Alaskan oil swap scrapped by Carter administration
President Carter dropped a proposed U S Japanese oil swap citing political and technical doubts and consumer concerns about energy costs He ordered all Alaskan oil to stay in the United States and urged pipelines to move surplus oil to the Midwest The move follows a fire halting a Trans Alaska pipeline pumping station near Fairbanks Alaska officials hope to resume pumping soon
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Washington
Carter
Japan
James Schlesinger
Persian Gulf
Gulf Coast
Eastern Seaboard
Atest
Schlesinger
Alaska
Panama Canal
Bult
Midwest
United States
Anchorage
trans-Alaska Pipeline
Fairbanks
Fiat executive in France released after kidnapping near Versailles
Paris AP reports Lucchino Revelli Beaumont, head of Fiat France, was freed near Versailles after three months in captivity following an April 13 abduction. He was kept blindfolded. police reported no arrests and unclear ransom details. A group named Committee for Socialist Revolutionary Unity claimed responsibility.
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Paris
Fiat Motor Company
Versailles
Lucchino Revelli-Beaumont
The
Committee For Socialist Revolutionary Unity
Women adopt plan of action across New York state
More than 10 000 New York women spent the weekend crafting a program of action to put women’s issues on the national agenda. A mass outdoor meeting endorsed the plan and urged action at all government levels, backing abortion rights equal pay for equal work women’s history courses support for mothers at home ERA protection for widows and the elderly universal child care. The voting for delegates to a national meeting in Houston drew up to 15 000 people to the Empire State Mall, with long lines and no violence. The coalition slate, backed by groups from League of Women Voters to radical feminists, prevailed over anti ERA and anti abortion factions.
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New York
Empire State Mall
Houston
Carter
Congress
Dorothy Samuels
At & P.m
Beverly Gross
New York City
American Arbitration Association
League of Women Voters
Linda Barner
Syracuse
Hugh Carey
Carey
Albany disputes continue over when to meet
Albany two houses remain at odds over next session. The Assembly met in a marathon session, approved a supplemental budget and higher jobless benefits, and plans to reconvene only after the Senate passes the worker benefits package. The Senate says bargaining cannot proceed without the Assembly.
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Albany
State Assembly
Assembly
Stanley Steingul
Neutron bomb tops Senate agenda as Congress returns
Congress returns from a 10 day recess to a heavy energy program, with the Senate set to vote on giving Congress final say over adding the neutron bomb to the U S arsenal. Sen Mark Hatfield proposes a veto by either chamber on the weapon. The issue divides supporters who say NATO needs the weapon and critics who fear escalating the arms race.
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Carter
Congress
Senate
Mark Hatfield
R-Ove
House
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Weekend weather gives way to clouds and showers
A 60 percent chance of showers tonight prompts Central New Yorkers to wear rain gear. Tonight’s low should be 65 degrees at Hancock Airport with southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Rain continues tomorrow with mild temperatures in the forecast.
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Hancock Airport
Hijackers free hostages then flee to light plane
In Helsinki two hijackers who seized an Aeroflot jet with 79 aboard released 49 captives and escaped in a Cessna. The jet landed in Helsinki due to fuel concerns. Stockholm security tightened for oil ministers as the hijackers reportedly sought asylum elsewhere.
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Finland
Aeroflot
Stockholm
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Sweden
Mideast
Damascus
Syria
Petrozavodsk
Soviet Karelia
Leningrad
Soviet Union
Vladimir Stepanov
Interior Ministry
115 lawmakers, Koreans linked in lobbying probe
A House ethics committee survey shows a broader pattern of South Korean favors to senior members. The New York Times reports at least 115 congressmen or former members were involved, with cases of campaign contributions and social entertaining tied to Tongsun Park and Park-connected events, including Georgetown Club functions and discussions on Korea-U.S. relations.
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New York Times
Washington
House of Representatives
House Ethics Committee
House
Seoul
Tongsun Park
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Thomas P. O'Neill
Massachusetts
John Brademas
Indiana
Otto E. Passman
Louisiana
Melvin Price
Illinois
House Armed Services Committee
Georgetown Club
Park
Korean Central Intelligence Agency
Thomas 8. Foley
Agriculture Committee
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United States
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Foley
White House Tennis Takes Over the Carter Era
The article notes President Carter treats tennis as his outlet and tests rivals with matches at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It explains White House players include Brezhinski Lance Jordan and other aides, with Carter playing two to three times weekly and using mental tactics from Inner Tennis.
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Washington
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Jimmy Connors
Gerald R. Ford
Tenmis
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Ivania Avenue
Zbigniew Breczinski
National Security
Bert Lance
Office of Management and Budget
Hamilton Jordan
W. Timothy Galtney
Jordan
Brzez 4Inski
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