Dialogue sought with U S PLO assumes major role in Middle East
A P article explains how the Palestine Liberation Organization dominates Mideast politics and influences U S policy. It notes potential future talks with PLO chief Yasser Arafat and outlines the PLO’s internal unity issues, external alignments, and guerrilla group positions across Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, and other states.
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PLO
Middle East
Aly Mahmoud
Associated Press
Beirut
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
Mideast
Andrew Young
Jimmy Carter
Yasser Arafat
United States
Israel
al Fatah
Nayef Hawatmeh
Democratic Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Moscow
Syria
Saiqa
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Ahmed Jibril
George Habash
Libya
Algeria
Popular Struggle Front
Samir Ghosheh
Iraq
Palestine Liberation Front
Abu Abbas
Arab Liberation Front
Abel Wahab Al-Kayyali
Fatah
Saiqqa
Popular Front
Democratic Front
Yemen
Dallas Power & Light rate hike urged at 11 percent for residential use
Dallas Public Utilities Department backs a 34.8 million increase for DP&L, trimming the 57 million ask and opposing the Texas Public Utilities Commission. The plan adds about 18 percent to residential rates, with city staff claiming their figure is roughly 10 million above the PUC's suggested cap.
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Dallas
Dallas Public Utilities Department
Dallas Power & Light
Dp&l
Tom James
Public Utilities Department
City Council
Texas Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Almost Didn't Conceive Louise Brown Began with One More Try
Louise Brown nearly did not become the first test tube baby. Her mother Lesley Brown recalls that Dr Steptoe faced egg extraction difficulties and only persisted after a colleague urged another attempt. Louise turned one last month, with the Browns sharing their tale in McCall's September issue.
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Louise Brown
Lesley Brown
McCall’s
Italian octuplets born in Naples raise survival doubts
Five of the seven surviving day old octuplets born to Pasqualina Chianese were deemed unlikely to live due to extreme minuteness, while doctors held some hope for the two largest. The mother, 29, endured a difficult birth at the Hospital of the Incurable with the father expressing fear over future losses. The eight babies, born two months premature, ranged from 14 ounces to 2 pounds 3 ounces. the smallest died within hours.
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Italy
Pasqualina Chianese
Stefano
Pasqualina
Salvatore Scala
Dr. Scala
Spain
China
Brazil
Guinness
Sydney
Australia
Philadelphia
Bangladesh
Rosenkowitz
Cape Town
South Africa
Four AP directors plan Tibet visit in September
Four directors of The Associated Press have accepted a Chinese invitation to visit Tibet starting September 3. The tour will include Kunming Chengtu Canton and Peking over 16 days, with hosts Xinhua and the group paying their own travel and lodging expenses. The directors are Harold W. Anderson William S. Morris III Charles S. Rowe and Otto A. Silha, led by Keith Fuller, and they will be accompanied by their wives.
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Associated Press
Tibet
Xinhua Hsinhua
Kunming
Chengtu
Canton
Peking
Harold W. Anderson
Omaha World-Herald
William S. Morris III
Morris Communications Corp
Augusta, Ga
Charles S. Rowe
Free Lance
Fredericksburg
Otto A. Silha
Minneapolis Star
Keith Fuller
China
Xinhua
Carter Pushes Foreign Nuclear Waste Imports Amid Complaints
President Carter seeks to expand the U S program to import spent fuel from foreign power reactors for storage here. Plans aim to curb weapon derivation risks, but critics warn of turning the U S into a dumping ground for global nuclear waste. Officials say no imports likely before 1983 pending congressional approval.
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H. Josef Hebert
Associated Press
Washington
United States
India
U.S
Atoms For Peace
Carter Administration
Energy Department
Cyrus R. Vance
General Accounting Office
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
House
Senate
Pioneer II to plunge through Saturn rings exploration
Pioneer II will dive into Saturn's rings on September 1 as it speeds toward the sixth planet. The 400 million project probes Titan, the largest moon, hoping to detect warmth and possible life conditions. Scientists note Titan's methane atmosphere could shield a surface, while the mission also maps ring structure and Saturn's gravity and fields.
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Mountain View
Calif
Saturn
Earth
Titan
Solar System
John H. Wolfe
Pioneer II
Pioneer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Galileo
NASA
Hawaii Celebrates 20 Years Since Statehood
Honolulu AP reports Hawaii marks 20 years of statehood since Eisenhower signed the act on March 18, 1959, with official admissions day noting population boom and social change. Gov. Ariyoshi and sociologist Andrew Lind contrast pre and post statehood Hawaii, noting growth in urban development, infrastructure, and technology.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Hawaii
Andrew Lind
University of Hawaii
Kaanapali
Princeville
Wailea
Hawaii Five-O
George Ariyoshi
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