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...discussion hopelessly stalled over pricing differentials, which are the variances in costs that are supposed to reflect the relative values of crudes according to their sulfur content and distances from major markets. Algeria, Iran, Libya, Ecuador, Gabon and others rejected a proposal to reduce the differentials, which help them to charge the highest prices. Iraq voted to follow that majority. The discussion became so confusing that the Indonesian delegate had to ask what the question was when his turn came to vote...
Washington had hoped that under Guevara, Bolivia would join with its fellow Andean Group members (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador) to form a pro-democracy bloc in Latin America...
...such new rule, proposed by Ecuador and Columbia, would give nations property rights over orbits above their territory. The less developed nations also desire to block further spectrum expansion by developed nations. This could cause frequency overcrowding in the part of the spectrum used by satellites...
Secretary Vance, flying back from a visit to Ecuador, got a cable informing him of Young's explanation. Naturally believing his ambassador and relieved at hearing that this had been only a chance encounter, rather than a violation of the U.S. pledge on the P.L.O., Vance authorized State Department Spokesman Tom Reston to release Young's explanation. He did so Monday noon...
Later in the week, while Carter stayed home in Washington to work, Rosalynn flew to Quito for the inauguration of Jaime Roldds Aguilera as Ecuador's first democratically elected President after nine years of dictatorships. This week Carter resumes his travels with a flight to St. Paul, where he will board Delta Queen, an old stern-wheeler that will take him and 188 other tourists on a week-long trip down the Mississippi River. At each stop the President plans to repeat his energy lesson. After the boat docks at St. Louis, he will head east...