Carter Eyes Possible Underground Test Ban At SALT Talks
President Carter pushes for a five year underground nuclear test ban as SALT III talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko proceed in Washington. Vance signals cautious optimism while noting several major SALT issues remain unresolved including missile limits and Backfire bomber deployment.
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Washington
Carter
Andrei A. Gromyko
White House
Gromyko
Moscow
Cyrus R. Vance
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vance
Vance-Gromyko
United Nations
Africa
Shoot Out Kills 3 Lawmen and 2 Convicts in Oklahoma
In Caddo Oklahoma a gun battle left highway patrolman Houston Summers and trooper Billy Young dead along with two escaping convicts Claude Dennis and Michael Lancaster. A third trooper Pat Grimes died at a frame house while wounded trooper Hoyt Hughes survived. The fugitives were cornered after a chase that spanned five states.
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Caddo
Oklahoma
Claude Dennis
Michael Lancaster
Russel Washington
Washington
G.D. Busby
Houston
Pappy” Summers
Enid
Okla
Billy Young
Woodward
Dennis
Lancaster
Pappy Summers
McAlester
Ernest Slack
Paul Johnson
Slack
Pat Grimes
Moore
Hoyt Hughes
Edmund
Oklahoma City
Texas
Alabama
Johnson
Summers
Youngs
Poor Weather Delays Corn Cuts Farm Jobs
Weather slowdowns in key farming regions reduced hiring to 1.1 million workers in mid April, down from 1.15 million a year earlier. Wages rose to an average of 3.09 per hour across 48 states, with regional variance from 2.62 to 3.73, Hawaii at 5.10, and Puerto Rico at 1.87. The Soviet Union confirmed buying about 13 million metric tons of grain for delivery this year, with 8.0 million shipped through April, lagging about 1.1 million tons behind schedule.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
California
Arizona
Nevada
USDA
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Island
Commonwealth
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
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