News stories from Sunday October 21, 1979
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- Moshe Dayan resigned as Israel's Foreign Minister because of his disagreement with government policy on the future of the West Bank and Gaza. Mr. Dayan has been urging his cabinet colleagues to adopt a more moderate position in dealing with the Palestinians' demand for self-rule. Mr. Dayan said he had been increasingly estranged from the mainstream of government policy.
Israel's expansion of its settlements on the West Bank hinders its Palestine autonomy negotiations, Egypt's foreign minister, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, said in commenting on Moshe Dayan's resignation. "Mr. Dayan's resignation is proof that the Jewish settlement policy and the decision to allow Israelis to buy Arab land are considered an obstacle to the peace process," he said.
[New York Times] - Race relations in Boston seem worse since busing began in 1974. Most of the resistance to busing comes from the white ethnic areas of Charlestown, South Boston and East Boston, where prejudice against blacks seems to have increased. It is in those areas that the recent demonstrations took place. "The fighting is going to continue so long as there is busing," a white student in South Boston said. [New York Times]
- Kennedy Library archivists hope to attract the general public, not only scholars, to the library, which opens tomorrow in Boston. Exhibits memorializing John F. Kennedy are in place but the late President's books and papers will not be completely moved to the library until Christmas. Dan Fenn, the library's director, said that all of the library's resources are open to the public. [New York Times]
- John Connally defended his recent plan on the Middle East, saying that it was rooted in a United Nations resolution that has been supported by the last four presidents. He said he was not "trying to express any new policy" when he recently proposed that Israel withdraw from virtually all of the territory it occupied in 1967. [New York Times]
- Banks give information about clients when the government requests it, according to a survey of what the nation's largest banks do and do not do to protect the privacy of their customers' records. The survey found that last year federal, state and local governmental agencies asked the average large bank for information about the financial activities of 483 of the bank's customers. [New York Times]
- Bill Rodgers and Grete Waitz won the 10th New York City Marathon. Rodgers' winning time in the 26-mile-385-yard race through the five boroughs was 2 hours 11 minutes 42 seconds. This was his fourth consecutive title, giving him a long leg up on the road to the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Mrs. Waitz, a 26-year-old teacher from Norway, became the first woman to run a marathon in under 2 hours 30 minutes when she reached the finish line in Central Park in 2:27:33. [New York Times]
- Representative John Murphy is reportedly the subject of an I.R.S. inquiry. At issue is whether the nine-term Democratic Representative from Staten Island and lower Manhattan reported all of his income from 1974 to 1978, government sources said. In addition, various aspects of his financial affairs are being examined by a federal grand jury. [New York Times]
- Organized crime may be responsible for Michele Sindona's disappearance, according to Italian authorities who say they are beginning to believe strongly that criminal circles in Italy and the United States were involved in the disappearance. [New York Times]
- Bonn gave a subdued welcome to Prime Minister Hua Goufeng of China when he arrived for the second stop of a three-week visit to Western Europe, indicating concern in the West German government that Mr. Hua, who does not conceal his anti-Soviet views, would make remarks that would damage West Germany's efforts to improve relations with the Soviet Union. [New York Times]
- Cambodia still lacks an aid program for its destitute war refugees despite discussions abroad on the necessity to organize an international effort to provide help. A three-day tour by a reporter found little indication that food or medicine had arrived for the thousands of refugees huddled on both sides of the border with Thailand. [New York Times]