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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1978
Page
3
The Associated Press reports Bangladesh's President Ziaur Rahman ordered the nation’s first presidential election to occur on or before June 15. Rahman, who rose as a strongman after a 1975 power struggle, assumed office in 1977 following a 98 percent referendum endorsement last May.
A new Red Brigades message says Aldo Moro is alive but threatens execution if jailed Communists are not freed by April 20. Police recovered a body from Lake Duchessa later identified as a local resident, while a prison guard was killed in Milan. Investigators doubt the message’s authenticity as supplies of the kidnap plot continue.
Secretary of State Vance and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko open three day talks in Moscow aimed at a new nuclear arms limit pact through 1985. They acknowledge tough remaining issues including missile development limits, cruise missile sharing, and Backfire bomber assurances. Talks may lead to a Carter administration meeting with Brezhnev later this year.
Three decades after a six month Allied drive across Europe to link with Soviet forces in Austria, the 761st Black Panthers Battalion receives the presidential citation. The unit fought 183 straight days from France to Austria, joining the First Ukrainian Army at Steyr on May 6 1945, with heavy losses including 36 killed and 260 wounded and 71 tanks lost.
Leaders of Panama four parties condemn the Canal treaties as unacceptable and demand Gen Torrijos submit the pacts to a new referendum. They warn the treaty reserve opens U.S. intervention and seek stronger guarantees for exiles before their return. Arias, exiled former president, lives in Miami and has not decided on a return.
Chile's military junta, led by Augusto Pinochet, grants general amnesty to about 280 prisoners and allows thousands of exiles to return without fear of arrest. The measure excludes murder, fraud, robbery, swindling and other common crimes, while signaling steps to ease rule and polish the regime's image. Justice Minister Madariaga says prisoners will begin leaving cells. 107 exiles are to stay now in the country.
Former Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy told reporters in Athens that campus violence from the 1960s is gone while student questioning remains strong. He spoke before a University of Georgia speech and hoped the 1980s would bring clearer critical debate.
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