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Saturday September 15, 1979
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News stories from Saturday September 15, 1979


Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:

  • Chrysler sought $1.2 billion in immediate and standby federal loan guarantees in a financial rescue plan submitted to the Treasury Department. The request was received coolly by Treasury Secretary William Miller, who said it was "way out of line." After a meeting in Washington with senior executives, directors and advisers of the auto manufacturer, Mr. Miller called the plan "preliminary" and said it the request would have to be below $1 billion. Chrysler, he said, agreed to revise the plan. [New York Times]
  • A foot race exhausted President Carter and he dropped out. He was revived with smelling salts, given by his physician, Dr. William Lukash, who said that "there's no reason for concern." Mr. Carter joined nearly 1,000 runners in a 6.2-mile race over steep hills in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains National Park. Mr. Carter later attended an awards ceremony following the race. [New York Times]
  • A Texas woman is prepared to testify that she saw Hamilton Jordan take cocaine at a dinner party at a Beverly Hills restaurant in 1977. The woman's lawyer, Irving Osser of Los Angeles, said that she would testify only if she were granted immunity from federal and state prosecution. Her testimony would be crucial in the federal inquiry being conducted under the Ethics in Government Act because she is alleged to be the purchaser of the cocaine. Mr. Jordan has said unequivocally that he has never used illegal drugs. [New York Times]
  • Hispanic children given IQ tests in English are often mistakenly placed in classes for the retarded because they are unable to express their abilities in what to them is a foreign language. Such misclassification has been an issue since the standardized intelligence tests began to be widely used following World War II, according to educators, lawyers and others who have sought, with little success, to bring an end to the practice. [New York Times]
  • China is prepared to allay discontent among the Chinese rather than suppress it. The government has assigned 1,000 officials to look into the cases of thousands of petitioners who have been demonstrating in Peking during the last month, according to the People's Daily, a Peking newspaper. Many of the grievances date to the Cultural Revolution, and others concern court verdicts, pensions and industrial accident compensation. [New York Times]
  • South African blacks are encouraged to join the army, stirring deep feelings among the country's whites and blacks. The government, which traditionally had been opposed to blacks in the South African Defense Force for fear of arming a potential enemy, has changed its policy because of the difficulty of recruiting enough whites. [New York Times]
  • Sweden's elections tomorrow may decide the future of the country's best-known politician, Olof Palme, the former Prime Minister and chairman of the Social Democratic Party, which is being opposed by three non-Socialist parties. If the Social Democrats lose, it will be Mr. Palme's third consecutive defeat at the polls. [New York Times]


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