News stories from Saturday June 7, 1980
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- An inquiry into Ramsey Clark's trip to Iran, along with nine other Americans, to attend an Iranian conference on United States intervention in Iran, has been ordered by Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti. The Treasury Department was asked to determine whether the ten had violated the law in their defiance of President Carter's ban on travel to Iran. [New York Times]
- Moves to expel Cuban refugees who committed "serious crimes" in Cuba were ordered by President Carter, who also told the Justice Department to expel or prosecute those refugees responsible for the rioting last Sunday night at Fort Chaffee, Ark. Jody Powell, the White House spokesman, emphasized that the "undesirable" refugees were a small minority -- less than 1 percent of the more than 110,000 who have arrived since April 21. [New York Times]
- President Carter faces new problems after six months of intensive campaigning that has all but captured the Democratic presidential nomination. Mr. Carter and his backers still have Senator Kennedy refusing to withdraw and prominent Democrats to refusing to count him out; they also faced the problems of contending with Representative John Anderson, the recession and the difficult task of patching together enough electoral votes that will mean victory. [New York Times]
- Ronald Reagan is optimistic about winning the presidency after the ease with which he rolled through the Republican primaries, but he is untested for what his aides expect to be a bitterly fought campaign. The big test, Republican and Democratic strategists say, is whether Mr. Reagan can make the election a referendum on President Carter's performance, or whether his own capacity for presidency will become the main issue. [New York Times]
- The anti-tax movement's success around the country has checked the growth of state and local revenues and the trend is expected to continue despite California's rejection of a ballot initiative last Tuesday to cut state income taxes in half. A study by the National Governors Association found that state and local revenues, as a proportion of the gross national product, peaked in 1977 and began to decline in 1978 as the tax revolt took hold. [New York Times]
- Britain will import more goods this year than it will export for the first time, an indication of the economic decline of the leader of the Industrial Revolution. Britain's Industry Secretary, Sir Keith Joseph, said the country has "destroyed the natural habitat" of its entrepreneurs. [New York Times]
- Israeli soldiers killed two Arabs said to have been members of "a terrorist squad" attempting to enter Israel from Jordanian territory. The Israelis crossed the border in pursuit of the suspected infiltrators. The suspected attempt by the Arabs to cross the Jordanian border was unusual because it has usually been tranquil since since King Hussein's expulsion of Palestinian guerrillas in 1970. [New York Times]