Of Instability Part I Southwest Asia Is New Center Of Tension
Otto Doelling of Associated Press surveys the arc of instability along the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. Iran faces post revolution strains with border clashes with Iraq, hostage crisis, and sanctions while Afghanistan’s Soviet intervention shifts power. Saudi Arabia endures Mecca siege fallout and pivots to relying on U S security. Yemen’s two states vie amid superpower backing. India and Pakistan confront rivalry and shifts in Western alignments. Iraq, Saddam Hussein, and Soviet arms deals reflect regional realignments and U S responses shaping relations with key allies.
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Otto Doelling
Associated Press
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Korea
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Persian Gulf
Indian Ocean
Iran
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
India
Pakistan
U.S
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Union
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Tehran
Shah
United States
Pahlavi
Mecca
America
Kingdom
Riyadh
Washington
Oman
Yemen
North Yemen
Indira Gandhi
China
Carter
Zia Ul- Haq
Grand Mosque
Israel
TRAQ
Saddam Hussein
Camp David
Egypt
Something For Almost Nothing by John Cunniff
AP Business Analyst argues that financial leveraging drives modern gains, shaping real estate, life insurance, credit, stocks, and careers. It highlights the need to gain exposure to superiors and avoid staying too long in any single job to maintain momentum and credit for future opportunities.
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John Cunniff
New York
GOP Platform Hearings Begin in Washington
GOP hearings open on the 1980 platform with Sen. Javits urging NATO expansion to secure Middle East oil routes and bases, criticizing Carter as erratic. Tower flags Democratic fault, with coast-to-coast sessions outlining party differences. future stops listed through June.
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Carter
Middle East
NATO
Indian Ocean
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Middle-East
Iran
Afghanistan
Persian Gulf
Javits
GOP
United States
John Tower
Texas
Congress
St. Petersburg
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Davenport
Seattle-Tacoma
Chicago
New York
Oil fuels broad stock market gains on NYSE
Wall Street rose as oil issues boosted a wide market advance. Dow Jones Industrial Average gained near 30 points in the week’s busiest NYSE session. Oil stocks led with Texaco up 114 to 30 percent and Exxon 5 to 53, while Phillips Petroleum lifted its dividend from 35 to 45 cents. The NYSE composite rose 49 to 63.72. Volume reached 22.66 million shares.
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Dow Jones
NYSE
Iran
Texaco
Exxon
Standard Oil
Indiana
Phillips Petroleum
Phillips
American Stock Exchange
Early Push for Gasohol Legislation in Kansas
Representative Robert H. Miller scheduled an informational hearing Friday in Topeka before the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee on alcohol production for gasohol. About 20 agriculture and energy spokesmen are invited to discuss state strategies to meet President Carter’s call for expanding grain alcohol production for fuel. Participants include Ray Gaffney of Highway Oil Co. of Topeka, which is testing gasohol and plans an alcohol plant west of Topeka, who cautions the program may be overly ambitious due to current equipment limits.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert H. Miller
House Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Miller
Wellington
Agriculture and Energy
Carter
Ray Gaffney
Highway Oil Co
A Die In Packed Station Wagon
A station wagon packed with 13 people bound for a dance overturned in a drainage canal near Homestead Florida killing the driver and three children. Police said speeding and weaving led to sideswiping a guard rail catapulting the car into the ditch as witnesses recalled hearing others beating inside the vehicle.
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Homestead
Fla
Dade County
Jim Sharpe
South Dade
Miami
Dade
Dennis Shaw
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Judy
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