Former military chief warns against canal treaty
Former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Moorer told Congress the Panama Canal could fall under Soviet influence if the United States cedes control to Panama. He warned a Torrijos regime allied with Cuba and Moscow would jeopardize U.S. security and canal access, contrasting with the joint chiefs' stance and the defense secretary's assurances.
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House votes to keep Saturday mail deliveries
The House adopted a sense of Congress resolution by 377 to 9 urging the Postal Service not to cut Saturday deliveries. The nonbinding measure goes to the Senate as the Postal Service study panel had proposed five day deliveries to save money.
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UPI
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Tests Show No Pesticides In North Miami Beach Water
North Miami Beach officials ordered a three day water ban after a scare over contamination. New tests by Environmental Science and Engineering Laboratories on samples taken with the initial ones found no pesticides, contradicting Florida International University results that initially reported three chlorinated pesticides.
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Sleepless Senate Faces Deadlock Over Gas Pricing
The Senate, after an all-night session, fails to break a filibuster aimed at blocking a vote on removing price controls from natural gas. An unrelated amendment passed 74 to 18 to allow high price sales to shift to crude oil from Alaska’s North Slope, while a decision looms on replacing Carter's price-control plan with a industry favored deregulation approach.
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Chinese assailant executed in Peking after knife attack
A Chinese man about 35 who stabbed New York businessman Richard Talmadge in Peking on September 18 was executed days later. Talmadge, who was with film stars William Holden and Stephanie Powers, fought the attacker before a bystander was wounded and the victim hospitalized.
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