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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1979
Page
10
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New president Choi Kyu-hah freed 46 prisoners and repealed Emergency Decree Nine, ending Park Chung-hee era repression. Amnesty may come at inauguration. Justice Ministry cites 417 charged under the decree. Kim Dae jung welcomed release from house arrest as national politics shift under martial law still in effect.
Charles Haughey named Taoiseach after beating George Colley 44-38 in Fianna Fail vote. He pledges reunification of Ireland and a tougher line on Northern Ireland, condemning the Provisional IRA, while promising British disengagement and seeking stability amid Protestant fears.
President Carter announced the replacement of Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman Joseph Hendrie to bring fresh leadership after the Three Mile Island accident findings. Acting chair John Ahearne named pending a new nomination. Carter urged rapid licensing resumption within six months and sought a $49.2 billion budget boost to implement Kemeny Commission reforms.
Four men from a gang called The Circle of Thieves were in federal custody after a botched attempt to extort $100,000 from bank president B G Jenkins. Two had previously worked at Jenkins home, and the plan unravelled when the marked money was never retrieved after the drop, prompting FBI involvement and arraignments.
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