Portillo voices sharp rebuke at Carter summit toast
Mexico's President Jose Lopez Portillo declared that the United States exploits poor Mexicans who go to the U.S. saying many have to sell themselves. He spoke during a dinner toast at the summit with President Carter, signaling ongoing discord despite efforts to resume talks.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Jose Lopez Portillo
Carter
United States
Lopez Portillo
U.S
White House
World News Briefs From Epinal Madrid Quito Sydney
Police arrest a 17 year old in Epinal for shooting his parents and younger brother and forcing sisters to hide killings. A Madrid discotheque fire kills three and injures nine with unclear cause. Former Ecuadoran president Velasco Ibarra returns home to bury his wife after seven years of exile. An Australian man ends 28 years in a cave after his wife’s death, seeking solitude. Carter Lopez Portillo talks focus on energy with limited progress on immigration amid hopeful rhetoric and a plan for mutual cooperation. A bear photo feature shows Al Niemela and Scratch the bear sharing a moment in Sequim.
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Epinal
France
Quito
Ecuador
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Argentina
Velasco
Marshal Sucre
Ibarra
Buenos Aires
Sydney
Australia
Stefan Pietroszyj
Salvation Army
Pietroszys
Lithuania
Carter
Lopez Portillo
U.S
Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
Balanced budget push seeks preventive medicine for deficit
Washington AP report on the Democratic Research Organization proposing a humanitarian balanced federal budget plan. Rep. Richard White leads the DRO with 44 cosponsors as Congress faces a possible state call for a constitutional convention.
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Associated Press
Washington
Democratic Research Organization
Uncle Sam
DRO
Congress
Richard White
Texas
House
Larry McDonald
D-Ga
Phil Gramm
D-Texas
Texas A&m University
Senate
White
Beverly B. Byron
D-Md
Cooperation promised in U.S. evacuation
Iran’s new government pledges cooperation for the planned U.S. evacuation of up to 5,000 Americans from Iran. State Department officials warn leftist groups may disrupt the operation. Plans call for at least two Pan Am civilian airliners to evacuate about 800 Americans from Tehran on February 17.
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Robert H. Reid
Associated Press
Tehran
Iran
Shah Modhammad Reza Pahlavi
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Tehran Radio
Tabriz
SAVAK
Khomeini
Ettelaat
Washington
U.S
State Department
Pan American World Airways
Mehrabad
Sugar price rise potential in House legislation
Legislation presented by Rep. Foley and Rep. Ullman could lift the price of a 5-pound bag of sugar by up to about 5.5 cents next year, with imports and domestic costs rising. The Carter administration plans close copy legislation, aiming to raise import duties and farmer prices for the 1978 to 1982 period, preserving farm support while pushing up retail costs on soft drinks, canned goods, and bakery items.
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Brian B. King
Associated Press
Washington
House
House Committee
Thomas S. Foley
D-Wash
Agriculture Committee
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ways and Means Committee
Ullman
U.S
Carter Administration
Foley Ullman
Congress
Carter
Twin pups born to Louisville Zoo seals first captive birth
Lucy and Snoopy, the Louisville Zoo gray seals, welcomed twins in captivity. The first pup, about 20 pounds, swam in the harbor pool within 90 minutes of birth. Officials say gender is undetermined. one pup likely male and the other female, with names pending.
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Louisville, Ky
Lucy
Snoopy
Louisville
Harbor Seal Pool
Mary Duane
Zoo
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