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Guantanamo Gazette Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Vol. 34 No. 142 Friday, July 27, 1979 Former mayor reportedly picked for HUD -----------I WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former New it was offered because they don't World Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu report- know." edly has been picked to be the new One source did say the administra- m Secretary of Housing and Urban tion had sent Landrieu briefing News Development. books on HUD. But no administration officials CBS News reported yesterday eve- *e willing to say that Carter has ning that Landrieu had been offered Digest ctually offered Landrieu the "HUD" the HUD post during his meeting with post. Landrieu is known to be Carter and he had accepted. The willing to accept the post should network said the formal announce- SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) -- A Union Pacific Freight here collided it be offered. ment is expected today. with a U.S. Forest Service Helicopter yesterday afternoon. One administration official says Meanwhile, it's been learned the The helicopter pilot, the train's brakeman and engineer received the president told his senior staff senior staff has sent Carter a list minor injuries when the craft's rotor struck the cab of the train. yesterday morning that "he will of candidates for Secretary of By late last night, the 800-acre fire was about 20 percent contained meet with people and keep all his Transportation. with no estimate of when it would be fully contained or controlled. options open until the end." And One source says there were "three A county fire department spokesman says about 200 men, four air- another administration source says, or more" names on that list. But it tankers, three bulldozers and three helicopters had halted the blaze "No one on the staff can say whether could not be determined who is on it. a half-mile north of the mountain community of Lytle Creek. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon says the strength of the all-volun- teer armed forces rose slightly last month by roughly 5,300. The total strength of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines stood World's worst spill nears Texas coast at just over 2-million at the end of may, the smallest U.S. force in uniform since June 1950. COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- port of Brownsville and a rich Environmental experts at Texas breeding ground for marine and KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- The U.S. Embassy here says 700 Indo- A & M University are getting waterfowl life. chinese refugees were flown out of Malaysia today for permanent ready, in case they have to pro- Roy Hahn heads up the university's settlement in the United States. tect sensitive marine life against oil spill team. He says his group A spokesman says by the end of this month, more that 6,000 will be the world's worst oil spill. has spent the past week working airlifted out. They say the leading edge of the around the clock, studying the slick could reach within 35 miles geography of the beach and trying to COMPILED FROM UPI REPORTS -- The Red Cross says as many as 700 homes of the Brownsville Coast by figure out the best way to handle may be submerged by floodwaters in Southern Indiana this morning. Aug. 3. The oil's from an off- clean-up efforts. Hardest hit are three communities along Ohio River tributaries west shore well in the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, experts from the of Louisville, Ky. And along the Texas Gulf Coast, more than 1,000 It's been leaking since June 3 and Environmental Protection Agency residents have been evacuated to escape the worst flooding there in since then, has spewed at least joined on-scene scientists yester- nearly 20 years. 1.4-million barrels of crude oil day in hopes of finding out how nto the sea. toxic the oil is. WASHINGTON (UPI) -- An unofficial survey released by a department The plan involves using a system They say they're hoping most of of Housing and Urban Development employee says there is widespread of barriers to contain the oil as the threat to marine life will sexual harassment of femal workers by their superiors within HUD. it moves into the Brazos-Santiago dissipate by the time the oil The survey found among other things, many of the women submitted to pass. That's the entrance to the patches reach U.S. waters. their superior's sexual demands in exchange for job advancement. MADRID, Spain (UPI) -- Police here say two of Spain's most wanted terrorists, arrested in an explosive-laden bomb factory, have con- Canadian spokesman rejects fessed to a series of attacks and assassinations that killed 16 peo- ple. Authorities are searching for nine other members of the same terro- common energy market rist group. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- An inmate who escaped late Wednesday from OTTAWA, Canada (AP) -- Canada's California Governor Jerry Brown Missouri's Church Prison Farm has been apprehended. Energy Minister, Ray Hnatyshyn, and former Texas Governor John The state highway patrol says Steven Foerstel was arrested late says forming a common energy market Connally also have called for yesterday evening after a highway chase near here. with the U.S. and Mexico would be negotiation of an energy agreement He allegedly took a family hostage during his escape. incompatible with Canada's policy with Canada and Mexico. of energy self-sufficiency. Hnatyshyn said continental energy NEW YORK (AP) -- You're paying more at the gas pump, and the oil policy is "the one issue that is company's profits are continuing to rise. As he entered a meeting of the apparently uniting all U.S. poli- Texaco, the nation's 10 largest oil firm, announced yesterday its inner cabinet here yesterday, a ticians. But, he said "It isn't second quarter profits were up 132 percent over the same period last reporter asked, "What you're saying uniting anyone else." He said year. That follows announcements of higher spring earnings by other is no?" The Canadian energy minis- U.S. politicians had failed to con- oil companies, although Texaco had the largest profit margin. ter replied, "I think that's right, sider that Canada and Mexico might no, not at this time." not find the arrangement as bene- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presidential aid Alfred Kahn says the greatest get wage It was the first outright rejec- ficial as the U.S. would. danger from inflation now is whether workers. will try to increase. tion at the Canadian Cabinet level Canada's Trade Minister Michael hikes to fully offset the 13 percent price rate of an idea raised earlier this week Wilson, said earlier this week the The White House's chief inflation fighter told Congress Wednesday a wage by Senator Edward Kennedy. Kennedy cabinet has not formally discussed the administration is considering renewing its proposal for urged the Carter administration to the idea of a common energy market. insurance program to provide some insurance for workers against a explore the possibility of a North He added that he sees little worsening rate of inflation. erican common market for energy. benefit in it for Canada. NEW DELHI, India (UPI) -- A former rebel once jailed by the British has emerged as India's next prime minister, ending 10 days of political confusion here. Air companies to merge with National He is 77-yearOold Charan Singh, whose rise to power was partly due to support from former Prime Minister Indira Ghandi. NEW YORK (AP) -- Pan American There was speculation earlier acquired that Texas International World Airways says it has this week COMPILED FROM UPI REPORTS -- Both the Washington Post and the Port- airlines' sold some of its National holdings a majority of national land, Oregon, Journal say Portland Mayor Neal Goldschmidt has been Eastern Airlines hasn't Am. stock, but to Pan invited to the White House to discuss becoming Secretary of Trans- Pan Am nor Texas Inter- given up on its bid to acquire Neither portation. That's the last post left open by Carter's Cabinet purge would comment on who had National. national last week. A Pan Am spokesman, who asked to sold the 1.2-million shares Pan week. Pan Am and remain anonymous, says the airline Am bought this WASHINGTON(UPI) -- The Senate Finance Committee hearings begin today 400- International have been now owns nearly 4-million, Texas on another of Carter's choices to succeed a cabinet member dismissed about permission by the CAB to thousand shares of National, given in that purge. much of National as 51.4 percent. acquire as G. William Miller, Carter's choice to replace Michael Blumenthal as But the CAB decision But Eastern spokesman Tom Myers they can. Treasury Secretary, is expected to gain easy approval. Miller is either airline to take remarked, "This doesn't lock it up to allow former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. for them. We don't feel that it over National is not yet final. Carter must give matters, because it is up to the And President WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Senate Armed Services Committee plans closed approval to a merger invol- Civil Aeronautics Board had the final meetings today to hear intelligence officials testify on U.S. ability International Air Service. president whether they can keep it ving to monitor Soviet compliance with the SALT-Two pact. Airlines has not yet or not." Eastern Yesterday, General Alexander Haig urged rejection of the treaty CAB approval for its bid Pan Am, Eastern and Texas Inter- received unless more funds are committed to counter a Soviet arms buildup.