Carter Calls for Stronger European Defense Purchases
President Carter urged NATO allies to boost defense equipment purchases from Europe to maximize allied resources. He said he would work with Congress to expand opportunities to buy European gear, while noting past friction over standardization and co production. He emphasized humane values and history in guiding East West relations as he wrapped up his first overseas trip.
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Secretary of Defense
Congress of
United States
NATO
U.S
Europe
Carter
Soviet Union
America
Washington
Britain
Japan
Geneva
Switzerland
Hafez Assad
Syria
Assad
Middle East
National Steel raises prices about six percent on select products
National Steel Corp the nations third largest producer announced price increases of about six percent on a number of its products following U S Steel Corp The move comes as Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube had already raised prices by 8 8 percent on flat rolled products and 6 8 percent on bars Industry leaders push rivals to scale back their increases and maintain a competitive position in the market
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Pittsburgh
National Steel Corp
U.S. Steel Corp
National
US Steel
Republic Steel of
Cleveland
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
U.S. Steel
Republic
Youngstown
CIA codes periled by TRW data sold to Reds jury told
Leslie Dirks testified in Los Angeles that a top secret CIA radio system could be compromised if TRW data fell into Soviet hands. He said the Pyramider program was kept classified as plans for the satellite network were scrapped. Lee, 2-year-old in Palos Verdes Estates, is charged with espionage and conspiracy for allegedly selling CIA documents to Soviet agents in Mexico City. His codefendant Christopher Boyce was convicted two weeks earlier after handling secret CIA communications and smuggling Pyramider plans out of TRW.
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Andrew Daulton Lee
CIA
Leslie Dirks
Los Angeles
Dirks
Lee
Palos Verdes Estates
Mexico City
Christopher Boyce
Boyce
TRW Systems Inc
Redondo Beach
TRW
Eastern to lease four Airbuses amid US push for Airbus entry
Eastern Air lines plans a six month trial lease of four Airbus A300B jets in a deal estimated at 5 to 10 million dollars. Officials say rival U.S. manufacturers pressured Washington to block European entry but the government supports free trade and potential US market demand could push other carriers to adopt the Airbus if successful.
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Eastern Airlines
Airbus
Western Airlines
Specula
U.S
Washington
Borman
Eastern
Britain
America
United States
Bernard Lathiere
Airbus Industrie
Lathiere
Tts
Tuna boat owners sail under protest amid porpoise deaths
San Diego AP report shows 14 boat American Tunaboat Association members to resume fishing after a three month port hiatus. Owners protest federal rules permitting porpoise deaths during netting, calling for a zero mortality goal for eastern spinner stocks, while a House panel weighs the Murphy bill to allow limited eastern spinner deaths.
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San Diego
American Tunaboat Association
Taki
Misters and Mates Association
Au Ust
Tae
John M . Dn.y
House
Merchant’ Maine and Fisheries Committee
Phy
Murphy
Felando
Tate
Pacific
Carribbean
National Marine Fisheries Service
Rain Lifts Southland Weather After Storm Deluge
A wintry storm drenched the Southland, delivering 11.96 inches of rain this water year by May 11, the wettest in 54 years and far above average. officials say drought relief will come from reduced irrigation for about 10 days as runoff replenishes water systems and aquifers, though northern California still awaits rain.
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Southland
Long Beach
Blaine Vernon
Kesman
Long Beach Water Department
Southland Mountains
Whittier Narrows
California
Glen Mark
State Department of Water Resources
Tehachapi Mountains
San Francisco
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Bill Denney
Bay Area Weather Service
Rinolf
Winter lingers as Northeast endures heavy storm damage
The Northeast still battered by a late winter storm after weeks of record cold. Rain and sleet fell as the system moved off Cape Cod scattering power lines and leaving over 110000 customers without electricity in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Officials warned ice and snow threatened further outages as southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod faced isolation.
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Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Ates
Rainy storm eases drought in California reservoirs
In parched Marin County residents rushed outside to gather water as a heavy storm spread across Central and Northern California. Officials estimate the rain will reduce water demand by over 3 billion gallons in the next 10 days and may allow rainwater to be stored in county facilities, while forests gain moisture and fire risk drops in dry woodland areas.
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Marin County
Mark
California
Palo Alto
Joel Schwarz
Metropolitan Water District
Long Beach
Bruce Lee
Los Angeles County
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Adbib Daudi
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Aigele
House Government Operations Committee
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