Word: smiths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...What Smith is seeking is an "internal settlement"-a deal between whites and moderate blacks that pointedly excludes the Patriotic Front of Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, which for five years has been waging guerrilla war against the Smith regime from its bases in Mozambique and Zambia. Smith's latest announcement apparently means that he has made some kind of deal with the leading black moderates, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole. Both had previously insisted that there could be no negotiations until Smith accepted one-man, one-vote rule. Although he may, of course, attach...
Neither London nor Washington was anxious to dismiss Smith's latest move out-of-hand. Diplomats in both capitals, however, believe that any settlement, if it is to succeed, must include participation by the groups that have been doing the fighting. As one U.S. official put it, Smith's attempt to bar the Patriotic Front "is like holding elections in South Viet Nam without the Viet Cong." Declared Nkomo angrily from his base in Zambia: "As far as we are concerned, the war continues...
...containing a tape cassette and player. Plugged into a telephone jack, the device automatically dials a series of preprogrammed numbers-an ambulance service, say, then a doctor's office-and sounds the appropriate taped message for each. Samples: "There is a medical emergency at the home of John Smith. Please send an ambulance immediately." "Dr. Jones, there is an emergency at the home of your patient, John Smith, and an ambulance has been summoned...
Bellows' dustups with Allbritton accelerated in May when the Texan installed Sacramento Bee General Executive James H. Smith as president. "He looks upon a paper as a money machine," says a former Bee colleague. Though the Star's editorial staff had already been sliced from 286 to 242 before Smith arrived, the new president this month ordered a 10% staff cut. Fed up, Bellows resigned...
Bellows was first offered the Herald-Examiner editorship last May, but refused it. Dale also sounded out eight other candidates, including Esquire Editor Clay Felker and Sacramento Bee Managing Editor Frank McCulloch. When Dale heard of Bellows' friction with Star President Smith, he renewed his offer, and Bellows accepted. The price: a reported $100,000-a-year salary and a $500,000 addition to the Herald-Examiner editorial budget...