Carter- Brezhnev summit aims beyond SALT II
Carter presses for broader detente at Vienna talks with Brezhnev. He seeks SALT II progress and framework for SALT III while signaling limits on concessions over Asia Africa and the Middle East. The leaders favor a tempered, candid exchange to avoid open conflict.
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Iran's SAVAK officers face death in Tehran trial
The trial of Bahman Naderipour and Feridun Tavangar, long associated with Iran's secret police, opened at Qasr Prison mosque. A three judge panel, no defense, hears charges of nine murders and brutal torture as spectators watch the Islamic justice process unfold with verses from the Koran and calls of Allah Akhbar.
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Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Islamic Revolutionary
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Bahman Naderipour
SAVAK
Feridun Tavangar
Naderipour
Tavangar
Qasr
Saltonstall, Former Massachusetts Governor and Senator, Dies
Former Massachusetts figure Leverett Saltonstall dies at 86 from heart failure in Dover. A three time Republican governor and U.S. senator from 1944 to 1967, he was born September 1, 1892 in Chestnut Hill. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Leverett Saltonstall
Dover
Mass
U.S
Saltonstall
Chestnut Hill
More Than Food At The Grocery Counter
Louise Cook reports on how American groceries include many non food items. In 1977 Americans spent 107.3 billion on food and beverages and 40.8 billion on non foods and alcohol. Non food categories rose from 16.7 percent to 27.6 percent of sales over twenty years.
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Louise Cook
Associed Press
National Food Review
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Freedom moves begin in China
The Fifth National People's Congress opened a two week session in the Great Hall of the People to authorize free direct local elections and to make courts more independent. Ye Jianying urged deputies to reflect people’s opinions and propose improvements to the socialist legal system to guarantee democratic rights. Ji Peng-fei said changes to electoral and judicial systems would be passed. bills were on the agenda.
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National People’s Congress
China
Xinhau Hsinhau
Ye Jianying
Yeh Chienying
Congress
Ji Prei Chi Peng-fei
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