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...enable Brasilia to develop nuclear arms. Meanwhile, both the U.S. and the Soviet Union are pushing ahead with the development of new weapons that could undermine whatever progress may be made at the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), which are scheduled to resume in Geneva this week after a recess of nearly two months...
...delegation from Athens and Glafkos Clerides, the Greek Cypriot leader, received the plan coolly and asked for a short recess to talk it over with their governments. But the American State Department was more enthusiastic and didn't hesitate to show it during the lull. A department spokesman, Robert Anderson, insisted on the fairness of the Turkish position at a news briefing and seemed to be bolstering Ankara's stance with the timing of his comment, as well. A day later, on August 14, the Turkish army fanned over the island until its troops had hemmed in at least...
Some lawmakers are already prodding the Democratic leadership into trying to block Ford's plan shortly after Congress returns this week from its ten-day Memorial Day recess. In March, Ford vetoed a bill suspending his authority to raise import fees. So, blocking the tariff boost now would require a two-thirds majority in both House and Senate; a coalition of Republicans and oil-state Democrats could well sustain the veto. The decontrol proposal is far more vulnerable; it could be shelved by a simple majority of either house within five days after being received...
...Democrats contend that Ford's strategy of raising prices is the wrong way to force oil conservation, but they cannot agree on any approach of their own. A bill that the White House described as a "marshmallow" finally squeaked through the House Ways and Means Committee before the recess. It would, among other things, raise the federal tax on gasoline from its present 4? to 7? next January, tax business use of petroleum, and levy a tax on gas-gulping cars. The Democrats did not bring that bill to the floor because they lacked the votes to pass...
...Englanders protested the import quotas. Congressmen with ties to the auto companies and the United Auto Workers reduced the tax on big cars. Ullman's bill faced at least 100 amendments. Giving up, the House leadership put off consideration of the measure until Congress returns from recess on June 2. But even then no bill is assured...