SALT II breakthrough eyed as talks near final deal
U S Soviet negotiators near a final SALT II settlement on missile systems and the Backfire bomber. The pact would limit land based MX and submarine launched missiles with a two-system compromise and may be signed before Christmas pending Moscow talks. Secretary Vance and Warnke plan to finalize details, with Senate ratification still likely to face opposition.
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U.S
Soviet Union
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Paul C. Warnke
Moscow
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Andrei A. Gromyko
Vance
Carter
Gromyko
U.S. Senate
United States
Train Hits Dump Truck Fatal Crash Near Crockett Texas
A Missouri Pacific freight train collided with a dump truck north of Crockett Texas killing the truck driver Elwin Lee Goon 46. The incident occurred about 6 p.m. near FM 2160 and U S 287 as the train headed for Palestine with no injuries reported on the train.
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Missouri Pacific
Here
Elwin Lee Goon
U.S. 287
Palestine
Egg Beaters ad ban follows court accord
Standard Brands and United Egg Producers promise to halt ads linking diet cholesterol to heart disease. The federal settlement bars claims about cholesterol that could hurt egg or Egg Beaters sales.
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Atlanta
Standard Brands
Fedeal Court
United Egg Producers
No Longe
Carter and Beirut fighting test US response and ceasefire
Israeli gunboats shelled Moslem western Beirut overnight as Syria’s artillery pounded the Christian east prompting Washington to seek a United Nations cease fire. State Department officials said Carter sent a letter to Assad urging an immediate halt to bloodshed.
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Associated Press
Beirut, Lebanon
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Lebanon
Red Cross
State Department
New York
Carter
Hafez Assad
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
United States
U.N. Security Council
U.N
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Sadruddin Aga Khan
Geneva
Waldheim
Ramlet Baida
Tel Aviv
Ezer Weizman
Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee
Syria
Bickfaya
Proumana
Beint Mery
Faraya
Arab League
Israel
Texans for Tax Relief forms to back Texas amendment
The group led by Ray Hutchison and Marcella Perry seeks voter approval for a constitutional change to tax land by productivity, expand homestead relief, and tie state spending to economic growth unless lawmakers vote otherwise. Also, Clements names co-chairs for Farmers and Ranchers for Clements.
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Texans For Tax Relief
Texas
Republican Party
Ray Hutchison
Dallas
Marcella Perry
Houston
Hutchison
Bill Clements
Fred Wulff
Brady
Jay Anderson
Eagle Lake
East Bernard
Farmers and Ranchers
Clements
Calcutta Birth Claims World Second Test Tube Baby
Indian researchers announce a seven pound six ounce girl as the world second test tube baby but keep details secret amid Hindu society stigma. The birth at an unidentified Calcutta nursing home was disclosed via state radio and Calcutta TV, with researchers citing a similar method to Louise Brown’s birth though not detailing how.
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India
Oldham
England
Louise Brown
State
Louise
Sunit Mukherjee
Subhash Mukherjee
Calcutta Medical College
Daradav
America
Bhattacharya
John
Leslie Brown
Daily Mail
London
Baby Louise
Matsushita unveils battery test car with 70 mph top speed
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co of Japan says its battery powered test automobile reaches about 70 mph with a range near 90 miles. The car runs on light weight ferro nickel storage batteries described as long life though costly. No price was released.
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Tokyo
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co
Japan
Matsushita
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