UN Colleagues Like Him Scranton Eases Tensions at UN
United Nations report praises U S Ambassador William Warren Scranton for a soft spoken even handed approach that has cooled the Third World tempest sparked by his predecessor Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Scranton credits listening and clear U S positions for improved U N dialogue and unity with allies and opponents alike.
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United Nations. N
U.S
William Warren Scranton
U.N
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
United States
Cerely
Scranton
Moynihan
William W. Scranton
United Nations
UN Security Council
Palestinian Liberation Organization
East River
Ivor Richard
Wyatt Earp
Pennsylvania
Abdul Hamid Sharaf
Jordan
U.S. Mideast
Security Council
West Bank
Mideast
M. Fereydoun Haveyda
Iran
Africa
East Timor
Metric Bottles Go Metric in American Soft Drink Market
The soft drink industry adopts metric bottles with 7-Up Coca-Cola and Pepsi leading in half liter and two liter sizes in about 70 cities. Industry says education and ads aim to familiarize millions of U.S. consumers with metric weights and measures as bottles carry conversion tags and school materials.
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Joe Frazier
Associated Press
America
United States
7-Up
Coca- Cola
Pepsi
Bill ‘Trebilcock
Portland, Ore
Coca-Cola
Portland
Seattle
Briscoe Predicts Carter Victory In Texas
Gov Dolph Briscoe said Carter will win the Democratic nomination and carry Texas in November regardless of Republican nominees. He backed Carter in a press conference and discussed continuing Texas primary, pay raises linked to cost of living, water deals with Arkansas, and a future primary law with winner take all. Briscoe praised the Texas primary's impact and noted Carter won all but six Democratic delegates.
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Austin
Tex
Jimmy Carter
Texas
John Connally
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Carter
Connally
Arkansas
David Pryor
Texas High Plains
Sen
Lloyd Bentsen
White House
Ronald Reagan
Janey
Texas Supreme Court
Don Yarbrough
Houston
Bar
Texas Water Quality Board
James M. Rose
Texas Public Utility Commission
Utility Commission
Political Museums Face State Policy Sparks Debate
In a Hobby Commission subcommittee hearing, Sen. Grant Jones and Rep. Bill Hollowell urged a state policy to curb new state financed museums amid warnings of 30 to 40 political museums. Museum leaders urged coordination over rigid oversight while specific sites like Spindletop and Washington State Park were cited as examples.
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Austin
Tex
Hobby Commission
Grant Jones
D-Abilene
Bill Hollowell
Dgrand Saline
Hollowell
House Appropriations Committee
Jones
Eldon Sutton
University of Texas At Austin
Carl Parker
Port Arthur
Washington State Park
Gus Mutscher
Texas Tech University
Truett Latimer
Texas Historical Commission
Ut-Austin
Latimer
Satellites Find Water and Minerals Across Sinai Desert
Egyptian scientist Ahmed Abdel Hady reports that ERTS-1 and Landsat imagery indicate substantial water in the Sinai and several mineral deposits including oil natural gas and uranium. The joint Egyptian American Remote Sensing Project notes fertile Nile-adjacent zones and a potential hydroelectric boost from the Qattara region.
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Cairo
Space
Egyptian
Sahara
Sinai Peninsula
Ahmed Abdel Hady
Landsat
Sinai Desert
Sinai
Abdel Hady
Nile Valley
Oklahoma State University
Michigan University
Gulf of Suez
Mediterranean
Wadi el Arish
Egypt
Wadi el Korbra
Qattara
Aswan High Dam
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Trebilcock
Don Green
Atlanta
Lori Hansen
Oklahoma
Jana Kerr
Secretary of
Mark White
Oberkassel Rhine River
Jack W. Gibson
Pd. Pol
Calhoun County
A. R
Babe” Schwartz
A. R. Schwartz
South Shore
Galveston, Texas
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