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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1978
Page
3
Allan Bakke, 38, started first year at the University of California Medical School in Davis with his 100 classmates, including 20 minority students, while outside protesters chanted. He declined to comment beyond saying he is very happy to be there and that his molecular biology class went fine.
World news reports Patrick Cormack of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons says he will nominate President Anwar Sadat for the Nobel Peace Prize. He credits Sadat with initiating peace efforts, while not diminishing other leaders. Separate AP dispatches note Air Canada pilots plan a Oct. 5 strike after failed contract talks, with ground staff ready to replace them and limited service continuing. In Stuttgart, Siegfried Haag goes on trial for the Stockholm embassy raid that killed two hostages. In Kuala Lumpur a 119 year old rubber small holder plants a seedling at a centennial expo. In Jakarta the government plans to release 1,324 more prisoners from the 1965 failed coup.
The U S dollar rose modestly across European markets and Tokyo following President Carter's pledge to defend it. Gold retreated from a Monday record of 220.25 to about 217.40 in London, while Zurich priced gold around 219 375 as reports said the Federal Reserve is tightening credit.
In Managua President Anastasio Somoza accepted a U S offer to help bring him and opponents to talks for a peaceful end to Nicaragua s bloodied crisis. The offer relayed by U S ambassador William Jorden followed a 90 minute meeting with President Carter s team. The government welcomed similar aid from other nations while Somoza insisted he will not resign before his 1981 term ends.
Fire rages for a fifth day as workers await an expansion plug to halt the leak at a vast underground oil storage vault in Hackberry. The $70 billion program plans to store a billion barrels of crude in salt dome caverns for emergency use after Arab oil disruptions. Cleanup crews battle pollution on nearby Black Lake after thousands of barrels spilled, with booms deployed to contain the spill.
Investigators probe cause after a Pacific Southwest Airlines jet and a Cessna collide in clear skies near Lindbergh Airport. Ninety minutes later ground casualties bring the toll to well over 150 as emergency crews search wreckage in North Park. Air traffic advisories had the two planes in sight. CAS discussions rise in Washington.
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