Senate Leaders Push Canal Treaties Amid Voter Uncertainty
Washington AP Senate leaders race to speed Panama Canal treaties as Mondale says opponents delay harms their case. Byrd plans longer daily sessions and a shorter Easter recess while pro treaty forces avoid a closure vote. Latest AP tally shows 56 tentatively pro, 29 against, 15 undecided. Zorinsky shifts to undecided awaiting Nebraskans' view. three amendments defeated 59-36 67-22 63-15.
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Trade deficit pace mirrors last year's record high
The Commerce Department reports January 2.4 billion trade deficit, keeping the nation on a 20 month streak of deficit. Exports fall to 10 billion while imports reach 12.4 billion, hit by bad weather and a strong December before the dock strike settlement. Petroleum imports rise slightly to 3.2 billion as other categories drop.
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U.S
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Parity demands could lift farm prices and consumer costs
Economists warn that granting farmers demands to restore parity would raise consumer food prices by about 20 percent in three months and disrupt exports, land values, and the housing industry. USDA and private studies project higher net farm income, while critics fear a broad economic shock.
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Seamy details emerge in Park rice deal bribery case
Caputo and Fenwick call Park testimony ugly and revolting as House ethics probes alleged payments from rice commissions to influence U.S. lawmakers. Park, kept in a safe location, faced jet lag and illness delaying today’s session amid prior disclosures of over 9 million in commissions.
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Tongsun Park
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South Korea
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Fraud in federal contract awards probed nationwide
The FBI and a national task force investigate fraudulent federal contract awards by GSA area managers. Millions may be misspent as small non competitive contracts under ten thousand dollars go to non existent firms for unperformed work. No indictments yet.
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Washington
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General Services Administration
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GSA
The
Washington Post
Carter comments Geneva not sole SALT determinant
President Carter said final arms control agreement will require direct talks between him and Soviet leader Brezhnev. He predicted that negotiations in Geneva will resolve outstanding SALT issues.
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Carter
Geneva
Rhodesia Signs Plan For Transition To Black Rule
Prime Minister Ian Smith and three black leaders signed an agreement in Salisbury to guide Rhodesia from white rule to black majority rule by December 31 within ten months. Nkomo and Mugabe rejected the deal and vow to continue guerrilla war. Britain and the United States shown likely not to recognize the settlement. Andrew Young opposed the agreement for excluding dissident leaders.
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Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
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United States
Andrew Young
United Nations
No clues in Chaplin body theft police say
Swiss police say they have no clues to the grave robbers who stole Charlie Chaplin's body from a small village cemetery near Lake Geneva two nights earlier. No ransom demand has been received and motives remain unproved. officials discount a mastermind by a mentally deranged person. Chaplin's estate is valued up to 100 million dollars and he is buried near the village where he lived since 1952.
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Charlie Chaplin
Jean-Felix Paschaud
Chaplin
Lake Geneva
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