News stories from Saturday November 6, 1982

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

Measures to deal with unemployment, including a federal job program, are being considered by members of Congress from both parties. They said the results of Tuesday's elections seemed to indicate a public desire for the government to play a larger, more active role in combating unemployment. But President Reagan, who has long opposed such programs, said in a radio address that there was no "magic method" of adding jobs. [New York Times] A reunion marked President Nixon's re-election in 1972. Mr. Nixon and 200 former aides celebrated the 10th anniversary of his landslide victory with a black-tie dinner tonight in Washington. [New York Times] Interception of overseas messages to and from United States citizens may lawfully be carried out by the National Security Agency, a federal appeals court has ruled. The court said that the intercepting may be done even if there is no cause to believe the Americans are foreign agents. The agency may also provide summaries of intercepted messages to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the court said. [New York Times] Talks on East-West cooperation with the Soviet Union will be resumed in Madrid by the United States to avoid a rift in the Atlantic alliance. Talks were halted after the crackdown in Poland. [New York Times] The withdrawal from Lebanon of all foreign forces is the aim of a planned new high-level effort by President Reagan, a senior administration official said. [New York Times] Further revenge on Iraq is being talked about by some Iranian army officers even though Iran drove most of the Iraqi forces back across the border last week. The officers said they were eager to press on into Iraq, but they apparently have not been given permission. [New York Times] Farmers in Zimbabwe seem to be benefiting from the land transfer policy of the government of Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, which had promised to turn the vast acreage once controlled by whites to black farmers. [New York Times] A bitter conflict in El Salvador be-tween two of the most powerful government figures has made American officials increasingly concerned about the stability of the civilian-dominated political system. At issue, according to foreign diplomats and Salvadoran officials, are attempts by Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of the ultraright National Republican Alliance, to encourage opposition among army officers and the public to Gen. Jose Guillermo Garcia, the Minister of Defense and Public Security, in the hope of unseating him. [New York Times]