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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1980
Page
3
President Carter proposes a multi level program to locate and manage nuclear waste using salt domes along the Gulf Coast with a first site chosen by 1985 and operation aimed for 1990. The plan tackles previous local opposition and aims to store byproducts safely.
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi told Soviet Foreign Minister Anrei Gromyko that the Kremlin should help ease regional tensions by withdrawing Russian troops from Afghanistan. The meeting lasted three hours with 25 minutes in a aides-free setting. In Tel Aviv, Israeli sources said the Soviet Union supplied about 60 medium tanks and armor to the Palestinian forces in Lebanon, possibly staying in the Sidon area.
Doctors treating 87 year old Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito report signs of heart weakness aggravating kidney problems. They said steps are being taken to treat the new ailments but gave no details.
Oman Kenya and Somalia tentatively agree to grant American air and naval forces greater access to their facilities. The accords form part of a long term plan to expand U S military presence in the Persian Gulf Indian Ocean region. Oman is deemed most important for its strategic location at the Gulf entrance handling over 60 percent of Western oil imports.
A federal court panel in Washington declines to legalize private possession of small amounts. The judges say Congress, not the courts, should lead the charge to decriminalize marijuana.
President Carter's adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski says any less than a full Soviet pullout is insufficient. He notes a cosmetic withdrawal may occur soon but would not solve the serious problem, as Brzezinski, Carter, and Defense Secretary Brown briefed about 100 Congress members at the White House.
Former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, an Olympic gold medalist, met with President Carter to discuss U S plans to threaten boycotting the Moscow Games and to gain African support. Ali, who once resisted the draft, said he now supports draft registration and would mobilize if Russia attacks America. He cited his Vietnam era stance as a reason he believes the draft is right.
GAO data show heating oil profits rising from 2 cents to 8.6 cents per gallon between 1976 and July 1979, yet the Energy Department did not investigate unexplained price spikes amid abundant fuel. Prices in New England near or above 1 a gallon.
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