Mexican president lectures Carter during visit sparks Washington ire
U S officials express surprise and irritation at Jose Lopez Portillo's blunt toast urging respectful fair treatment. White House worries about tough talk while talks on energy immigration and trade loom. Carter tours a pig farm after the meeting as U S and Mexico clash over past gas disputes and perceived patronizing attitudes.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Mexico City
U.S
Carter
Jose Lopez Portillo
Lopez Portillo
United States
White House
Rosalynn
Carters
Energy Department
Evacuation flights planned as Tehran fears rise
The U S Embassy says it cannot protect American lives in Tehran and orders emergency evacuation flights starting 17 February. Amid heavy fighting in Tabriz and clashes across Iran, hundreds are reported killed and foreign nationals rush to depart with allied embassies preparing airlifts.
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Robert H. Reid
Iess
Tehran
Iran
U.S
Tabriz
Radio Tehran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
William Sullivan
Carter orders full Soviet report on ambassador death
State Department acting on President Carter's orders seeks a full Soviet explanation of advisers' role in the Afghanistan death of U S ambassador Adolph Spike Dubs. Spokesman Hodding Carter says the United States is angry and seeking details before deciding next steps as Deputy Secretary Christopher meets with Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin.
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Washington
State Department
Carter
Soviet Union
U.S
Afghanistan
Hodding Carter
Adolph
Spike
Department
Warren M. Christopher
Mexico
Anatoly Dobrynin
Mexico City
Jody Powell
Christopher
Dobrynin
Dubs
Kabul
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Appeal upholds Hayes civil rights conviction for prisoner’s death
A federal appeals court in the Fifth Circuit rejected Frank Hayes’s claim of excessive sentence and double jeopardy. Hayes, former Castroville town marshal, was convicted in Waco federal court of depriving Richard Morales of liberty leading to Morales’s death by shotgun after being handed over to Hayes by officers. Hayes’s wife Dorothy aided by driving the body to a remote grave. she received probation after pleading no contest to concealing evidence. Alice Baldwin of San Antonio was not prosecuted.
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New Orleans
Frank Hayes
Castroville
Texas
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Hayes
U.S. District Court
Waco
Richard A. Morales
San Angelo
Morales
Moreales
Dorothy
Panola County
Lousiana Line
Alice Baldwin
San Antonio
Financial scandal ends at University of Houston
President Philip Hoffman testified before the Senate Finance Committee that UH’s financial scandal is over and extra safeguards are in place. He sought more state money for 1980 81 as senators pressed for accountability, citing losses up to 14.6 million from former analyst Samuel Harwell and short term investments.
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D-Mineral Wells
Creighton
Roger Singleton
Samuel Harwell
Investment needed Without American aid, alien flow continues
Washington AP. Abelardo L. Valdez, AID assistant administrator, told a House subcommittee that without ongoing U.S. aid the flow of illegal aliens from Latin America will persist. He urged a $230.3 million request for fiscal 1980, arguing aid is a critical investment in regional development to reduce unbalanced growth, rural poverty, and future migration pressures.
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Miller Bonner
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Congress
America
United States
Latin America
Abelardo L. Valdez
Valdez
Agency For International Development
House Subcommittee On inter-American Affairs
Pennsylvania
Texas
New York
Bolivia
Honduras
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
Struggles mirror civil rights era says U N ambassador
United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young in Waco for Paul Quinn College Founders Day drew parallels between Iran’s turmoil and the 1960s civil rights movement. He said Khomeini seeks order and noted misinterpretation of his saint remark while stressing nonviolent, organized street power. He also addressed Islam, Iran, and U S policy on undocumented workers and economic aid to Mexico.
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Waco
Texas
United Nations
Andrew Young
Ayatollah Khomeini
Young
Paul Quinn College
Khomeini
Iran
America
Chuch
Carter
Mexico
United States
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U.S. Energy
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Niavaran
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
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Royal Air Force
John
Carolyn Toppin
San Leandro
Calif
U.N
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