News stories from Sunday March 11, 1979

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

Reform of the federal regulatory system is the aim of White House economists who have quietly become a powerful counterweight to the agencies charged with regulating the nation's health, safety and environment. The economists are convinced that bad regulation is among the nation's most serious economic problems. [New York Times] Jobless black youths have an impact felt throughout the larger society in crime, fear, urban decline and burdens on all types of social services. Though only limited study has been made of the problem, experts are agreed that society is experiencing an "astronomical" impact on criminal justice, social work, public welfare and the economy from the creation of a permanent underclass. [New York Times] Civil rights spokesmen are alarmed over the number of black appointees who have left the Carter administration or who have been demoted. Blacks remaining in government posts are also disturbed. The number of unwarranted departures and demotions has been sufficient, they say, to call into question the administration's personnel practices. [New York Times] Mexicans protested stricter inspection of domestic and other workers commuting from Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Tex., by American immigration officials. They gathered Saturday for the second day on the Mexican side of three of the international bridges that link Juarez and El Paso. Mayor Ray Salazar of El Paso called on Leonel Castillo, the Commissioner of Immigration, to end "insensitive action on the part of your agents." [New York Times] An extension of the fuel conservation timetable set by the government four years ago is being sought by the automobile industry in an aggressive campaign. The timetable schedules annual increments in fuel economy that car makers must achieve or pay heavy fines. The industry is also bracing for a battle over pollution standards for diesel automobile engines. [New York Times] New York Governor Hugh Carey will not run for President in 1980, he said in responding to a question on a radio call-in program on WCBS. Mr. Carey said "I'm supporting President Carter," and that "I'm grateful for the help he has extended New York." He said Senator Edward Kennedy "is also supporting the President." [New York Times] Israel's cabinet approved some of the newly revised language proposed by the United States for a peace treaty with Egypt and left other parts open for further consideration. Details of the cabinet decision were not disclosed, but a Foreign Ministry spokesman said it should provide enough encouragement for Secretary of State Cyrus Vance to go to Cairo tomorrow to get a response from President Anwar Sadat. [New York Times] Charges that Colombia violated human rights followed the army's arrest of about 1,000 people in a drive against a left-wing organization known as the 19th of May Movement. Human rights supporters are also concerned over the role the army has taken in the democratic government. [New York Times] Women's rights have become the focus of growing secular opposition in Iran to Ayatollah Khomeini. Another major demonstration by women on Monday will follow several held last week. Thousands of women were quickly organizing to resist what they view as the Ayatollah's assault on their rights. [New York Times] Close U.S.-British intelligence ties are expected to become even closer following the loss of the American listening posts in Iran that monitored Soviet military activities. [New York Times]