First Space Shuttle Test Flight Planned From Edwards AFB
Final instrument and fuel checks completed for the first of four manned Space Shuttle tests at Edwards AFB California. Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton would ride the shuttle atop a 747 for a 49 minute flight over the Mojave Desert to test control systems and power units.
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Gordon Fullerton
Mojave Desert Flight Center
Massive Alaskan oil overcharges foreseen
The Justice Department contests proposed Trans Alaskan Pipeline charges likely to exceed 900 million dollars next year. It seeks to block seven major oil firms from billing up to two dollars per barrel more than necessary, citing a 14 percent return on equity and higher rates than needed.
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Toth told by USSR he's free
American journalist Robert Toth said the KGB told him he was no longer needed and could leave the Soviet Union after two years in Moscow. He reported four hours of interrogation on Tuesday and six hours on Wednesday at Lefortovo Prison before being declared a witness.
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Robert Toth
KGB
Soviet Union
Toth
Los Angeles Times
Lefortovo
Valery Petukov
Petukov
Will
Charles Tart
Laetrile Shows Promise in Cancer Research
New York based Sloan-Kettering Institute reports Laetrile may stop breast cancer from spreading to the lungs in eight of ten mice cases. Dr Kanematsu Sugiura notes animal results cannot prove pain relief or nutritional therapy claims. Field trials on humans urged alongside the release.
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UPI
Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
Robert A. Good
Kanematsu Sugiura
Sloan-Kettering
Alaska CofC pushes oil exports to California coast
Alaska Chamber of Commerce officials led by Joseph Green promote exporting Alaska oil and LNG to California with Santa Barbara County sites under review for an LNG terminal. Environmental groups and officials prepare for Saturday planning meetings as Interior Secretary Andrus and Governor Brown tour the Santa Barbara coast.
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County faces hard commitments on State Water Project needs
Santa Barbara County entities including the City of Lompoc and Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District are urged to quantify future imports from the State Water Project by Sept. 20. A recon study probes water quantity, quality, timing, and financing amid options like Salsipuedes Creek, Cachuma expansion, Lompoc Narrows project, cloud seeding, and conjunctive use. A November 1978 election may decide county participation.
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Santa Barbara County
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Cachuma Reservoir
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Narrows
Virgil Phelps
Lompoe
Stanley C. Hatch
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation
H Street
Gary Adamson
Ed Jenocovich
Ocean Avenue
Cranston Sees Carter Backing Water Fund Compromise
Sen. Alan Cranston said he believes President Carter may accept a Senate compromise denying funds to half of the 16 water projects Carter aims to kill. Cranston added he has no direct assurance from the White House.
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Savery-Pot Hook
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Oahe
Grove Lake
Kansas
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Carter pushes plan but tackles rising medical costs
President Carter backs a national health insurance plan for next year while urging quick action by a national health insurance committee to curb escalating hospital and medical costs. He warned costs could double every five years if not checked, and pressed lawmakers to advance Social Security reform and energy measures amid a broad policy push.
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UPI
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White House
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Congress
Paul Rogers
Florida
Robert Cornell
Robert Kastenmeier
Wisconsin
Martha Keys
Kansas
Energy Department
Suarez coalition wins Spain's first free elections in 41 years
With about 75 percent of returns in Madrid the Union of the Democratic Center led by Adolfo Suarez secures roughly 170 of 350 Cortes seats, while the Socialist Workers Party trails with about 115. Communist gains reflect PR rules, Dolores Ibarruri returns from exile to lead the party in parliament.
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Rodolfo Martin Villa
Union of the Democratic Center
Martin Villa
Socialist Workers Party
Communist Party
Francisco Franco
Workers Party
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Commmunist Party
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la Pasionaria
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