News stories from Saturday November 27, 1982

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

Projects to create jobs will be at the top of the agenda when Congress begins a special session Monday. There is an overwhelming bipartisan desire to reduce the unemployment rate, but with outlays of as little federal money as possible. Some economists see an inherent paradox in those goals. [New York Times] Fewer black freshmen have enrolled at colleges and unversities this fall, apparently because of the recession cuts in federal aid. Many schools reported a decline in the number of minority freshmen, especially blacks, apparently ending a five-year period of substantial progress by minority students in gaining access to higher education. [New York Times] Philadelphia-area rail commuters face the prospect of starting the new year without trains to ride unless a presidential emergency board can resolve an apparent impasse between the region's transit agency and 15 unions. Philadelphia's commuter rail lines and most lines in New York and New Jersey are preparing for a takeover by regional transit agencies from Conrail by Jan. 1, a deadline set by Congress. [New York Times] An 88-nation meeting failed to agree on the question of how to shore up the world trading system. Failure of the participants in the four-day conference in Geneva of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to conclude fundamental agreements is likely to heighten the dangers of increased economic nationalism and protectionism. The conference had been called expressly to check the protectionism that has already been triggered by the worldwide recession and rising unemployment in most countries. [New York Times] Japan's military must be stronger to "uphold unity and cooperation with the United States and the free nations of Europe," the new Prime Minister, Yasuhiro Nakasone, said at his first news conference. [New York Times] Protests in Poland were called off by underground leaders of the banned Solidarity union. They said that recent actions by the government had created a more conciliatory atmosphere. The protests had been planned for next month. [New York Times] France will supply enriched uranium for an American-built nuclear power plant near Bombay, spokesmen for the French and Indian governments said. The agreement stipulates that the nuclear fuel will be used "only for peaceful purposes." [New York Times] Renewal of the kangaroo products ban lifted by the United States two years ago will be sought by Australian conservationists. Reinstatement of the ban is necessary "if we are going to save the kangaroo," an Australian zoologist said. [New York Times] Three slayings in El Salvador were re-enacted for a judge by two former corporals of the National Guard. They described how they killed two American labor aides and a Salvadoran official at the Sheraton Hotel in San Salvador on the night of Jan. 3, 1981. The re-enactment took place at the hotel. It is expected to be among the final evidence collected before a judge decides whether to hold the two former corporals for trial. [New York Times]