Mondale Says He Acted Alone On Filibuster Break
Vice President Mondale told NBC Morning News he acted independently not under Carter’s orders when joining Senate Majority Leader Byrd to end the natural gas deregulation filibuster. He disputed Abourezk’s charges that the move aimed to force a policy shift. Mondale noted he lacked time to consult filibuster leaders and pressed to keep deregulation alive. In reaction, several senators criticized Byrd and Mondale’s actions.
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Walter F. Mondale
Carter
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Mondale
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Abourezk
Byrd
West Virginia
Dole accuses administration of intimidation over canal cable
Sen. Robert Dole released a secret State Department cable on Panama Canal treaty talks and criticized the administration for seeking an ethics complaint. He said the effort would not threaten national security and called it political maneuvering.
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UPI
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Administration
Dole
State Department
U.S
Senate
Senate Ethics Committee
Carter airs Geneva plan at White House meeting
President Carter met with 25 lawmakers including Rep. Ed Koch to discuss U.S. Middle East policy. Koch condemned the latest U.S.-Soviet statement on Palestinian rights as outrageous while Carter outlined a formula to reconvene the Geneva peace conference with Israel.
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UPI
Carter
Congress
Middle East
Edward I. Koch
D-N.y
Mideast
White House
U.S
Geneva
Central New York Weather Forecast Update
The weatherman at Hancock Airport predicts overcast conditions and variable clouds for tonight and the weekend. Tonight will see brief showers possible with temperatures around 40. Saturday turns partly cloudy with highs near 50 and lows around 40 as chances of rain rise later in the period.
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Nudists Plan Protests After Nude Beach Law Repeal
Nudists angered by San Diego City Council action plan a skin power protest campaign to overwhelm jails and courts. The council voted 8 to 1 to repeal the Black's Beach public nude beach law following a September referendum.
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UPI
Black's Beach
Senate Finance Panel Rejects Energy Tax Plan
The Senate Finance Committee voted 14 to 4 to kill the House backed energy tax aimed at saving oil. It then considered Sen. Long’s conference plan to revive all energy taxes, with talks on a final action before Christmas. Concurrently negotiators for coal and United Mine Workers eyed a new contract before December 6.
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Russell B. Long
D-La
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House
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Long
Congress
United Mine Workers
U.S. Backs 26 Million Barrel Oil Pact With 18 Nations
The United States and 18 nations agreed to cap total oil imports from OPEC at 26 million barrels daily in 1985, down from forecasts, to push nuclear and alternative energy. The plan hinges on U.S. and global policy support with fears Congress may derail Carter's energy program.
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Carter
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James R. Schlesinger
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Germany
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Italy
Japan
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Netherlands
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Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Alastair Gillespie
Wholesale prices rise in September led by industrial commodities
Prices up one half of one percent in September the biggest monthly gain since April with farm products slipping only two tenths of a percent. Lumber and wood surged 4.4 percent amid housing demand while fuels power and transportation equipment also increased. The overall 0.5 percent rise implies about 6 percent annual inflation if sustained.
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Labor Department
Spanish poet Vicente Aleixandre wins 1977 Nobel Prize in Literature
Vicente Aleixandre, 79, a surrealist Spanish poet and Madrid resident, wins the Nobel Prize in Literature for work rooted in Spanish lyric tradition and modern currents. The Swedish Academy cites his illumination of man’s condition amid cosmos and society and notes his opposition to violence.
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Spain
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West Germany
Guenther Grass
Turkey
Yasar Kemal
Colombia
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lars Gyllensten
Gyllensten
Saul Bellow
J. R. Jimenez
Puerto Rico
Seville
Madrid
Boston Blackout Traced to Substation Short Circuit
A Boston Edison official said a short circuit in an underground South Boston substation caused a 30 hour blackout affecting about 30 000 customers in 30 blocks including Kenmore Square Back Bay Copley Square Prudential Center John Hancock Tower and the South End. Power was mostly restored by midnight and a minor explosion at Carver Street delayed full recovery. Police deployed tactical officers and reported no looting as residents remained calm.
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Copley Square
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Boston Edison
Paul Conway
Moped Registration Snags Hit Central New York
New York State’s broader moped law has boosted ownership but created registration bottlenecks in the Syracuse and Oswego districts. DMV officials say branch offices lack experience and staff to handle registrations immediately, with full statewide processing not expected until next spring.
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Onondaga County
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Syracuse Dmv
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Albany
Doris Gorman
Oswego County
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