Neutron bomb fallout and strategic arguments
The neutron bomb would target troops in a restricted area with reduced blast. Yet its radioactive fallout could be global, spreading mushroom clouds worldwide and causing disease and genetic damage, challenging its claimed ability to spare population centers and risking Soviet retaliation.
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Europe
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Public Interest Center Seeks Legal Fees After APS Refund
The Center for Law in the Public Interest prompted a $16 million refund from Arizona Public Service Co for overcharges. It argued for a share of legal costs, but the Arizona Corporation Commission denied the request. The center relies on small donations and foresees legislative change needed to fund public-interest groups.
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Arizona Public Service Co
Center For Law
Arizona Corporation Commission
Commission
Arizona
APS
Carter's offshore oil pep talk clashes with wetlands warnings
After a July tour of a Gulf rig, President Carter praised aggressive offshore exploration while Louisiana studies link oil activity to vast wetland loss. LSU researchers report ongoing habitat destruction and an $8 million annual fish loss, challenging the president's environmental stance amid Louisiana's favorable oil politics.
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Ly Edward Flattau
Louisiana
Carter
Gulf of Mexico
mid-Atlantic
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rhode Island
Corps
Louisiana State University
LSU
Gulf
Ross Vincent
Ecology Center of
Washington
Atlantic Coast
Cruise missile breakthrough eases B1 bomber decision
Reported secret cruise missile advance influenced President Carter to cancel the B1 program. Two junior congressmen learned of the breakthrough at a House briefing and provided details to Dr. Brzezinski, prompting heightened White House concern and a briefing for project directors. Carr said the new tech undercut Air Force arguments against the B1.
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Washington
Carter
Zbigniew Brzezinski
M. Robert Carr
D-Mich
Thomas Downey
D-N.y
House
Armed Services Committee
U.S
Brzezinski
Tony Capaccio
Gary Cohn
Carr
White House
Air Force
Government action urged after type slips warning
In a Walla Walla Union-Bulletin note the paper urges reliance on government action to guard against such activities. The call frames policy response as essential to protect the public from ongoing threats.
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Walla Walla Union
End Social Security fund misuse editor letters clash with policy
The editor notes President Carter plans to divert Social Security revenues to welfare and urges readers to contact their representatives and president. A reader recounts 48 years paying into Social Security, paying taxes on that money, and questions using Social Security funds for welfare while seeking tax revenues to fund it.
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Carter
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Peter Finch
Network
Ranial Canute
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