Amin plans expulsion of Americans as PFLP hijack plan surfaces
Nairobi reports an Amin plan to expel Americans and to use a provided plane for their departure with PFLP hijackers aboard, potentially to Kenya. Western officials dismissed the claim as wild speculation while noting past hijack tactics linked to Uganda.
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Tuna Protesters Plan To Jam Carter's Show
In San Diego a group called Women Against Tuna Industry Regulations plans to flood President Carter with letters telegrams and petitions during his national phone-in show to urge intervention on tuna fishing rules. The fleet has 26 vessels at port with only 44 percent of normal catch, totaling a $9 million loss in dockside tuna income.
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Carter welcomes Cleland at veterans affairs ceremony
President Carter embraces Max Cleland after he is sworn in as veterans affairs administrator. Cleland, a Vietnam War veteran, is noted as a triple amputee.
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Democrats Seek Gonzalez' Return
House Democrats pressed to keep Rep. Henry Gonzalez from resigning as chairman of the assassinations committee. Gonzalez sent a resignation letter after dismissing chief counsel Richard Sprague, triggering a closed-door session by the panel’s remaining members and a leadership bid to resolve the dispute.
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Teamsters Probe Backed by PROD Group
PROD Inc rights a letter to Labor Secretary Ray Marshall asserting none of the trustees of the Teamsters Central States pension fund can be trusted with its 1.4 billion dollar assets. The effort aims to spur a government investigation into alleged misdeeds by fund trustees.
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Brown Questions Soviet Germ Warfare Pact Compliance
Defense Secretary Harold Brown told a House subcommittee that military leaders doubt the usability of biological weapons and questioned whether the Soviet Union is honoring the 1972 bio warfare ban. He cited verification doubts and noted U.S. unilateral disarmament in 1969 amid treaty aims.
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