Army tests women in combat roles during NATO drills
General Bernard Rogers says the study at REFORGER 77 in West Germany will guide hiring of more women in the Army. About 3 percent of soldiers are women. officials discuss combat eligibility amid ongoing multinational maneuvers with 12,600 U.S. troops and allies including Canada, Britain, and West Germany.
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Plan to raise Social Security earnings limit for retirees
A House Ways and Means subcommittee tentatively approved raising the exempt earnings limit for retirees to 6,000 in 1979 and 8,500 in 1978, with 2,000 this year. The move could affect about one million people and is part of broader long term Social Security reforms.
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Runaway RTD Bus Mortally Strikes Woman in Yard
A young woman was killed in Central Los Angeles when a runaway Rapid Transit District bus lunged forward in the RTD yard. Maria Delares Fornez, an RTD employee, was in the yard as a mechanic worked on the rear engine. the bus rolled in gear, struck her, then crashed into a trash bin, fence, and a power pole before hitting a freeway abutment.
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Senators Confirm Ambassadors Including Castro Nomination
The Senate approved a batch of ambassadorial nominations led by Arizona Governor Rawl H. Castro as ambassador to Argentina. Also confirmed were Joseph D. B. Duffey as chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and ambassadors to Honduras and other nations. Frank H. Perez was confirmed at ambassadorial rank as State Department representative to the SALT talks in Geneva.
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Bank Robbery Suspects Captured After Gunfight in West Covina
West Covina police arrest two bank robbers Carl D Amico 40 and Terry Francis Gallaener 29 after a pursuit that included six gunshots. A hostage James T Gordon 35 Riverside was not injured. Suspects had escaped from Leavenworth Kansas where Gallaener was serving a prior sentence.
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