News stories from Saturday September 13, 1980
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- The hostage issue might be taken up by Iran's Parliament tomorrow. Parliament reportedly will add to the four conditions set forth by Ayatollah Khomeini for their release. Uncertainty undermined the anticipation in Washington that followed a statement by Ayatollah Khomeini on conditions for release of the American hostages. Administration officials thought the Ayatollah's terms might be a diversionary move to gain additional Moslem backing for his anti-American cause. [New York Times]
- The alleged use of cocaine by Timothy Kraft, President Carter's national campaign manager, will be investigated by an independent special prosecutor. [New York Times]
- Ronald Reagan has an edge over President Carter, despite the President's recent gains, in the nine major states, which provide 245 electoral votes, just short of the 270 needed for victory. Both sides agree that Mr. Reagan leads in five of them and Mr. Carter in only one. Three are either tossups or disputed by strategists on both sides. [New York Times]
- John Anderson's candidacy was endorsed by New York's Liberal Party, which for the first time since it was established 36 years ago declined to support a Democratic national ticket. The endorsement might keep 41 electoral votes from President Carter. [New York Times]
- A plane on a "casino flight" from Florida to the Bahamas crashed into the ocean in a fierce storm. The Florida Commuter Airlines DC-3 carried 30 passengers and a crew of four. No survivors were found. [New York Times]
- A professor has been sent to jail in a discrimination dispute at the University of Georgia. At issue is the academic tradition of peer review and the right of plaintiffs to gather evidence in discrimination cases. James Dinnan, an education professor, was ordered by a federal judge to disclose how he voted as a member of a faculty committee that denied tenure to an assistant professor. He declined on the ground that secrecy in such decisions was essential to academic freedom, and was given a three-month sentence for contempt of court. [New York Times]
- Talks on a new constitution for Canada failed when a six-day conference ended in Ottawa with no agreement between the federal and provincial governments on any issue. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau said that he would soon announce a course of action that is expected to include making the constitution independent of the British Parliament without the unanimous consent of the provinces. [New York Times]
- Poland's economic ties to Moscow might be tightened under the further economic strain that is expected to follow the costly Polish strike settlements. Officials in Moscow say the Polish government has nowhere else to turn for the help it will need to pay for past debts to the West and the estimated $3.3 billion cost of the wage increase for the strikers. [New York Times]
- Tanks were ordered out of Ankara by Turkey's new six-member National Security Council, headed by Gen. Kenan Evren, the armed forces commander, and civil servants were told to take over the daily affairs of their ministries. [New York Times]