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NEW YORK (UPI) -- Cuban President Fidel Castro early yesterday ended Carter holds lead in Floride a mostly reclusive four-day visit caucuses to the MIAMI (AP) -- Results were in United States and left New from Dade and Broward Counties were non-binding presidential preference all but two Florida York City the same way he arrived, counties at still counting at press time. poll. under the cover press time in Saturday's Democratic of darkness while It's not known when their final Some experts were saying it would county caucuses, and President vociferous anti-Cuban protesters Jim- results will be in. be the middle of the week before my Carter still holds were asleep. his strong Kennedy appeared certain to gain all the votes in the Florida caucus lead. the 116 delegates from Broward were counted. Palm Beach County returns came County where he made his strongest Meanwhile, nine Republican presi- late last night, showing 43 labor showing. dential hopefuls who attended a Castro ends U.S. visit delegates winning, ten of whom say The contest won't determine whom Saturday night get-acquainted rally they'll support Carter. Seventeen Florida supports for the 1980 Demo- in Aimes, Iowa,are awaiting results The only time Cuba's Communist supporters of Senator Edward Ken- cratic Presidential nomination, of a straw poll designed to measure leader stepped outside his coun- nedy won. however, organization strength. try's U.N. mission in New Statewide, York's with results from 65 The 878 delegates elected Satur- The official count was to be an- well-guarded Murray Hill district counties, Carter has 376 delegates day will join 839 others, most of nounced today. was to deliver a two-hour and Kennedy speech 118. them appointed by officials backing Iowa, by the way, will be the to the U.N. General Assembly A slate supported on by organized the president, at a Democratic first state to kick off the presi- Friday. labor has 52 delegates and 27 un- state convention in November. dential nomination process on committed. Jan. He did not directly attack U.S. The highlight there will be a 21. policy until last night at a party he hosted for American news execu- tives. There, he reportedly said he was quite disillusioned with President Jimmy Carter's handling of the Guantanamo esence of Soviet Gazette troops in Cuba. But, quoting ABC Correspondent Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Barbara Walters, "Castro is not certain, however, that he wouldn't like to see Carter re-elected." Walters said Castro told her Vol. 32 No. 188 ?Today, Oct. 15, 1979 Ronald Reagan's the only man he definitely doesn't want elected. As for Ted Kennedy, Castro re- portedly replied, "I'm not sure I'd be doing Senator Kennedy a fa- Israel to expand Jewish settlements vor if I said I preferred him." TEL AVIV (UPI) -- Israel curity decided purposes. prices it can get. yesterday to expand seven Also Jewish in Israel, a delegation of Oil and Arab money may also play settlements in seven one of the biggest prominent black Americans ar- a role in next year's U.S. presi- Nuclear plant shut down takeovers of occupied land since rived in Tel Aviv yesterday asking dential election. Prime Minister Menachem Begin took that their visit not be associated DENVER (AP) -- A nuclear power A top official of the Palestine power 28 months ago. with the Reverend Jesse Jackson's Liberation plant 25 miles north of here has Organization is urging The unanimous decision by the recent self-styled Mideast shuttle. Arab governments to been shut down. use their re- cabinet included approval for con- The delegation, made up largely sources to exert A spokesman for the Public Ser- pressure for elec- struction of a new town in the of black labor leaders, was invit- tion of the candidate vice Company of Colorado said the most likely Delaware-sized region and a deci- ted by Israel's largest labor fed- to be sympathetic to the cause Fort St. Vrain reactor was turned of sion to seize no privately owned eration. the Palestinians. off after radiation escaped inside Arab land for the expansions. Meanwhile, in an interview pub- In an interview with a Beirut the reactor building from a helium The decision averted a govern- lished in a Beirut newsletter, magazine, the chief or the PLO's relief valve. ment crisis. Egypt's foreign minister said that political department has some kind At the scene, an inspector for Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan had when Egypt recovers its Israeli-oc- words for Republican candidate John the Nuclear Regulatory Commission threatened to resign if private cupied oil fields, it intends to Connally, who last week called for called the release "insignificant" land was taken for other than se- sell oil to Israel at the highest an independend Palestinian state. and said there was "no danger" to people living nearby or to plant employees. The company spokesman said the . lnt might be put back on line Balanced budget bills appear doomed day if an inspection showed no WASHINGTON (UPI) -- For those who vote in the House and Senate, even- Kahn rejected a suggestion that damage, and that safety equipment believe inflation will continue to though most proposals would allow President Jimmy Carter and his was working. get worse unless the constitution deficit spending during wars or aides have left room in recent pub- is amended to require a balanced other emergencies. lic statements to drop their sup- federal budget, there appears lit- Current economic problems were port for money-tightening measures tle chance that Congress will ever also discussed yesterday by White taken by the Federal Reserve Board. -- agree with them. House adviser Alfred Kahn and by And in an interview in U.S. News BRIEFS- David Rockefeller, chairman of the and World Report magazine, Rocke- At the moment, Congress has be- board of Chase Manhattan Bank. feller backs predictions that the fore it about 130 proposed consti- On CBS' "Face the Nation," Kahn country will come out of a reces- tutional amendments that would out- predicted the administration can sion by the middle of next year. law deficit spending in various lower inflation from the double "The recession will not nead to ways. digit range by sticking to a course be very deep or very long" unless But sponsors WASHINGTON (AP) -- On Jimmy Car- see little hope of of economic restraint in the coming there is another wave of massive ter's gaining the itinerary this week, Kansas required two-thirds months. oil price increases," he sail. City, Chicago and Boston. The president leaves for Missouri today for a speech to the National Local high school Association of Catholic Charities. gets new principal Later, he'll attend a fund-raiser YN3 Charles S. Bishop A program he wants to begin is for Chicago Mayor Jane Burne and fied history. an "academic banquet." hold another town meeting. This pro- Price taught at Rammey Air Force The W.T. Sampson High School gram would be for grades seven Base for 10 years At the end of the week, the pres- and spent two has a new principal, Thomas L. through twelve. The top ident will travel to Boston to at five, aca- years as an Aviation Curriculum Price, who is origanally from demically, from each class would Consultant tend the dedication of the John F. at the University of Nebraska. be selected. Those selected North Carolina--where he was an Kennedy Library. Price has been in education for would be invited to a banquet along FAA license examiner--with a fleet 20 years. He arrived in Gitmo with the parents. of five twin engine planes. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands of last month after only a month's Although this is Price's first He also spent the last four homosexual men and women from notice that he was to assume the year as a high school principal, years teaching in Bermuda. Although around the nation converged on the position. He was asked if he he worked for a year as an elemen- he has a Masters degree in Business nation's capital yesterday demand- wanted the position as principal tary school principal. In fact, Administration, he is in education * ng equal rights. in Gitmo and was given only 24 hours his background is a well diversi- because that is what he likes best. A crowd, estimated to be at least to make the decision. 50,000 strong, marched down Penn- Price says he finds the people sylvania Avenue and cheered speak- of Gitmo "excellent." He said the ers who denounced what they termed people have been helpful, friendly, the "homophobia" and "heterosexism" and supportive: "It's been super." of mainstream America. Price has taught high school The marchers called on Congress level English, social studies, to amend the Civil Rights Act to and physical education. As a protect gays against discrimina- sideline he coached football for tion. six years (four out of the six, he said they won). He also coached PEKING (AP) -- Chinese premier Hua basketball for four years. Guofeng left Peking for Paris to- The new principal foresees no day. need for "major changes" in opera- It'll be the first visit ever to tions at the school. However, he Western Europe by a Chinese Commu- wants to see the responsibility nist head of state. of education take priority--mention- Hua's three-week trip will in- ing that trips, campaigns and clude stops in France, West Ger- extra curricular projects, should many. Britain and Italy. not dominate education at any time.