Zimbabwe Rhodesia talks near collapse in London
Guerrilla leaders Nkomo and Mugabe oppose key British draft points in the Zimbabwe Rhodesia peace conference as Britain bars a transitional government and Carrington plans to announce next steps. The two main objections include automatic citizenship for white settlers and compensation for seized property. The alliance revived their demand for negotiations.
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Maureen Johnson
Associated Press
London
Zimbabwe Rhodesia
Britain
Lord Carrington
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Patriotic Front
Abel Muzorewa
Muzorewa
Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
Carrington
Nkomo
Mugabe
Ian Smith
Smith
Radioactive leak at Farley plant prompts brief shutdown
An apprentice mechanic at Farley nuclear plant opened a valve causing krypton 85 gas to leak. Officials said the release was within NRC limits and posed no danger. The plant is in routine maintenance shutdown after a March halt.
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Dothan
Ala
Farley
Alabama Power Co
Neal Wade
Wade
Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Administration presses for early SALT approval
The Carter administration urges swift ratification of SALT II before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and other officials face questions from Bayh and Goldwater in private sessions. The Armed Services Committee hears critics Nitze and Rowny as debate continues over verifiability and monitoring capabilities.
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Washington
Carter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Cyrus Vance
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate Intelligence Committee
United States
Senate Armed Services Committee
Navy
Paul Nitze
Army
Edward Rowny
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Goldwater
Bayh
White House
Defense Department
John Glenn
D-Ohio
Armed Services Panel
Senate
Figures due soon on Soviet harvest
Government analysts will review 1979 farm crop prospects and update disappearance figures for corn and wheat through 1979 80. USDA will also reestimate the Soviet grain harvest to judge future export demand. U.S. corn yield is seen at a record 104.6 bushels per acre with a 7.27 billion bushel crop forecast.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Soviet Union
U.S
Ixtoc 1 oil spill tops 100 million gallons siphoned
The Ixtoc 1 well in the Gulf of Mexico has released about 103 million gallons of crude since June 3, Pemex says 28 million gallons formed oil slicks while the rest burned, evaporated or was recovered. In Seoul, police arrest 20 leaders of a group linked to North Korea. one man wounds himself. In New York, Muslim leaders urge political action to end U.S. aid to Israel and shift funds to urban poor programs.
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New York
Brooklyn
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
Latacha Gilmore
Daphne McKenzie
Adele Scott
Mexico City
Gulf of Mexico
Jose Luis Garcia Luna
Petrochemical
Pemex
Gulf
Seoul
South Korea
Ithe Home Ministry
North Korea
South Korean National Liberation Front
Lee Chai-mun
Lee
Lim Tong-kyu
United Nations
U.S
Israel
South Africa
U.N
America
Harlem
Watts
Philadelphia
Seadrift activist group denies racial motive aims at silent majority
In Seadrift Texas a political activist group the National Organization of the American Spirit says it was not formed along racial lines though it excludes Vietnamese refugees amid fishing rights tensions. Rudolph Aplin chairs the movement which drew 60 to 70 locals and seeks to halt Vietnamese entry to the United States. Aplin says bylaws require citizens two years and notes the largely white crowd while tensions persist after the fatal shooting of Billy Joe Aplin. The case moves to Seguin for Oct. 29 with a gun trial tied to community violence and boat firebombing.
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Seadrift, Texas
National Organization of the American Spirit
Rudolph Aplin
Aplin
Seadrift
United States
Billy Joe Aplin
Seguin
Texas
Key Democrat predicts tax cut in next spring
Rep James R Jones a Ways and Means member says Congress will pass at least a 20 billion dollar tax cut next spring with 50 to 75 percent to individuals to restore purchasing power lost to inflation. He expects the measure to take effect Oct 1 after passage in April and favors accelerated depreciation for business equipment.
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Washington
Congress
James R. Jones
D-Okla
Ways and
Conference of Certified Public Accountants
Jones
Carter
Seabrook anti nuke protests end amid mixed verdict
Hundreds of anti nuclear protesters withdraw from Seabrook woods after a four day occupation of the partially completed plant. Activists call the effort a victory despite clashes with police. Officials say tactics may have harmed the cause as demonstrations drew large police responses and traffic backups.
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Andrew Schneider
Associated Press
Seabrook
N.H
Seabrook Atomic Power Plant
Daniel Upton
Hartford
Thomas Rath
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Ireland
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