Shuttle Funding Key To Keep NASA On Schedule
The federal government must grant NASA 1.2 billion dollars in fiscal 1976 to keep the space shuttle project on track for a first manned orbital flight from Cape Canaveral in mid 1979. NASA would finance Florida operations while the Air Force runs Vandenberg plans, with a possible 500 million dollar facility and a 1980s western launch.
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Steve LA Rue
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Canaveral
Florida
NASA
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Defense Department
Vandenberg
Robert J. Lagomarsino
Pentagon
Edwards Air Force Base
Kern County
Edwards
Aviation Week
Space Technology Magazine
Ford Administration
Capitol Hill
Funding issues delay S-20 repair near Vandenberg Base
County official Chuck Wagner said federal funds are likely for S-20 repairs north of Vandenberg AFB after storms washed out the Base access road. The $850,000 project hinges on 100 percent federal reimbursement, with design bid by the state possible this fall if funding is secured in 60 to 90 days.
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Vandenberg Afb
Robert J. Lagomarsino
Dan Duffy
Santa Maria
Department of Transportation
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Chuck Wagner
Wagner
Wanger
Lagomarsino
Joe Sesto Jr
H.A. Lindberg
Federal Highway Administration
Lindberg
U.S. Department of Defense
Defense
Ford vows veto on 90 day delay of oil import fee
President Ford presses to veto Congress plan to delay the oil import fee for 90 days. GOP leaders say there is an even chance the veto survives. White House notes may cost 400,000 jobs if Congress substitutes oil allocations. Senate vote expected Wednesday amid floor lobbying.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
GOP
Senate
Mike Mansfield
White House
Iran vows to keep oil flow to Israel amid Sinai talks
In Zurich Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlavi pledged Iran will continue oil shipments to Israel if Israel returns Abu Rodeis fields in Sinai to Egypt, a condition Kissinger pressed as he sought lower Arab oil prices. The Shah rejected an embargo and stressed prices must match inflation, while Kissinger planned Paris talks with Giscard d Estaing.
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Paris
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Zurich
Iran
Israel
Sinai
Egypt
Kissinger
Middle East
Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlevi
Abu Rodeis
Sinai Desert
Jean Sauvagnargues
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Atu Rodeis
Valery Giscard d
United States
Shah
Abu Rhodess
Europe
London
Soviet Union
Margaret Thatcher
England
Labor
Harold Wilson
Giscard d’Estaing
Washington
Supreme Court bars presidents from withholding water allotments
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled presidents cannot withhold congressionally provided water pollution control funds. The decision stems from a Nixon era impoundment dispute involving New York City and Detroit under the 1972 Water Pollution Act. Justices White and others rejected implied executive power at the allotment stage.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Congress
New York City
Detroit
Richard M. Nixon
Georgia
Nixon
Florida
Missouri
Maryland
Thurgood Marshall
Bethesda Naval Hospital
William C. Douglas
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Byron R. White
Governors meet in Washington for economic recovery talks
Forty six governors gather in Washington for a three day National Governors Conference meeting focused on domestic economic adjustment. They expect to meet President Ford and receive briefings from OMB director James Lynn Interior Secretary Morton Treasury Secretary Simon and adviser Seidman as they plan talks with congressional leaders on economic recovery.
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National Governors Conference
Ford
James Lynn
Office of Management and Budget
Interior
Rogers C. B. Morton
Treasury
William Simon
William Seidman
Congressional
Convicted doctor EDelin given probation in manslaughter case
Dr Kenneth C Edelin was sentenced to one year probation for manslaughter of a fetus in a legal abortion Judge James P McGuire stayed the sentence pending appeal Edelin's attorney William Homans said the appeal would be filed this afternoon Homans said Edelin is not malicious and has a charitable career ahead The defense questions due process claiming the act was not defined as a crime before indictment Also noted Bruce Tennant formerly of Lompoc now at Clark Air Base reported seeing a car with Hansen Motors Lompoc plate holder on Luzon.
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Boston
UPI
Kenneth C. Edelin
James P. McGuire
Edelin
William Homans
Massachusetts
Homans
Lompoc
Bruce Tennant
Clark Air Force Base
Philippine Islands
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