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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1979
Page
3
The Rev. Jesse Jackson leads a U S black delegation into new discussions in Tel Aviv as Israel rejects recognizing the Palestine Liberation Organization and fights a Syria air raid over Lebanon.
Former Soviet U.N. official Arkady Shevchenko claims that about 150 of the United Nations 300 Soviet employees are spies and that one serves as a special assistant to Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim. He identifies Victor Lessievski and Geli Dneprovsky as agents, noting the U.N. is a prime base for KGB activity. He cites a BBC Panorama interview and Waldheim's probe into Dneprovsky.
Soviet pair skaters Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov defected during an exhibition tour in the West and asked for political asylum in Switzerland. The Justice Ministry said a decision is expected in weeks. Their departure follows other high profile defections and ends years of Soviet honors.
California governor Jerry Brown spoke to hundreds of Southern Methodist University students in Dallas. He urged ending nuclear power citing waste and cost concerns and pitched a solar satellite solution. He urged a shift from consumption to investment in the next decade while discussing economy and technological lag.
U S District Judge Nicholas J. Bua ruled patronage in Cook County unconstitutional, saying political sponsorship as a condition for hiring discriminates against Republicans and independents. The decision targets the historic Daley era machine and faces appeal by Cook County Democratic Chairman George Dunne.
Dissent grows as Pope John Paul II prepares for a U.S. tour including Des Moines and Boston. In Iowa the ICLU fights public holidays and school closures tied to the papal visit, citing church state separation. In Washington, Priests for Equality urge clergy to oppose distributing Communion, challenging Vatican rules on women Eucharistic ministers. Boston faces a pivotal court ruling over seat reservations for 18,000 attendees at a papal Mass on the Common.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 9 6 to back Bob Krueger as ambassador at large and coordinator of U S Mexican relations with full Senate confirmation expected soon The post would cover relations with Mexico and the timing aligns with President Portillos visit as talks with Carter proceed Krueger previously engaged in natural gas negotiations and faced Republican opposition over the precedent setting title
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