Women to Tend Missiles as Titan II Crews Open to Women
Washington AP reports the Air Force will start training women for Titan II missile crew duties in 1978. About 15 officers and 25 enlisted women will join the program, meeting identical standards as men. Training spans 30 weeks covering missile theory and operations, with assigns to Davis Monthan Arizona Little Rock Arkansas or McConnell Kansas bases after completion.
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Warnke to press for arms pact in Geneva talks
U S arms negotiator Paul Warnke will travel to Geneva for intensive talks with Soviet officials to maintain momentum toward a new strategic arms limitation agreement. State Department spokesman Hodding Carter III said two days of talks between Cyrus Vance and Andrei Gromyko showed progress but no breakthrough. They will resume discussions in New York on Friday as both sides grow closer but remain far from a final pact.
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Geneva
State Department
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Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei Gromyko
Vance
Gromyko
Carter
New York
White House
Carter to campaign for Howell in Virginia tour
President Carter conducts a three city campaign swing in Virginia to aid Democratic gubernatorial candidate Henry Howell. The tour targets Roanoke Norfolk and Williamsburg to support Howell against Republican Lt. Gayle Dalton.
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Virginia
Roanoke
Norfolk
Williamsburg
Henry Howell
Gay
John Dalton
Wet September in Syracuse Sees Rain Likely Tomorrow
The weatherman forecasts an 80 percent chance of rain tomorrow as Syracuse enters the last week of what is already the sixth rainiest September on record. National Weather Service confirms 5.22 inches so far this month with more rain likely tonight. Lows in mid-50s, highs 65 to 70, east winds 5 to 15 mph.
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Hancock Airport
White House seeks delay on retirement age bill
The White House asks Congress to delay the effect of a bill ending mandatory retirement at 65 for private workers by one year while federal rules would shift immediately The House passed the measure raising private sector retirement to 70 and banning mandatory retirement in the federal government The move prompted lobbying by business and education groups and praise from Rep Claude Pepper with concerns over timing and broader social security impact
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Ray Marshall
Commerce
Juanita Kreps
Oval Office
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The
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John Erlenborn
R-Iit
Albany State tests halted over psychological experiments
State Health Department halted a wide range of experiments at Albany State University after alleging lack of supervision and full informed consent in studies on students and public school pupils. The action targets tests from toy avoidance to self-perception of pain from electric shocks, with hundreds involved and at least 118 electric shocks reported.
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Albany State University
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James Kelly
Health Department
Albany
Free Picnic Draws 3000 Visitors From Nine States
Colmar Illinois residents Paul and Jean Powell host their seventh annual free picnic on a 600 acre farm drawing more than 3000 people from Illinois Iowa Missouri Wisconsin Minnesota Indiana Kentucky Michigan and South Dakota. Attendees will enjoy breakfast biscuits sausage gravy and fried potatoes while pigs are roasted at night. The Powells expect to spend at least 500 on the event and say they will stop when charges become necessary.
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Byrd predicts middle ground on natural gas pricing
Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd says Congress will likely pass a compromise bill between Carter's gas price controls and industry backed deregulation. He expects a House Senate conference to resolve the issue as filibuster rules slow action and O'Neill signals House rejection of full deregulation.
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Robert Byrd
Congress
Carter
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Thomas P.neill
Administration
O'Neill
Ithaca Gun to Lay Off 75 Workers
Ithaca Gun Co will furlough 75 of its 225 employees effective today due to an unexplainable industry slump. The company cites a nationwide decline in sales of shotguns and large bore rifles as the cause and expects recalls to begin in late November.
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Moynihan Attacks Federal Plan On Teacher Busing
Sen Daniel Patrick Moynihan denounces a federal order for New York City to assign teachers by race, likening it to Nazi laws. He urges President Carter to void the directive, calling it a debasement of civil rights principles.
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New York Times News Service
Washington
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Senate
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Office For Civil Rights
Judge orders admission of white medical student at UC Davis
In Sacramento a federal judge ruled that Rita Clancy a 22 year old Russian immigrant must be admitted to UC Davis medical school next Monday. The temporary restraining order sides with Clancy against a 16 of 100 minority reserved spots while Bakke awaits Supreme Court ruling.
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Allan Bakke
U.S. Supreme Court
Clancy
Mack Bride
Bakke
Davis Medical School
California Supreme Court
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