Senate backs SALT II limits with defense funding vote
The Senate, in a rare display of bipartisanship, approved a 90-5 vote on a SALT II compromise urging continued treaty limits while promising a firm response to Soviet violations. It also passed a 92-3 vote authorizing a 231.8 billion defense procurement bill as part of a 302-billion defense package.
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Black Hole at Milky Way Center Claimed by Study
A decade long U S scientists study, announced by the University of California at Berkeley, finds strong evidence of a black hole at the galaxy’s centre by observing gas motions around the core. The result supports long held theory of a massive invisible object.
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Four Navy men linked in Walker spy ring case
Evidence shows John Walker and three others held top secret clearances while passing naval secrets to the Soviets for about two decades. Whitworth and Walker faces charges amid renewed investigations of their security status and IRS liens complicating defense of the case.
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Soviet launches Soyuz T-13 with two cosmonauts
Soviet space program sends Soyuz T-13 into orbit with commander Colonel Vladimir Dzhanibekov and engineer Viktor Savinykh. Tass reports docking with the orbiting Saljut 7 station after eight months since a record 237 days in space.
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