World and Trade Tensions Highlight Global Briefs
The Associated Press reports on France facing European Court action over a porn film tax seen as violating treaty provisions on services and free movement. Hong Kong cites new oil deposits in Heilungkiang's Taching field as exploration continues. Tokyo notes Sino Japanese treaty talks resume in Beijing over a peace friendship pact with anti hegemony clauses. Amsterdam reports a giant Dam Square sculpture burning, with a 75 thousand dollar statue replaced by a clean city claim. Washington covers Rhodesia embargo impact, FCC frequency power, and job tax breaks. Additional items include MX missile tests at Vandenberg, proposed Acreage limits on federally irrigated farms, a school pledge ruling in Philadelphia, and a New Jersey student case.
Trade controls imposed against Soviet Union
President Carter quietly ordered trade reprisals against the Soviet Union, cancelling a multimillion dollar Sperry Univac computer sale to Tass and tightening export controls on oil drilling technology. The moves follow harsh sentences against Jewish dissidents and a U.S. journalist verdict, with minimal public comment from Washington. Avital Shcharansky travels for support, meeting officials and vowing to press for change.
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Carter
Tass
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Anatoly Scharansky
Alexander Ginzburg
Moscow
White House
State Department
Stanley Marcuss
Commerce Department
Robert S. Strauss
Warren Christopher
Sperry Univac
San Francisco
Avital Shcharansky
Congress
Gap persists as Egypt Israel deadlock at peace talks
Egypt and Israel remain far apart in the current round of talks led by foreign ministers Dayan and Kamel with Cyrus Vance. Sadat warns no further discussion unless new elements appear while the US plans further ground work in the Sinai Negev region and across the Middle East.
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Leeds Castle
England
Egypt
Israel
Cyrus Vance
Anwar Sadat
Moshe Dayan
Mohammed Ibrahim Kamel
West Bank
Gaz- Strip
Vance
Sinai-Negev
Alfred Atherton
Middle East
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Sadat
Khartoum
Dayan
Kamel
Gaza Strip
Sinai Desert
Skylab Near Safe Attitude After June 11 Drag Move
At Johnson Space Center scientists continue maneuvers to restore Skylab to its prior orbital attitude after a July power failure left the 85 ton craft spinning. Controllers hope to power gyros to 80 percent, align solar panels, then reduce atmospheric drag to avert an early return.
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Space Center
Houston
America
Johnson Space Center
Space Lab
JSC
Charles Redmond
Redmond
House approval expected for equal rights amendment
Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment claim House approval is likely after a 1915 Judiciary Committee vote, but warn Senate difficulty may arise. They report the panel advanced a measure to defer further action, signaling momentum in the House despite potential Senate resistance.
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Washington (Ap
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Don Edwards
D-Calif
ERA
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Maryan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Idaho
Nebraska
Congress
Midge Costanza
Carter
Rosalynn
Betty Ford
Baby abandoned on rural roadside in California found alive
A month premature naked infant was discarded in dry grass along a rural Sierra Nevada foothills road near Fresno. Found hours later bruised and ants on her, she was hospitalized in good condition as adoption interest surges. sheriff’s deputies seek the mother.
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Fresno
Calif
Valley Children’s Hospital
Jane Doe
Marilyn Hutchison
Tulare County
Truth Rudd
Sheriff's Deputies
Margaret Casaburri
Sierra Nevada Foothills
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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