Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise Makes First Mated Flight Test
The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise flew piggyback on a Boeing 747 at Edwards AFB gathering cheers as it completed a two hour test flight. Engineers evaluated stability during simulated emergencies while preparations continued for unpowered drop tests and future orbital missions planned for the early 1980s.
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Amin opens Uganda for outside investigations into church leader deaths
President Idi Amin invited any government to send a delegation to Uganda to probe the killings of Anglican Archbishop Janani Luwum and two cabinet ministers Charles Oboth Ofumbi and Lt. Col. Erinayo Oryema. A government paper in Tanzania claimed Amin personally shot them after flogging amid a coup narrative.
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Kremlin Warns Carter Over Dissident Interference
The Kremlin warns the Carter administration against interfering in Soviet internal affairs as Pravda signals detente could be impeded but not halted by U S human rights support. Western diplomats fear the dissident dispute may threaten renewal of the SALT pact set to expire in October.
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Vance ends Mideast tour with hopes for talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance wraps eight day Middle East mission in Damascus after private assurances from Assad and Sadat that the PLO will soften its demand for Israel's destruction. Arabs and Israelis seek Geneva talks later this year with Palestinian participation disputed.
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Carter Trudeau meet to get acquainted in Washington
President Carter begins his second month in office with a get acquainted visit from Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. They plan talks on energy policy and Canada’s gas and oil supplies while Trudeau reviews Quebec separatist tensions and Canadian views on Alaska gas pipelines.
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No commitments to labor proposals, secretary says
Labor Secretary Ray Marshall said the administration has not committed to AFL-CIO 1977 legislative goals, including an omnibus labor law revision and public employee bargaining rights. He noted Carter supports campaign pledges and bargaining rights, despite some disagreement over the stimulus size.
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