Vance seeks congressional support for SALT plan
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance launches a concerted push before Congress to back the SALT pact. He testifies in a closed Senate session and will face scrutiny from Sen. Henry M. Jackson while disarmament negotiator Paul Warnke advances treaty language in Geneva.
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Vance
Washington
Time Magazine
New York Times
Jackson
Pentagon
Paul Warnke
Geneva
Carter
Andrei Gromyko
New York
U.S
Steel industry presses White House for import relief
The U.S. steel industry appeals to the White House for protection amid imports and layoffs. About 62,000 workers have been laid off, with 21,000 announced since August, as a task force weighs solutions.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Carter
Congress
Robert Strauss
Strauss
American yacht rammed off Vietnam near southern tip of Vietnam
A 41-foot yacht Brilling with three Americans aboard was fired upon and rammed by another vessel near Vietnam's coast after radio failure. The owner Cornelia Dellenbaught and two others, including a former Peace Corps volunteer, were aboard and awaiting boarding as distress calls were heard by Bangkok and Singapore monitors. Authorities in Bangkok and Washington sought information. no Hanoi reply.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Vietnam
U.S
Brilling
Cornelia Anne Dellenbaught
Philadelphia
Leland Dickerman
Charles Athol
Miss Dellenbaugh
Dickerman
Peace Corps
Washington
State Department
Hanoi
Singapore
Soviets supply MiG-21 jets to Laos in major weapon shipment
Soviet sources report that roughly 10 MiG-21 fighters arrived in Vientiane about six weeks ago as part of what is seen as the first major arms shipment to Indochina since the region's war. The jets are believed to have been flown by Soviet pilots and assembled at the former U S air base in Danang after unloading in Da Nang. The MiG-21s mark Laos's first jet aircraft in its air force.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
Laos
Indochina
Vientiane
Mekong River
Thailand
Danang
U.S
South
Vietnam
Cambodia
CIA
Hijackers seize plane in Spain and land in Rome
A Lufthansa Boeing 737 hijacked en route from Palma de Mallorca to Frankfurt diverted over southern France and landed at Rome Leonardo da Vinci airport at 4 03 p m local time. The jet carried 91 aboard, 86 passengers and 5 crew, as police cordoned the aircraft and authorities informed senior officials of the incident.
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UPI
Spain
Frankfurt
Leonardo da Vinci
Lufthansa
Palma de Mallorca
France
Palma
Frankfurt International
Zurich
Switzerland
Helmut Schmidt
Werner Maihofer
FDA Pushes Ban on Pep Pills as Diet Aids
The FDA seeks to ban amphetamines as diet aids citing that 88 percent of legitimate use is for short term obesity control and noting abuse persists despite a 75 percent cut in legal manufacturing. The agency says the drugs have trivial weight control use and that alternatives exist.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
DBCP linked to cancer and sterility in U S plant workers
A government hearing reports about 90 workers in U S plants producing the pesticide DBCP showing sterility in tests. Cancer cases and human contamination concerns are noted, with Dow and Shell cited and 14 workers at Occidental's Lathrop plant now sterile. Testimony names Louis Villaloves and Ted Bricker.
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San Francisco
UPI
U.S
Donald Vial
California Occupational Safety and Health Program
Dow Chemical Co
Magnolia
Ark
Vial
California
Dow, Shell and Occidental Chemical Co
Lathrop
Calif
Occidental
Louis Villaloves
Ted Bricker
Amtrak chief defends service amid congressional criticism
Amtrak president Paul Reistrup told the House Transportation Subcommittee that budget cuts worsened service and raised costs. He argued administration reductions in the 1978 funding effectively pushed elimination of trains. Critics including William Hennessey and Douglas Ring urged expansions to profitable short and medium routes and urged more rail incentives.
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UPI
Amtrak
Paul Reistrup
National Railroad Passenger Corp
House Commerce Committee
Reistrup
Congress
York State
William Hennessy
Los Angeles County
Douglas Ring
San Diego
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