Space Shuttle benefits eyed in NASA upgrades
UPI reports Isaac Gilliam at a San Francisco meeting says resuming manned spaceflight will lower costs and raise benefits for earth by funding private firms and foreign governments. He cites reuse of a 122 foot shuttle, payloads from satellites to Earth resources, with orbit tests in 1979 and civilian shuttle flights by 1980. Gilliam notes minority and women participation rising, with Black astronauts training. two shuttles will operate from Vandenberg and the rest from Cape Canaveral.
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UPI
U.S
Isaac Gilliam
Dryden Flight Research Center
Mojave Desert
Dryden
Science Laboratories
Gilliam
Tle
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Defense Department
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Space Agency
Cape Canaveral
Gunman surrenders after bank incident in Downey
Albert Powers, a bank robber who held two officers hostage for 16 hours in a Bank of America branch attic space, surrendered after his mother threatened to kill herself and disappeared. Police and FBI negotiations and a low‑key siege ended with Powers releasing hostages and surrendering shortly after midnight.
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Downey
Powers
Bank of America
FBI
Pete Stone
Soviet trawler captain fined for stealing fish
The Soviet trawler Taras Shevchenko captain Alexander Gupalov was fined 10000 and received a nine month suspended prison sentence for violating US fishing limits. The ship and crew of 93 were detained since April 11 and will depart once cargo reloads finish. The Soviet government will pay civil penalties totaling 240000 for the ship.
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Boston
UPI
Alexander Gupalov
US District Court
Andrew J Caffrey
Gupalov
Taras Shevchenko
Boston Coast Guard
Thomas D Edwards
Massachusetts
California Assembly votes on petitions and policy far reaching
The Sacramento report notes the Legislature moved bills including AB297 allowing ballot petition signatures in shopping centers, AB649 for Los Angeles lawmakers, AB576 boosting Cal-Vet loans, and SJR9 designating Grandparents Day. The House approved measures on death penalty and sentencing reforms, with party and regional details.
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Los Angeles
Senate
Lehman
Dfresno
Senate Grand
Congress
Deukemejian
Long Beach
Carter outlines welfare reform goals and timeline
President Carter presented 12 welfare reform goals including a decent income for nonworkers and job access for workers. He cautioned reform cannot be achieved before 1981 due to complexity. Califano warned reforms face major political hurdles, likening welfare reform to the Middle East of politics, as consultations with governors begin.
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UPI
Carter
White House
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph Califano
Middle East
Congress
House of Representatives
Postal Service chief calls Saturday mail an extravagance
The head of the Postal Service Commission calls Saturday deliveries an extravagance and warns that failure to approve proposed cutbacks will trigger rapid decline. He cites six day delivery to 76 million addresses and a costly bulk mail facility as examples of ill-considered moves and supports shifting to five days, higher postage, and more electronic processing.
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UPI
Postal Service Commission
Postal Service
Gaylord Freeman
Senate
Freeman
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