U.S. backs U.N. arms embargo on South Africa
United Nations Security Council approves a permanent arms embargo on South Africa for Pretoria’s white supremacist policies. The vote marks a breakthrough with Africa as Salim of Tanzania praises U.S. leadership, while Western powers including the United States vetoed prior sanctions to avoid economic harm. Amb. Young defends abstaining or vetoes as necessary, resisting pressure to yield.
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South Africa decries UN arms embargo as hypocrisy says minister
South African Foreign Minister R F Botha denounces the UN arms embargo as hypocritical and asserts the country poses no threat to peace. Defense Minister P W Botha says South Africa can arm itself to fight terrorism as Western nations face pressure over sanctions. The vetoed U S backed proposals and British and French objections shape debate over international response.
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Carter weighs veto on Clinch River breeder reactor bill
President Carter faces a decision on two bills authorizing about $80 million for the Clinch River breeder reactor at Oak Ridge Tennessee. He has not revealed whether he will sign or veto, risking a first veto as Congress sent the measure to his desk amid antinuclear weapons concerns.
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Top steel firms plan merger amid profits drop and losses
Two leading U.S. producers, Jones & Laughlin Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube, announce a merger in principle. LTV Corp and Lykes Corp back the deal, which would create a major U.S. steel company, pending shareholder and federal antitrust approvals.
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Lykes
Campbell Works
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Sykes
Ohio SAT results defy national declines says official
Ohio state study shows math and verbal SAT scores staying solid or improving while national averages fall. Franklin B. Walter, state superintendent, says Ohio remains near 1968-69 levels, with math at 507 then and 507 now, verbal at 459 versus national 429.
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Franklin B. Walter
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Return of crown to Hungary opposed
Cardinal Mindszenty urged Mary Rose Oakar to block returning the Crown of St. Stephen to Hungary until freedoms are restored. Oakar, an Ohio Democrat, resisted State Department plans and lost a House vote, though a hearing was set by the House International Relations Committee to hear Hungarian federations and organizations.
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Mary Rose Oakar
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House International Relations Committee
Judge visits moving van from Chowchilla kidnapping case
In Oakland California Superior Court Judge Leo Deegan toured a warehouse at Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center to review evidence from the Chowchilla kidnapping. The visit precedes next week testimony on how imprisonment in the van affected the 26 children and the bus driver.
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