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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1980
Page
3
Moslem rebels acknowledged heavy Soviet losses while fighting continued in four Afghan areas including Jalalabad. Diplomatic sources in Islamabad cited ongoing battles in Badakhshan, Paktia, Jalalabad, Parwan, Kandahar, and Herat as the U.N. Security Council debated a resolution demanding immediate foreign troop withdrawal.
Five non aligned Security Council members circulated a draft resolution urging immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan. The measure, sponsored by Bangladesh, Jamaica, Niger, Zambia and the Philippines, does not name the Soviet Union but condemns the intervention. Soviet Ambassador Troyanovsky warned of a veto if it reaches a vote. The council debate drew eighteen speakers with three communist nations defense of the action.
Jose Angel Vargas a 29 year old Dallas resident described as an illegal alien died after firing a .22 rifle at random in a busy park near downtown. Officers say he shot multiple times before turning his rifle on responders triggering a deadly exchange with police. An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death.
President Carter pushes for immediate U.N. Security Council action to impose economic sanctions on Iran after Tehran missed the deadline to free 50 American hostages. Waldheim warned sanctions might be ineffective while U.N. observers prepare an agenda and debate continues amid Afghan crisis distractions.
Indira Gandhi and her Indira Congress Party looked set for a landslide victory in India’s national election, with early results from 108 of 524 districts showing 84 seats for her bloc. Voters backed her comeback after 19 months of emergency rule, amid inflation and crime concerns, while violence and arrests accompanied polling day tensions.
President Carter signs a bill granting 1.5 billion in federal loan guarantees to Chrysler Corp. but the company's fate rests on wage concessions totaling 462.5 million and 500 million in bank loans. UAW locals meet to endorse a 243 million concession with a ratification vote due by month end.
A new Boston ordinance prohibits vehicles carrying explosive and poisonous loads such as liquefied natural gas propane dynamite and certain gases from traveling through the city unless they have local business. Mayor Kevin H White signed the measure, while critics consider appeals to the federal DOT.
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