Soviets Propose New SALT Ideas in Geneva Talks
In Geneva the Soviet Union offered a number of ideas for a new SALT II treaty as US secretary Cyrus Vance and Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko pursued a compromise formula. Spokesman Hodding Carter said discussions have been intensive and promising while sources suggest a modest mutual arsenal reduction and limits on cruise missiles and Backfire bomber basing, with a decision due by today or tomorrow.
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Mondale and Vorster clash over South Africa policy
In Vienna U.S. Vice President Mondale and South African Prime Minister Vorster failed to agree on U.S. efforts to end apartheid. Mondale said Vorster would aid Namibian and Rhodesian black rule but would not concede to U.S. intervention to change South Africa’s policies.
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Lindy’s Flight Remembered Half a Century Later
Fifty years after Charles Lindbergh’s solo flight a mail pilot journey from Long Island to Newfoundland to Paris is recalled. The piece connects the feat to aviation’s future, names Spirit of St. Louis, Orteig prize, Roosevelt Field, and Paris celebration. County forecast notes variable clouds and possible thunderstorms with highs mid 70s.
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Coffee Pushes Up Food Prices
Washington AP reports a major April rise in consumer prices by eight tenths of one percent, with food up 1.5 percent led by a 13.1 percent jump in ground coffee. Administration economists expect slower food inflation later, but overall CPI shows ongoing inflation pressures for the Carter era.
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General Hershey Dies In Indiana At 83
General Lewis Blaine Hershey, longtime Selective Service director who oversaw drafts in four decades, died in Angola Indiana at 83. He was found in his motel room by his son Col Gilbert Hershey. Autopsy planned, funeral services expected in Bethesda Maryland and Arlington National Cemetery.
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Nixon says president above law draws Carter Ford rebuke
Nixon on the Nixon role in Vietnam and war powers prompts sharp White House response. Carter rejects any president breaking law while Ford notes Nixon remarks speak for themselves amid a Frost interview. Nixon also belittles Ellsberg and Democratic hawks and recalls family social slights.
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Wolf Creek Construction Moves Ahead At Grand Canyon Site
Diane Yeamans reports on Wolf Creek Generating Station early work as crews lay concrete flats over shale and blast rock for the reactor foundations. The piece notes Kansas Gas and Electric plans to triple coal capacity by 1984 with new plants at LaCygne St. Marys Satan and related facilities, including a billion dollar project with on-site concrete, ice, and boiler plants.
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