snow storm brings a white Christmas to the Northeast with hazardous travel in parts. Locally heavy snow along the Lake Ontario shore and gusty winds create blowing and drifting conditions. Buffalo reports three inches with five inches total, and up to 10 inches in the New York snowbelt, while Indiana and Michigan face heavy snowfall and low visibility.
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New York
Lake Ontario
Buffalo
N.Y
Greater Buffalo International
Indiana
Michigan
Great Lakes
New England governors back offshore drilling after tanker disaster
Rhode Island Massachusetts and New Hampshire governors push no delays in spring offshore exploration. They cite Argo Merchant spill to argue for domestic drilling and safer transport with US crews and technology. They anticipate 3.5 billion dollars in investments and 9,500 jobs from three decades of offshore activity.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Meldrim Thomson
Rn.h
Argo
Philip W. Noel
D-R.i
Noel
CB antenna electrocutions warned by commission
UPI reports the Consumer Product Safety Commission warns that careless handling of citizens band radio antennas can cause electrocutions. They cite 92 deaths and 156 injuries in the past year and advise avoiding power lines during installation or removal and using ropes to steady antennas.
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Washington
UPI
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Carter's mother in hospital for Christmas in Georgia
In Americus Georgia UPI reports Jimmy Carters mother Miss Lillian 78 is in hospital with arthritic hip pain but tests showed no serious problems She aims to be in top health for her son's victory celebration and the family plans to bring Christmas to her with breakfast at her home though a hospital stay may continue.
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Americus
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Lillian
Carter
Beef import agreement tightens 1977 quotas nationwide
Agriculture Secretary Knebel announced a substantive accord with beef exporting nations establishing the strictest voluntary import restraint system. The plan caps 1977 beef imports at 1.282 billion pounds and tightens counting rules for processed beef in free trade zones to thwart quota evasion.
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Washington
UPI
John A. Knebel
Knebel
Canada
American Free Trade Zones
Fukuda Named Japan's 13th Postwar Prime Minister
Takeo Fukuda a 71 year old conservative bureaucrat and financial expert was elected Japan's 13th postwar prime minister by narrow margins in both houses. He won lower house by 256 to 255 after Miki resigned and upper house confirmed 125 to 0. Fukuda pledges no major foreign policy shift and backs an early non Communist industrial nations summit.
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Tokyo
UPI
Takeo Fukuda
Japan
Fukuda
Takeo Miki
Liberal Democratic Party
Jimmy Carter
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