Desai Takes Office as India’s PM. signals End to Special Soviet Ties
Morarji Desai, 81, sworn in as India’s fourth prime minister and vows no special relations with any country. He outlines a foreign policy of proper non alignment and seeks to end the 1971 India Soviet friendship treaty. Desai leads Janata with 270 seats in the 542 member lower house, defeating Jagjivan Ram’s Congress for Democracy.
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Left wing rebels against Callaghan Liberal accord in parliament
Britain’s Labour left wing balked at the four month Labour Liberal policy consultative pact. Tony Benn and Peter Shore opposed the deal while 80 leftists signed letters denying binding loyalty to the arrangement. Thatcher condemned the move as a political gimmick.
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Rabin Admits He Co-Signed Bank Account
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin told Israeli radio he co signed a Washington DC bank account with his wife Leah. He said the account was in both names and that the responsibility is as much his as hers, a possible breach of currency laws.
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Warren's Arizona land deals link with officials eyed by investigators
The 12th installment of an IRE investigative series alleges Ned Warren used payoffs and favors to influence Arizona officials on real estate laws. It ties U.S. Sen Barry Goldwater and ex GOP chairman Harry Rosenzweig to Warren, notes Voloshen as a reference on his license denial, and mentions Warren's 1961 move to Arizona after prison terms. Warren faces 20 felony fraud counts over a bid to sell land to overseas servicemen.
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Carter and Califano discuss taxpayer funded chef
President Carter and HEW Secretary Joseph Califano talked about the tax funded chef, with the White House promising to deal with the situation. Wiley Barnes was hired as Califano's $12,763 a year chef in a civil service post.
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