Dec 31 1974
From The Space Library
A Soviet earth station to provide U.S.-U.S.S.R. Hot Line communications via Intelsat and Molniya satellites went into operation. The comsat station, near Moscow, was constructed under a bilateral agreement signed in Washington 30 Sept. 1971 to improve the Washington-Moscow direct communications link in an effort to reduce risk of war. (ComSatCorp Off Internat'l Affairs, interview, 23 Jan 75; A&A 1971, 1972)
President Ford signed S. 1283 into P.L. 93-577, the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, to establish and con-duct a national program of basic and applied research and development, including but not limited to demonstrations of practical applications, of all potentially beneficial energy sources and utilization technologies; within the Energy Research and Development Administration. (Text; PD, 6 Jan 75, 14)
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