Senate Delays Income Limit in Ethics Code to 1979
Senators postponed the $8 625 annual ceiling on income from speeches and other personal services for a year to align with the House code. The vote came via voice vote with support from panel chair Gaylord Nelson as the panel prepares for a final code vote Friday. The pending issues include whether to bar senators from practicing law or medicine and whether to include a sunset provision.
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UPI
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Gaylord Nelson
Dwis
Senate
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Probe of planets urged in $ design for space signals
Dr. Frank Drake proposed Cyclops a plan to search for radio signals from other planets at half the Moon mission cost. Options include a 1000-telescope Earth array or a two mile diameter space antenna with tens of billions in funding. Drake noted moral and financial support gaps but said progress would be step by step. Off Long Beach a missing 35 foot sailboat Geisha with four aboard was sought over 100 miles off Point Conception, with Allen H. Allen and three others aboard.
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UPI
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National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center
Cornell University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Drake
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Long Beach
UPS
Pacific Ocean
Point Conception
Air Force
Coast Guard
Geisha
Allen H. Allen
Novato
Pat Dajack
Mathew Moorehouse
Richard Krough
Deukmejian faces hurdle in California death penalty bid
Senate Republican leader George Deukmejian says he may not secure the 27 votes needed to pass SB155 reinstating capital punishment in California. A UPI survey shows 24 in favor, 10 opposed, five undecided. Governor Brown is expected to veto any death penalty bill.
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George Deukmejian
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Arcadia
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Canary Islands Crash Toll Rises to 577 in Deadliest Air Disaster
The death toll from the Los Rodeos two 747 collision climbed to 577 with two more deaths, one on a mercy flight to the United States. Survivors recount, authorities probe if the KLM jet had takeoff clearance, and a morgue is set in a Los Rodeos hangar as Spain and the United States coordinate death certificates and repatriation.
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Fla
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New Jersey
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San Antonio
Brooke
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California
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7Th Air Medical Corps
Santa Cruz
Bill Walthrop
Violent crime rate in 1976 shows first decline since 1960
FBI preliminary figures indicate violent crimes dropped 5 percent in 1976, the first decline since reporting began in 1960, while overall serious crime held level with 1975. Murders and robberies fell by 10 percent. aggravated assault down 1 percent. rapes steady. Burglaries and motor vehicle thefts declined.
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UPI
FBI
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Boston
Chicago
Los Angeles
Washington, D.C
Lawmakers push approvals and new offices in California
The Governor appointed seven and reappointed one to the state Board of Food and Agriculture. Senate committees advanced bills on government health agency restructuring and a special state office to speed large construction permits. Other actions include privacy disclosures, plea-bargain limits, expanded felony wife beating laws, dam funding urge, turtle product sales, and truck weight fee increases.
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Los Angeles
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Marks
San Francisco
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Lehman
Modesto
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California
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Resignation shakes House Assassinations Panel amid renewed probes
Chief probe counsel Richard Sprague quit the House Assassinations Committee to back a fresh vote on expanding the JFK and MLK investigations after a crucial witness’ death in Florida. The panel also cited new but uncorroborated information on the 1963 Dallas and 1968 Memphis killings as lawmakers weighed extending the committee beyond Thursday.
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UPI
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House
John Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Sprague
Florida
Kennedy
Dallas
King
Memphis
Henry Gonzalez
Louis Stokes
D-Ohio
Palm Beach
George de Mohrenschildt
Paralyzing Conrail walkout averted in wake of order
In Philadelphia a planned Conrail walkout by about 10,000 workers was stopped after union officials telephoned members along the East Coast to enforce a federal restraining order. Eleven pickets appeared but dispersed. the city faces a broader transit strike ongoing for six days.
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UPI
Conrail
System Federation No. 1
James McAteer
Federation
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