This Day In 1970's History: Monday November 10, 1980
- A "positive" American reply to Iran's conditions for the release of the 52 hostages was delivered by a high-level delegation to Algeria, the intermediary in the negotiations, American officials said. The reply reportedly agrees to pledge not to interfere in Iran's affairs and to unfreeze Iranian assets, but cites legal problems involved in an abrogation of all claims pending against Iran and the return to Iran of the assets of the late Shah and his family. [New York Times]
- Iraq stepped up warnings to Iran, saying that Iraqi forces would apply "any amount of pressure necessary" to bring about Iranian recognition of Iraq's territorial demands. [New York Times]
- Ronald Reagan's plans on education will be developed with advice from a 14-member task force. Advisers said Mr. Reagan was likely to delay any effort to dismantle the new Department of Education, a key plank of the Republican platform. They also said that his administration would probably move quickly to revise federal rules on bilingual education, sex discrimination, affirmative action and education of the handicapped to make the rules less costly and more flexible. [New York Times]
- A deficit in the current federal budget totaling $38.6 billion was estimated by the House Budget Committee. Democrats decided to ask President-elect Reagan, who charged in the campaign that there was fraud and waste in the budget, to find savings to reduce the deficit to $25.6 billion. [New York Times]
- Japanese imports were downgraded as the main cause of the slump in the American auto industry by the International Trade Commission. The federal agency, in a 3-to-2 ruling, said that greater causes of Detroit's troubles were the recession and the shift in consumer tastes to smaller, more fuel-efficient cars. The panel rejected a management and union petition for import quotas and increased tariffs. [New York Times]
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