News stories from Saturday May 31, 1980
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- President Carter made peace moves toward Senator Kennedy and promised "concessions in every direction" on the Democratic Party platform in a television interview. He praised Mr. Kennedy as a "loyal Democrat," and said that he had "no doubt that Senator Kennedy and I can work harmoniously" to defeat Ronald Reagan. Mr. Kennedy, campaigning in San Francisco, said Mr. Carter was a "clone of Ronald Reagan." [New York Times]
- A lead in the Vernon Jordan shooting proved fruitless. The F.B.I. said that a rifle seized from a motorcyclist in Fort Wayne, Ind., where the president of the National Urban League was shot Thursday, was not the weapon used in the attack, although it was believed to be the same type of gun. [New York Times]
- A survivor on Mount St. Helens was evacuated by helicopter. Ray Jennings, 74 years old, had refused to leave the mountain even after the volcano erupted two weeks ago. But a relative persuaded him to do so in the face of continued danger from a rising lava dome in the volcano's crater. Mr. Jennings's cabin is 10 miles from the mountain peak. [New York Times]
- Government experts criticized a report last week that advised that healthy people need not reduce their intake of cholesterol and fat. The experts said that the study by the National Academy of Sciences ignored important scientific information. [New York Times]
- Mayor Koch and Republican leaders will meet Friday to discuss his views on some congressional and White House policies that he believes hurt cities. This unusual meeting between the Mayor, who is considered to be President Carter's strongest supporter in New York state, was at the invitation of the Republican National Committee's platform committee. Roger Semerad, executive director of the Republican platform committee, said that Mr. Koch's views "on some issues run more parallel to Republican positions than those of his own party." [New York Times]
- The United States will veto any allied resolution on Palestinian self-determination in the Security Council of the United Nations, President Carter said, responding to the allies' plans for a Middle East initiative. Britain has mentioned the idea of a supplement to Security Council Resolution 242, which since 1967 has been the basis for Middle East diplomacy. President Carter said that the United States would not permit "any action that would destroy the sanctity of and the present form of U.N. 242." [New York Times]
- Iran's oil revenues have declined. That and other ominous economic trends "are heating up towards some sort of economic collapse or disaster," according to an Iranian economist. Industry sources estimate that Iranian oil exports, the basis of the country's economy, have declined to about 500,000 barrels a day from 4.6 million barrels daily under the Shah. [New York Times]
- Israel's envoy briefed President Anwar Sadat on Prime Minister Menachem Begin's reported threat to delay withdrawal from the final eastern third of the Sinai Peninsula "unless Egypt subscribes to a multinatoinal force agreement" to police their common border. The remarks annoyed Egyptian officials, who said they had assumed that there was no disagreement about the multinational force. [New York Times]