China Reconsiders Disarmament Role at UN Session
In a U N General Assembly address, Huang Hua urged a new disarmament framework free of superpower control. He criticized Geneva talks as sham and warned the Soviet Union could trigger World War III, urging broader participation and a two tier negotiation system under United Nations auspices.
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United Nations
China
U.N. General Assembly
Soviet Union
Assembly
Huang Hua
Geneva
Huang
Geneva Committee
United States
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Carter pushes NATO unity to counter Soviet military threat
President Carter urged NATO to strengthen its military power to meet a growing Warsaw Pact threat and pledged U S support with conventional and strategic forces while maintaining nuclear parity with the Soviet Union. He warned of expanded Soviet and Cuban activity beyond Europe and emphasized allied modernization to counter future risks.
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Washington
Carter
NATO Alliance
NATO
United States
Soviet Union
Kennedy Center
Explosions Ignite Texas Refinery Tanks in Texas City
A series of blasts at the Gulf Coast Texas City Refining plant destroyed two 55,000 gallon gasoline tanks and injured at least 11 people with two missing. Firefighters could not approach and evacuated about 100 nearby families as flames lit the sky across Houston.
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Texas City
Texas
Gulf Coast
Texas City Refining Inc
Houston
Rick Sherman
Texas City Refining
Marathon Oil
Galveston
Harris Counties
John Sealy Hospital
Danforth Hospital
Hermann Hospital
Sealy Hospital
Sherman Irish
Wharton
Trish
Sick-Out Pay Protest Shrinks Norfolk Fire Team
Norfolk firefighters called in sick as a protest over pay, with 22 of 105 on duty absent and a threat of dismissal by Fire Chief Thomas Gardner. He may require physician certificates for illness and city doctor notes, while replacement crews struggle to cover staffing.
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Norfolk
Thomas E. Gardner
J. C. Shirley
Shirley
Gardner
International Association of Firefighters, Afl-Cio
Library Fight Ivy Lodge Dates Back to Early 1800s
Front Royal residents packed the council chambers to oppose demolishing or moving Ivy Lodge to make room for a 10 500 square foot Samuels Library. Building chair Courtney Carbaugh cited lot shape adjacent property and finances as hurdles while historians note Ivy Lodge dates to the early 1800s. Mary Frances Peters led a petition signed by 810 residents asking to save Ivy Lodge and a plan to move it to Rudacille property rear of Commerce Ave. Local historian Laura Virginia Hale urged saving Ivy Lodge and using Warren Heritage Society for the move.
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Front Royal
Samuels Library
Courtney Carbaugh
Ivy Lodge
Carbaugh
Mary Frances Peters
Warren County
Samuels
Two Die In Auto Mishaps Over Holiday Weekend
Two persons lost their lives in auto mishaps during the holiday weekend. Details are on today’s Area News page. Civil War Encampment features Union and Confederate buffs in uniform on page 15.
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Area News
Belle Grove
Middletown
Cedar Creek
Abby
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Miles Cory
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