Word: attacking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This week Cabinet members are submitting a broad-gauged attack on the problem for President Carter's consideration. The program is expected to offer a considerable concession to illegal immigrants now in the U.S. Those who arrived before a certain date-perhaps 1970-would be offered complete amnesty and recognized as U.S. citizens. "Some element of amnesty will be mandatory," says Carter. "Some of these illegal aliens have been here for 15 or 20 years. They are American citizens in the practical sense of the word...
...would probably take something as unlikely as a Cuban attack on the Panama Canal to prevent what now seems almost inevitable: restoration of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana. In recent weeks the Administration has lifted travel restrictions for Americans who wish to visit Cuba and begun bilateral talks with Havana on a new fishing agreement-necessary since both countries claim 200-mile offshore limits, but are only 90 miles apart. One plan currently under consideration by Washington is to set up an American-staffed "interest" section attached to the Swiss Embassy in Havana, which now represents...
...forgotten the bombardment. "I have been aware of it since I was aware of anything," says a young businessman whose parents lived through the attack. "For years we were not allowed to talk about it. They gave us more football and more pelota [the game known in the U.S. as jai alai] and more toros [bulls], so we would forget it. But we haven't." In the Restaurante
Died. Wilmer Allison, 72, top-ranked tennis player in the U.S. in 1934 and '35 and longtime University of Texas coach; of an apparent heart attack; in Austin, Texas. A spectacularly aggressive player, Allison starred on the U.S. Davis Cup team for seven years and won the Wimbledon doubles competition with Partner John...
Died. Bryan Foy, 80, one of vaudeville's "Seven Little Foys," movie producer and director of The Lights of New York, the first all-talking feature (1928); of a heart attack; in Los Angeles. The producer of more than a thousand movies, Foy was called "The King of the Bs" for the string of low-budget films (Crime School, Girls on Probation) that he turned...