This Day In 1970's History: Sunday November 30, 1980
- Talks on a new arms limitation pact between Washington and Moscow could begin a few weeks after Ronald Reagan's inauguration Jan. 20, Edwin Meese, the President-elect's senior adviser, said in a television interview. Mr. Meese, who is the future presidential counselor, also said that "foreign policy was a close second" to "getting the economy back in order." [New York Times]
- Four branches of conservatism are expected to influence the Reagan administration. They are the "libertarian" or free-market conservatives, represented by Milton Friedman, the economist; the "traditional" conservatives, exemplified by William F. Buckley and George Will; the neo-conservatives, former socialists and liberals, who include Norman Podhoretz, the editor, and the "new right," whose views on social issues such as the equal rights amendment, abortion, school prayers are opposite to those of some members of the traditional and neo-conservative groups. [New York Times]
- Natural gas may be more abundant than previously believed, according to new data, and it may be America's best immediate alternative to imported petroleum. Energy analysts are weighing the new evidence as skeptics question the future availability of gas. [New York Times]
- Eight persons were still missing from a 25-foot whaling boat in the Gulf of California. A search for them continued although the weather was reported to be too dangerous. The boat, one of four on an expedition by a juvenile delinquent center in Tucson, Ariz., was lost in a storm last Monday night. The three other boats and their occupants survived. [New York Times]
- A "deluge" of smuggled drugs in Louisiana included more marijuana seized since Oct. 1 than in the previous 12 months, a customs official said. It seems to be related to the influx of Cuban refugees in the Miami area over the last year when the Coast Guard relaxed its vigilance against smugglers to deal with the refugee flow. [New York Times]
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