White Sands eyed as shuttle abort site in NASA plans
National Aeronautics and Space Administration may use White Sands for abort landing and top alternate site, according to Dr Christopher Kraft Jr head of the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center. News notes also cover rural women leadership conference, air pollution standards, Taft Hartley poll, acquittal verdict in Houston, uranium plans in Dallas, Nixon interview deal, El Paso indictments, Fox case, Nashville lawsuit, Williams death penalty, and Bob Hope drought remark in Perth.
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UN Raises Top Salaries Hit 75 Officials Above 75k Times
The United Nations increases pay for 75 officials above 75 thousand dollars a year, lifting six assistant secretaries general to undersecretary general and adding a new super undersecretary general at ninety nine thousand three hundred fifty dollars. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim earns over one hundred ten thousand dollars. The United States opposes larger upper echelons while criticizing the high salaries as unjustified, arguing it exceeds budgetary belt tightening and compared to U.S. cabinet pay. The Soviet Union also questions the raises.
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Mexican American groups oppose Carter amnesty plan
A coalition of 10 U S Chicano organizations in Mexico City denounces President Carters amnesty proposal as creating a legalized class system and a national identity card for brown skinned Americans only. The statement, coordinated by Michael Cortes, urges adherence to existing laws and calls for permanent resident status for undocumented immigrants with a later cut off date.
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Scientists boycott Buenos Aires cancer congress over Argentina repression
US researchers plan to skip the International Cancer Congress in Buenos Aires amid alleged political repression in Argentina. More than 500 American scientists signed petitions urging the meeting be moved, with about 250 scientists in France and Belgium backing the protest. The National Cancer Institute and City of Hope Medical Center leaders caution that attendance is a personal decision, while Amnesty International notes serious human rights concerns under Argentina's military government.
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Soviet arms flow to Ethiopia via Turkey NATO alert
Senior NATO officials accuse the Soviet Union of supplying Ethiopia through Turkish sea lanes and air routes. Admiral Harold E. Shear cites merchant ships passing the Bosporus and Dardanelles, plus a large airlift through Turkish airspace. Officials warn control of Red Sea access could threaten Persian Gulf oil shipments. US and French navies bolster Horn of Africa presence.
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