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Thursday November 13, 1980
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This Day In 1970's History: Thursday November 13, 1980
  • No public Iranian comment was made on Washington's reply to Iran's terms for freeing the American hostages as officials in Teheran began a detailed study of the document. Iran reportedly asked Iraq for a "clarification" of Iraqi proposals for a cease-fire and the request was said to have been delivered to Baghdad by Cuba's Foreign Minister. The envoy represents some third world countries seeking a way to end the war. [New York Times]

  • The new White House chief of staff in the Reagan administration is tentatively set to be James Baker, according to well-placed Republican sources. The choice of Mr. Baker, a Houston lawyer, was unexpected. He worked against Mr. Reagan and for President Ford at the Republican convention in 1978 and for Vice President-elect George Bush in this year's presidential primary campaign. [New York Times]

  • Substantially larger budget cuts than the Reagan team has been projecting are in prospect because of inflation and increased military spending. The President-elect's top budget adviser pledged that federal spending in the current fiscal year would be held to $620 billion. The latest projections suggest this will mean that non-defense spending will have to be cut by more than $25 billion. [New York Times]

  • A broad review of environmental laws will be urged by advisers to President-elect Reagan. They said they expected the new administration to seek to modify or discard anti-pollution rules that could not be justified on economic or scientific grounds, but they said they did not expect to seek a wholesale dismantling of the laws. [New York Times]

  • The anxious federal bureaucracy is obsessed with a game dubbed "Waiting for Reagan". Throughout the capital area thousands are asking each other these questions: Who will survive? Who will be dismissed? Who will be assigned to Alaska? What programs will be targeted for oblivion? [New York Times]
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