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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1976
Page
14
A Senate House conference committee authorized production of the B1 supersonic bomber. Opponents say the fight will resume when the procurement bill returns for final votes. The panel also settled on a $6.7 billion Navy ship program and deferred a nuclear strike cruiser request.
The Senate voted to send to President Ford a 6.9 billion dollar 27 month foreign military aid authorization bill. It expands congressional controls on arms exports. Ford vetoed a 15 month version on May 5 for restricting his foreign affairs authority. The Senate approved the new bill by voice vote after the House passed it Tuesday.
Senate passes a 71 billion energy bill including funds for the breeder reactor and ERDA fiscal 1977 programs. The measure, approved 77 to 0, heads to a House Senate conference. It rejects private utility cost overrun sharing and absorbs overruns with government funds. It also allows Congress to block future U.S. fuel sales to non signatories of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
West Point reports four of seven Class of 1977 cadets were found guilty of honor code violations by a board of officers, bringing total guilty verdicts to 15 in the cheating scandal. Three cadets were cleared. 148 cadets remain charged or under review, with Four of 171 nominated by inquiry panels resigning before hearings.
New York AP report says Trans World Airlines flight attendants voted to reject a June contract with the airline. A union spokesman indicated the union was not yet on strike and the executive board would meet at 11 a.m. to decide. TWA employs about 5,500 flight attendants represented by Local 551 of the Transport Workers Union and seeks higher pay and shorter work schedules.
Tony Bennett headlined two Carnegie Hall shows as the Newport Jazz Festival opened in New York with the Bill Evans Trio offering delicate patterns in the first half. A midnight blues show followed at Radio City Music Hall as the festival runs through July 6 in multiple venues along the Hudson and New Jersey sites.
The Senate unanimously approved 3.4 billion dollars for military construction at home and overseas for the coming fiscal year. Major allocations include 437 million for an aeropropulsion test facility at Arnold Engineering Center in Tennessee and 137 million for the Trident base at Bangor Washington.
About 100 Job Corps workers will clean up days of filth on Long Island beaches under U S Coast Guard supervision. President Ford ordered the cleanup for public health concerns and uncertain sewage source after weeks of waste washing ashore. The sludge closed 70 miles of beachland on the south shore but by yesterday most beaches reopened except part of Jones Beach.
Polish workers forced the government to withdraw a proposal for up to 10 percent price hikes after blockades of railroad tracks and mass meetings. Steak stays at $2 a pound and other foods at 1970 levels, with Ursus tractor factory workouts cited as the day’s serious incident. Premier Jaroszewicz announced the plan's rescission in parliament.
Poughkeepsie Sheriff Lawrence Quinlan urged New York state officials to close the Dutchess County Jail as he admitted no plan can meet a federal court order to improve conditions. Quinlan disclosed he had asked the Commission of Correction to clone the jail, stating he cannot comply with the mandates.
Square riggers Juan Sebastian de Elcano of Spain and Liberta of Argentina arrived to a crowded Newport harbor with thousands watching. The two ships, involved in a June 20 collision in the Tall Ships Transatlantic race, outpaced a third vessel Gorch Fock II, while a weeklong festival program runs toward July 1 in New York. The Coast Guard announced security measures for Esmeralda amid human rights concerns.
Morton Halperin, ex National Security Council member, told the 52nd annual AAUP meeting at the University of California at Santa Barbara that the CIA uses several hundred professors and others as secret recruiters at more than 100 American universities. He said the operation is described in an unreleased Church Committee report.
In Setubal near Lisbon, three people were wounded when police moved against leftist youths disrupting the final campaign rally of army chief Gen. Antonio Ramalho Eanes. The vote looms after a heart attack setback for Prime Minister Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo as Portugal nears its first free presidential ballot in 50 years.
In Canada major carriers laid off about 19 000 workers due to a pilots strike over the use of French in air traffic control. Talks to settle the dispute were recessed in Ottawa with no near term agreement, resuming later today.
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