Carter calls NATO arms buildup to counter Soviet threat
President Carter urged a long term NATO military build up to match what he called the Soviet strategic nuclear parity and Warsaw Pact offensive posture. He pressed for two way defense equipment trade and mutual force reductions with allies, warning against waste and duplication. British PM Callaghan joined in urging restraint while stressing Berlin defense concerns.
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Drought relief limited as eastward storm packs heavy rain and snow
A violent spring storm drenched Los Angeles with 2.73 inches of rain and dumped up to four feet of snow in the mountains, marking the wettest May in 56 years but doing little to end the drought. The system seeded flash floods, mudslides, and road hazards while moving east, aiding groundwater recharge but leaving rationing in place.
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Ben Kilgore
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Lawmaker Attacks Carter Social Security Plan
Rep Bill Archer of Texas assails President Carter's Social Security proposal as a brazen use of general revenues to shore up funds. He compares the plan to the blind leading the blind and cites a $60 billion federal deficit while Califano defends a gradual tax and trust fund rescue.
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UPD
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R-Tex
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Treasury
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Jobless benefits extended in California through 1979
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr let a bill become law without signature to add 13 weeks of extended unemployment benefits for California workers. The SB141 plan funds half the extension with federal aid and requires local governments to cover employees not already enrolled, starting Jan 1 1979, with a projected local cost of about 46.5 million dollars from May 1, 1979.
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California
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Weather Snapshot for Redlands and Yucaipa
Temperatures today to 1 p.m. Redlands high 60 low 47 Yucaipa high 58 low 44 Monday Redlands high 56 low 44 Yucaipa high 55 low 40 Sun rises 5 51 sets 7 40 Rain 24 hours 0.40 storm 2 40 season 12.73 last year 10 42 San Bernardino Valley cloudy tonight becoming sunny Wednesday warmer days highs Wednesday 65 70 lows 45 50 Southern California variable cloudiness through Wednesday mostly sunny days winds 20 30 mph mountains deserts diminishing tonight
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Young arrives in Abidjan for Africa tour with South Africa visit planned
UPI reports Andrew Young, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, arrived in Abidjan to begin a 12 day African tour. He indicated a controversial stop in South Africa and stressed that violence is not a way to settle disputes and that protests should be resolved with minimal bloodshed. He meets U.S. ambassadors and will attend a Rhodesia and South West Africa conference in Maputo on May 16. He then plans to visit Ghana and Lisbon for talks with Vice President Mondale.
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Walter Mondale
Angry House chair threatens Nixon subpoena over Vietnam aid letter
House Subcommittee chairman Rep. Lester Wolff says Nixon could be subpoenaed to disclose a letter promising 4.75 billion dollars in Vietnam reconstruction aid while Nixon was president. Richard Holbrooke testifies the aid letter is in presidential papers, not State files, complicating Paris talks with Vietnam yet to deliver concrete terms.
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D-Ny
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Paris
J. Herbert Burke
R-Fla
United States
Carter ends mission abroad at NATO summit
President Carter concluded his first overseas mission with a note of personal triumph and a reinforced commitment to basic human freedoms and democratic governments. He spoke of meeting leaders, restoring public confidence, and strengthening economic and political structures as he left the NATO summit after talks with Turkish and Greek premiers on Cyprus.
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Suleyman Demirel
Constantine Karamanlis
Demirel
Ankara
U.S
Congress
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