Senate panel debates Panama Canal treaty interpretations
Senate Foreign Relations Committee paused hearings on the Panama Canal treaties to seek clarity on conflicting interpretations by the Carter administration and Panamanian officials. Senator Church warned the Senate may reject the treaties if crucial provisions are read differently, amid a leaked cable dispute over intervention rights and naval priority.
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UPI
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Frank Church
Idaho
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D-Ala
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Panama
United States
U.S
Carlos Lopez Guevara
Defense
Boston Blackout Hits Downtown Four Miles
A 3% hour blackout darkened four square miles of central Boston including Back Bay Kenmore Square and Park Square from 9 58 p m EDT No looting or arson reported as the city faced a chilly autumn night Traffic officers used flashlights at busy intersections and extra police guarded shops while streets filled with curious residents and students.
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New York City
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Harriet Stanley
Boston Edison
Woody Shelton
Emerson College
Montclair
N.J
Frank Langella
Brown urges overhaul of medical school admissions after Bakke ruling
Governor Brown criticizes the California Supreme Court decision in the Bakke case and calls for a fundamental reexamination of medical school entry standards. He rejects quotas but argues admissions should mix subjective and objective measures with a broad state representation. effects on other health professions are noted.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
State Supreme Court
Allan Bakke
Brown
Bakke
State
University of California At Davis Medical School
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Express Mail Service Set to Begin This Sunday
The Postal Service introduces a new express mail option offering guaranteed same day or next day delivery across 400 cities, expanding to 900. Prices include pickups at 5.25 per trip and next day rates from New York to major destinations, with up to 500 dollars insured merchandise and 50 thousand dollars document reconstruction coverage at no extra cost.
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Washington
UPI
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Bomb hoax forces hijacking of jet
A Pan Am jumbo jet en route from San Francisco to Tokyo with 302 aboard was diverted to Vancouver by a bomb hoax note found in a lavatory. All 288 passengers disembarked safely as police and bomb experts searched the plane and luggage. no explosive was found.
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British Columbia
UPI
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Tokyo
Transport Canada
Alan Jay
Jay
Van
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Brown delays LNG terminal decision amid potential new gas supplies
Gov. Edmund G Brown Jr says a terminal for LNG could be postponed due to newly found natural gas in Mexico and Canada. He notes no binding delivery deals yet and compares the situation to a complex poker game with Alberta pursuing a rapeseed market in the United States.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Mexico
Canada
Brown
Edmonton
Alberta
Southern California Gas Co
United States
Peter Loughreed
Irrigation water plan change targets family farms
Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus said modifications are likely to a proposal restricting federal irrigation water from projects to resident family farmers. He announced 10 public hearings in seven western states and Washington on enforcing the 1902 reclamation law, seen by large landowners as a move against big holdings.
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UPI
Carter Administration
Interior
Cecil Andrus
Andrus
California
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