Soviet cosmonauts launch to join Salyut 6 in docking attempt
The Soviet Union sent Cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Grechko aboard Soyuz 26 from Baikonur to link with the Salyut 6 space station and conduct joint experiments. Earlier docking attempts by Kovalenok and Ryumin failed due to deviations from the plan.
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Soviet Union
Salyut- 6 Space Station
Tass
Air Force
Yuri Romanenko
Grechko
United States
Salyut Lab
Vladimir Kovalenok
Valery Ryumin
Salyut
Romanenko
Baikonur Space Center
Soviet Central Asia
Alexei Gubarev
Salyut-4 Space Station
Georgy Grechko
Amy Carter Christmas wish sparks chain saw tale
Reports claimed Amy Carter asked for a chain saw, prompting manufacturers to send one. White House aide Mary Hoyt clarified chain saws are out and suggested the child may have mentioned a train set instead.
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Washington
Amy Carter
Amy
White House
Mary Hoyt
Man in Stockport Smokes Pipe Hits Explosive Pocket
W H Heck Harkins of Stockport Ohio enjoyed a pipe but the pipe fired back when he lit it while watching a football game. He had kept the pipe with .22 ammunition in the same pocket and a small bullet apparently lodged upright in the bowl. His wife warned him about smoking near the ammo.
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Stockport
Ohio
W.H
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Harkins
Christmas present arrives early from Vietnam veteran
In Perth Amboy New Jersey a 1972 U S Priority Mail package arrived this holiday season sent by Edward Borkowski a former Army sergeant in Vietnam. The box contained a framed photo of him with his wife and their three children. It was delivered by a city mailman to Mildred Borkowski, his mother, after traveling through California and Kentucky.
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Perth Amboy
N.J
Edward Borkowski
Vietnam
Mildred Borkowski
Cold snap with snow chances midweek
The forecast calls for continued cold weather with snow possible midweek. Lows near zero or below tonight, high around 20 Sunday, and highs in the 20s Monday. A late week warming to the 30s is followed by more snow chances Tuesday and Wednesday.
College tax credit stalls wage tax debate in social security plan
Negotiators halted over a $1.25 billion annual tuition credit as they offered a compromise that would raise Social Security taxes from 1979 to 1987. The plan keeps no new 1978 tax increase but gradually increases the tax base and rates, with higher payrolls facing larger totals and a $3,046 maximum by 1987. The dispute centers on employer versus employee tax shares.
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Washington
Russians Show Conciliatory Tone in SALT Talks Concession
Russian negotiators indicate a more conciliatory approach in the SALT talks and concede that all cruise missiles whether sea based air launched or land based may be tested up to 1550 miles. They previously sought a 372 mile limit for land and sea based tests. The tentative three year ban on depth testing is not expected to block progress.
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Washington
U.S
Harold Brown
Tractor convoy nears Washington in broad farm price protest
Nearly 1,000 tractor drivers head toward Washington to demand parity pricing based on 1910 14 purchasing power with aims to pressure the White House and Congress. Organizers say the movement targets marketing costs behind rising food bills and could spark a wider farm strike.
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Congress
U S Prisoners Return From Mexico Amid Mixed Cheer
Sixty one Americans arrived back in the United States from Mexican jails for Christmas as crowds greeted them with flag waves and cheers at Lindbergh Field. Critics argued the display was warlike while more Americans were due to return under the bilateral prisoner exchange.
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United States
Mexico
Li Field Ndbergh
U.S
Coal mine violence flares during strike actions
Striking coal miners press to halt nonunion production as talks with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association resume in Washington. In Indiana, about 300 miners attacked bulldozer operators at the S&E mine in Chrisney, pulled drivers from cabs, and damaged equipment after disarming a guard.
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United Mine Workers
Bitiminous Coal Operators Association
Washington, D.C
Indiana
Bitter Midwest Cold Leaves Dozens Dead Across Four States
A brutal cold snap across the upper Midwest to the Northeast claimed at least 36 lives in Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and Ohio. Most deaths were from heart attacks during shoveling or crashes as winter storms strained travel and utilities.
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