News stories from Saturday September 27, 1980
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- Iraqi troops fought their way into Khurramshahr, Iran's southern oil port, according to a report from Beirut, and increased their pressure on the besieged city of Abadan. Iraq reported that its troops had entered Ahwaz, the capital of the oil province of Khuzistan, which is 70 miles north of Khurramshahr. Iraqi troops reportedly were also in Susangerd, near the border, and Dizful, 90 miles further north. At Dizful, they would be 50 miles inside Iran. [New York Times]
- Some Iranian Arabs have joined Iraq in its fight with Iran, according to a report from Khuzistan Province, which is the source of much of Iran's oil and where Iraqi troops, tanks and artillery are encamped. Ethnic Arabs in the region have long demanded more autonomy from the central government in Teheran. [New York Times]
- The Islamic nations blocked a vote in the Security Council in the United Nations on a resolution urging an end to the fighting in the Persian Gulf. They appealed to the Council's third world members for support. Pakistan backed the delay, and its chief delegate told the third world group in a private meeting that a Council resolution now would be a mistake. [New York Times]
- Ronald Reagan's standing improved among voters after the first presidential debate of the campaign in Baltimore a week ago, according to a New York Times/CBS News Poll taken before and after the debate.
Ronald Reagan came out strongly against a measure proposed by Senator William Proxmire, Democrat of Wisconsin, that would restrict New York City's use of federal loan guarantees year. He also pledged that if elected he would "work closely" with the city on its financial problems.
[New York Times] - A list of 250 hazardous waste dumps representing a potential threat to drinking water supplies is to be issued Monday in a report by a House subcommittee. The report "touches virtually every state," said Representative Toby Moffett, Democrat of Connecticut, who is head of the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources. Included in the 250 dumps are six in New York, all on Long Island, six in New Jersey, and 18 in Connecticut. [New York Times]
- China's disgraced radicals, the so-called Gang of Four, will be put on trial along with six others who were close to Mao Tse-tung, China's chief prosecutor said. [New York Times]