Rampage of Killings Reported in Uganda After Amin Ambush
Ugandan President Idi Amin's secret police allegedly launched a purge against suspects after an ambush that wounded Amin. Reports from the Kenyan news agency said hundreds fled to Kenya, with senior military officers among those seeking asylum. Some sources said Amin appeared alive, while others speculated on his fate.
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Idi Amin
Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Amin
Luxembourg
David Owen
Cbs-Tv News
Audrey June Taylor
Kampala
Uganda
Sarah
Miss Taylor
Entebbe
Libya
Carter Pushes Short Term Social Security Boost
President Carter urged the House Ways and Means Committee to provide a financial boost to Social Security this year while signaling no welfare or tax reform push in 1977. He and Treasury Secretary Blumenthal discussed tax reform premises as Congress plans a cautious approach. Senate moves to increase Labor HEW funding drew Carter’s concern over potential vetoes.
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UPS
Carter
House
Ways and Means
al Ullman
D-Ore
Congress
Barber Conable
R-N.y
White House
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
Blumenthal
Congressional
Senate
Labor and Health, Education and Welfare Departments
Howard Baker
Senate Appropriations Committee
United States and Britain Reach Air Transport Pact
The United States and Britain agreed on terms of a new air transport treaty ending fears of reduced direct passenger service between the two nations and to Hong Kong. The Bermuda Agreement will be replaced, with negotiations to finalize the pact continuing in Bermuda and a signing targeted by mid July. The accord grants new routes to British Airways and U S carriers while outlining rights for Cathay Pacific and Laker and restricting some foreign airline services.
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United States
Britain
Hong Kong
Shell-Mex House
Thames
British Department of Trade
Bermuda
Pan American
TWA
National
America
Singapore
Anchorage
Cathay Pacific
U.S
Japan
Europe
Brezhnev Giscard pledge detente despite rebuffs at Paris summit
At a Paris summit Brezhnev and Giscard pledged detente and limits on interference while warning detente is impossible if states meddle in others affairs. They delayed final declarations over wording but called the summit useful and urged arms race slowdown and nuclear restraint.
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UPI
Leonid Breznhev
Soviet Union
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
France
Carter
Brezhnev
Giscard
U.S
Moscow
United States
Middle East
Congress Moves Toward Major Overhaul of Food Stamp Program
Congress nears a sweeping food stamp bill tied to Carter’s welfare reform plan. The measure would extend the program to 1979, drop current cash-like deductions for a flat 60 dollar monthly allowance, and add work requirements for students and a job program for recipients.
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UPS
Congress
Carter
House Agriculture Committee
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