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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1979

Page

3

Carter leads in Florida caucuses with tight Brevard tie

President Carter holds a statewide lead in Florida Democratic caucuses though final tallies linger. In Brevard County two men George Canada and Lee Rabb contest a single delegation seat, with broader totals showing Carter ahead 376 to 119 for Kennedy.

Miami Carter Florida Brevard County Monnie Yuughans Rockledge George Canada Melbourne Lee Rabb Merritt Island Edward Kennedy D-Mass Kennedy Afl-Cio Canada Rabb St. Petersburg Dade County Fort Lauderdale Broward County White House Jody Powell New York Harold Ickes Palm Beach County

Court leaves Congress to decide legality of auto transfers

The Supreme Court declined to rule on automatic transfers between savings and checking accounts, letting a federal appeals court ruling stand that regulators overstepped authority. Congress may address the policy, with House already approving related banking transfers legislation and Senate expected to follow.

Washington UPI Supreme Court Congress Appeals Court House Senate Virginia Securities and Exchange Commission Western Electric Co Postal Service California North Carolina

Italian atheists allowed to omit words from oath

Italy’s top court ruled witnesses may refuse the phrase before God in court oaths. The court repealed the uniform oath and ordered alternative wording to protect freedom of thought in response to a suit by an atheist who objected to swearing to tell the truth.

Rome Italy

Curran to hold news conference on Carter peanut probe

Special counsel Paul J. Curran announced a Washington news conference for Tuesday as he nears winding up the investigation into loans to President Carter's peanut warehouse. The Atlanta grand jury under Curran has heard from witnesses including Billy Carter.

Atlanta Paul J. Curran Carter Washington Curran White House Federal Billy

World oil spill relief shifts to sombrero cap method

In Mexico City a 310 ton steel cone nicknamed sombrero was placed atop the Ixtoc I offshore well to curb the spill in the Bay of Campeche. If tests and connections succeed the device could reduce flow by 80 to 90 percent. In Cambodia the pro Vietnamese government allows relief flights but restricts aid distribution and Western officials as UNICEF and the Red Cross operate from across the Thai Cambodian border amid Pol Pot guerrilla control.

Mexico City Mexico UPI Petroleos Mexicanos Ixtoc I Bay of Campeche

Cargo planes drop 55 tons of food to Phnom Penh

Two cargo planes carried 55 tons of food to Phnom Penh as relief officials urge escalating aid to Cambodia where 900 tons per day are needed to avert mass starvation in war torn areas.

Bangkok Thailand Phnom Penh Cambodia

Britain to pursue separate talks with Muzorewa on Zimbabwe

Britain announced it would open separate independence negotiations with Zimbabwe Rhodesia's black prime minister Abel Muzorewa after guerrilla chiefs Mugabe and Nkomo again rejected the proposed independence constitution. The talks follow a tense 45 minute session with Lord Carrington and ended with no progress on the constitution. Talks with Muzorewa were set to begin Tuesday on implementing the agreed constitution.

London Britain Zimbabwe Rhodesia Abel Muzorewa Lord Carrington Patriotic Front Robert Mugabe Joshua Nkomo Carrington Mugabe Nkomo Foreign Office Muzorewa

Israeli settlers evicted in West Bank eviction drive

About 2,000 militant Jewish nationalists were ordered to leave 31 temporary camps set up overnight in the occupied West Bank. An army spokesman said operations would continue, while a Gush Emunim spokesman vowed further actions as helicopters hovered and Radio Israel reported partial evacuations.

Jericho West Bank Radio Israel Gush Emunim Bloc of the Faithful Menachem Begin Israel Jordan River

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