Barracks clash mars pretrial for 14 black Marines
In Pendleton California a multiracial group and Ku Klux Klan members clashed outside base headquarters after a woman struck Klan imperial wizard David Duke with a picket sign. Duke and six followers were unharmed. MP police intervened as demonstrators and Klan members were escorted from the base with no arrests.
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Canp
Pendleton
Calif
Ku Klux Klass Merobera
David Duke
Metatre
KKK
Committee To End
War crimes suspect dies after self harm attempt in jail
Pieter Nicolas Menten, a Dutch art collector sought on war crimes charges, was arrested in Zurich and collapsed after taking barbiturates. Police said he was highly agitated, diabetic, and hospitalized. authorities planned further updates on his condition.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Pieter Nicolas Menten
Netherlands
Justice Department
Bern
Menten
Elizabeth Taylor and John Warner visit Israel for honeymoon
Liz Taylor and her husband John Warner arrive in Tel Aviv to dedicate a U.S. Bicentennial forest and attend a fundraising dinner. Taylor, recovering from a back injury, negotiates stairs from the plane as police manage a crowd of photographers. She wears a purple pantsuit and gray gloves and calls Israel lovely.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Elizabeth Taylor
John Warner
U.S
Miss Taylor
Richard Burton
China expected to veto Waldheim's re election
United Nations Security Council members planned to back Kurt Waldheim for a second five year term as secretary general with the United States and Soviet Union in support. China was expected to veto on the first ballot, with alternatives like Luis Erdoverria of Mexico or others discussed but unlikely to win broad council backing. The council recommendation will guide General Assembly action, as usual.
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United Nations, N.Y
Security Council
Kurt Waldheim
China
Luis Erdoverria
Mexico
Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe
Sri Lanka
U.N. General Assembly
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Peru
Waldheim
Cyprus
Amerasinghe
Carlos Ortiz de Rozas
Argentina
United Nations
Soviet Union
Democrats pick Wright as House majority leader in close vote
In Washington, Jim Wright of Texas defeats Phillip Burton 147 to 143 for House majority leader. Thomas O’Neill wins the speaker bid by acclamation as Democrats outline goals to boost jobs and clean up the House. Wright vows to push tax cuts with monetary policy to spur private sector hiring. The vote margin shifts on late ballots amid party push for reform and mass transit funding.
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Thomas P. O'Neill
Mees
Jit Wright
Texas
Capitol
O'Neil
Washington
Jim Wright
House
Wright
Ess
New York City
Abraham D. Beare Fradly
Chicago
4 Daley
O'Neill
Rnct
Burton
Democrats
Alffer House Ethics
Boston
Burlom
Richard Bolling
Missouri
John J. McFall
California
McFall
Tongsun Park
Bolling
Ane
Automakers praise decision against mandatory air bags
DETROIT AP The federal decision not to require air bags in new cars drew praise from GM Ford and Chrysler and criticism from Ralph Nader. Transportation Secretary Coleman announced passive restraint devices will not be mandatory until 1981 at the earliest and will be tested in a demonstration on 1979 and 1980 models.
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Automakers
Detroit
Ralph Nader
Transportation
Wolham T. Coleman Jr
General Motors Corp
Ford Motors Co
Chrysler Corp
Coleman
Chrysler
Nader
Carter Piers
Colorah
Congress
Herbert L. Misch
Ford
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