News stories from Sunday October 14, 1979
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- Fidel Castro returned to Cuba, ending his three-day visit to New York, where, except for an address to the General Assembly of the United Nations, he remained secluded in the heavily guarded Cuban Mission to the United Nations. [New York Times]
- The Rev. Jesse Jackson sought not to widen the rift between black civil rights leaders over his recent contacts with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Responding to criticism by Vernon Jordan, president of the National Urban League, of meetings between black American leaders and the P.L.O., Mr. Jackson, leader of People United to Save Humanity, said that "America should not be made to choose between Jews and Arabs, but rather should find a way to reconcile both camps." Mayor Richard Hatcher of Gary, Ind., head of a group that has urged American contacts with all sides in the Middle East, also turned aside the Jordan criticisms. [New York Times]
- President Carter's re-election campaign won a plurality in the Florida Democratic caucuses over a challenge mounted by partisans of Senator Edward Kennedy after a protracted, disputed count of ballots in nearby Palm Beach. With the allocation of a large bloc of delegates from the Miami area still undecided, it was unclear whether Mr. Carter would have to settle for a narrow victory or win by a substantial margin. "I think we've shown that if you thought the Democratic nomination was Teddy's for the asking, you'd better think again," asserted Jody Powell, the White House press secretary. [New York Times]
- Nine Republican hopefuls seeking the 1980 presidential nomination addressed a "box lunch" fundraising dinner at Iowa State University. The audience of about 3,400 indicated a preference in a straw poll and each of the leading Republican contenders, with the exception of Ronald Reagan, who did not attend the function, made a short speech. The poll's results will be announced tomorrow. [New York Times]
- Fifteen Texas lawsuits seek to overturn the only state law in the nation that prohibits free schooling for children of unregistered aliens. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of children in the state are receiving no formal schooling, among them 3,000 to 5,000 children in Dallas. [New York Times]
- Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt died at his home at Hobe Sound, Fla. He was 85 years old and the last surviving son of President Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt had been on Wall Street for many years and was a partner in the firm of Roosevelt & Weigold. In World War I, he was a captain in the 26th Infantry of American Expeditionary Force in France, and was the Army's youngest company commander. He also served in World War II. [New York Times]
- The reversal of a cadet dismissal at the United States Military Academy at West Point by Secretary of the Army Clifford Alexander, who had agreed to the dismissal, has been challenged by the academy's cadet honor committee. The honor committee's challenge implies that Mr. Alexander gave in to political and personal pressure in ordering the reversal. [New York Times]
- Defeat was conceded by Turkey's Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit when election returns indicated that his left-of-center Republican People's Party had failed to win five crucial seats in the National Assembly. Early returns gave the opposition, the right-wing Justice Party, enough votes to topple Ecevit government, and the opposition was also leading in the Senate election, an announcement from the Republican People's Party said. [New York Times]
- Expansion of seven Israeli settlements on the West Bank was approved unanimously by the Israeli cabinet. The cabinet decided to expand the settlements without confiscating privately owned Arab land, which had been strongly opposed by Defense Minister Ezer Weizman and Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan. Instead, 1,125 acres seized from Jordan in the 1967 war are to be used. [New York Times]
- The administration relied too much on the Soviet Embassy in Washington to make its views known to Moscow and not enough on the American professional diplomatic staff there, Ambassador Malcolm Toon said as he prepared to leave his post. Mr. Toon, who held the post for nearly three years, is being replaced by Thomas Watson, who is expected in Moscow on Wednesday. [New York Times]