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...West Bank and Gaza, sovereignty of both areas, and the degree of Israeli withdrawal. To try to achieve some movement on these issues, Vance announced that State Department Troubleshooter Alfred Atherton Jr. will travel to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and Israel this week to lay the groundwork for more talks. Vance himself will return to the Middle East to chair another meeting between the Israelis and the Egyptians in early August. Washington hopes to synthesize the positions of the two sides and broaden the next session to include defense and legal experts who could then carry the talks on into...
...until the mid-1960s did researchers learn how to fertilize mammalian eggs in vitro on a regular basis. The groundwork was laid by M.C. Chang of the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology in Shrewsbury, Mass., and C.R. Austin of Cambridge University, who had solved the problem of in-vitro capacitation of rabbit sperm, a process that enabled sperm to penetrate the egg in the laboratory. Until then, the sperm were notably ineffectual in that role. But these early successes 'involved creatures no higher than rabbits, hamsters and mice...
Besides, Administration officials figured, the strong talk might lay the groundwork on Capitol Hill for winning congressional approval of greater U.S. aid to friendly governments in Africa. In addition, the White House thought a firmer approach to Moscow might improve chances for Senate ratification of a new SALT treaty. Of course, by heightening American suspicion of the Soviets, this strategy might have the reverse effect...
...denominational study guide that takes a tolerant view of homosexual behavior. f United Methodist Church (9,861,000 members). A church agency proposed that the 1976 General Conference repeal a four-year-old policy statement that homosexual practice is "incompatible with Christian teaching." Repeal would have laid the groundwork for future ordinations. The delegates swamped the proposal and even vetoed a proposed sexuality study. Last year New York's Bishop Ralph Ward raised conservative hackles by not ousting a pastor who openly admitted being a homosexual...
Senators John Tower and Howard Baker added SALT to the wounds by criticizing negotiations toward a Strategic Arms Limitation treaty that, Tower said, "would place the United States at a strategic disadvantage." The manifesto lays the groundwork for a Senate debate on SALT that could surpass in intensity the Panama Canal battle. Tower and Baker agree that any proposed SALT agreement will be a fall election issue...