Court To Hear Arguments On Nuclear Waste
The government seeks Supreme Court review of a federal ruling that nuclear plant waste falls under EPA control. The dispute centers on whether NRC or EPA should regulate radioactive discharges, amid concerns over delays to nuclear plant construction during national shortages. States and utilities urge different interpretations of the 1972 Water Pollution Control Act amendments.
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Supreme Court
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Pennsylvania
Colorado Public Interest Research Group
Ford tumbles in Salzburg blamed on football knee
In Salzburg, President Ford slipped on rain slick steps as he descended from his plane. White House aides attributed the mishap to a chronic football knee and said he wears a knee support during golf. Ford joked it was a nonskid heel. The stumble near Sadat was described as a slight misstep by aides and later clarified by press secretary Nessen.
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Sadat
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Teenager Rescued From Cave After Trapping Incident
SAN ANTONIO AP A 16 year old Paul Haggerty of San Antonio was carried to safety after his companion David Brown of Fort Worth died in a cave north of the city. Emergency medics found the youths 24 hours earlier and treated Haggerty with flashlight aid and radioed medical instructions.
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Haggerty
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Fort Worth
Americans Wary Of Upward-Pointing Indexes
AP business analysis notes rising leading indicators signal a general upturn, but warns local conditions vary. Joblessness may reach 7.9 percent in 1976 and linger near 7.2 percent in 1977, with prices improving yet still high. June graduates face poor outlooks and food prices remain unstable amid lingering economic storm effects.
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New York
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Agriculture Department
Libya signs with USSR for peaceful atomic center
Libya announced an accord with the Soviet Union to establish an atomic center in the Arab Republic, including a 10 megawatt reactor. The Soviets will train Libyans to operate the center, under international safeguards, with the deal following a large arms package that drew Egyptian concern.
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New York Doctors Stage Walkout Over Malpractice Rates
New York doctors join a broad protest as rising malpractice costs trigger staged walkouts amid similar slowdowns in Pennsylvania Texas and Rhode Island where groups threaten actions from June 9. In New York private hospitals in Queens Brooklyn and Long Island report sharp drops in scheduled surgeries and inpatient census while Manhattan shows little effect. The Sunday protest began without major disruption in city hospitals due to municipal malpractice coverage.
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Six Men Trapped In Gulf Oil Rig Capsize
Divers pumped air into submerged compartments of a capsized Gulf of Mexico oil rig off Grand Isle Louisiana hoping six men inside were alive. Four to six divers with floodlights labored overnight to enter the compartments after the rig overturned Sunday about 18 miles southwest of Grand Isle.
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House To House Search Returns Ducks
In Miami Beach a family rescued 15 ducklings from would be pets after learning locals were taking them from a pond on a local golf course. Mrs Sands and her children recovered nine ducks by visiting homes and six more in a week.
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Bunny Sands
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Brian
Escapes By Prisoners Blamed On Overcrowding In Missouri
Jefferson City AP reports a surge of prisoner escapes blamed on system overcrowding. From Church and Renz Prison Farms and other facilities, seven inmates escaped since April 1 with others at large, prompting higher security and debates over building medium security facilities in metropolitan areas.
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Prison Farm
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Corrections Divison
Steward
Western Comeback Hints From Fallout of TV Westerns
The movie western may be staging a revival as signs point to a comeback cycle. John Wayne and Kirk Douglas weigh in with plans and films like Bite the Bullet Rooster Cogburn Breakheart Pass Posse and Gunsmoke’s end shaping a new frontier for theaters.
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Associated Press
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Rooster Cogburn
Katharine Hepburn
Tom Gries
Charles Bronson
Kirk Douglas
Paramount
China demands end to US ties with Taiwan
Peking officials say no progress in Sino American relations until Washington cuts all defense and diplomatic links with Taiwan. Deputy Premier Teng Hsiaoping reiterates a total U S Taiwan split while noting willingness to wait for the right moment. He sees no peaceful path with the Nationalists and warns force may be needed to reunify Taiwan.
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Richard M. Nixon
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United States
Warning issued for GE microwave ovens over radiation leak
The FDA urged 5,300 General Electric microwave ovens to be stopped until repaired. Four models named Cooking Center and Versatronic may leak up to ten times the federal limit. This marks the first major home microwave corrective program since 1971 standards took effect. Recalled models include 1845001 J885001 RE747001 from July to November in Columbia Maryland and Louisville Kentucky, and 3845001 through February 1974 in Louisville.
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General Electric
Food and Drug Administration
Columbia
Louisville
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