Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Amnesty International and two Irish activists
Amnesty International received the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize worth 145000 dollars for defending the value of human life against torture and violence. Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan of Belfast were honored for leading a grass roots peace movement aimed at ending Northern Ireland violence.
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Ole Walberg
Oslo
Norway
UPI
Amnesty International
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Nobel Committee
Betty Williams
Mairead Corrigan
Miss Corrigan
Williams
People’s Peace” Movement
London
Martin Ennals
United Nations
Alfred Nobel
Swedish Academy
Vicente Aleixan Re
Soyuz 25 mission ends early with docking failure
Soviet spaceflight Soyuz 25 aborts after 24 hours in orbit as cosmonauts Vladimir Kovalenok and Valery Ryumin fail to dock with the Salyut 6 station. The crew begins return procedures after deviations from docking regime, ending the mission prematurely.
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Joseph L. Galloway
Moscow
UPI
Earth
Vladimir Kovalenok
Valery Ryumin
Salyut 6 Space Station
Space Station
Tass
Kovalenok
Ryumin
Machinists Strike Lockheed Plants Across California
More than 15 000 machinists walked out at Lockheed California plants in Burbank Palmdale and Sunnyvale after weeks of failed bargaining over pay and benefits. Voting showed high strike support at each facility with production disruptions expected across L1011 Tri Star jets Navy patrol planes and Trident missiles.
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Burbank, Calif
UPI
Lockheed-California
Burbank
Palmdale
Sunnyvale
Neil van der Cook
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Navy
Sunnyvak
Jim Ragsdale
Panama Canal Treaty Hearings Open as Moorer Warns of Foreign Presence
Admiral Thomas Moorer testifies that ratified canal treaties could quickly establish Soviet or Cuban influence in Panama. General Maxwell Taylor supports the treaties, while Senate members debate whether to send the Foreign Relations Committee to Panama for testimony.
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Nicholas Daniloff
Washington
UPI
Panama
Thomas Moorer
Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Foreign
Maxwell Taylor
JCS
John Sparkson
Frank Church
Idaho
Alabama
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Charles Percy
Illinois
Church
Denial Over Federal Deposits At Georgia Bank
Lance denies involvement after Newsday reports about as much as 1.3 million dollars from federal bankruptcy deposits linked to the National Bank of Georgia. Bank officials say such deposits are not unusual and may reflect agency funds moving between banks.
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National Bank of Georgia
Calhoun
UPD
Bert Lance
NBG
Long Island
N.Y
Newsday
Atlanta
Lance
Georgia
First United Methodist Church
Treasury Department
U.S. District Court For
Ben Carter
Robert Guyton
Guyton
U.S
FDA Studying Rule On Mascara Preservatives
The FDA cites several injuries and says mascaras and similar eye use cosmetics should include preservatives to prevent infections that could lead to blindness. Microorganisms can enter via the applicator and survive in the container, risking corneal ulcers if the cornea is scratched. If the eye is damaged and the wand transfers bacteria, an infection may result.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
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Amnesty Group
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Stockholm
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Nobel
Moscow Radio
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Merwin
Boeing Aircraft Corp
Lockheed- Georgia Company
Marietta
Lockheed
Ragsdale
Rick Celebron
Jules Renard
Stan Wilkes
Travelers Motel
5Th Ave
Gene Carlson
Universal Steel Buildings
Universal Steel
Pacific Northwest
Universal Steel Buildings, Inc
Spokane
Travelers
Sandpoint, Idaho
Gene ‘Carlson
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