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...Stung by a threat from Jimmy Carter that his Administration might cut off U.S. aid to Chile unless civil liberties were restored, the Pinochet government sought to rally Brazil and Argentina into a hard-line entente in Latin America's southern cone. Both countries spurned Pinochet's overtures. At a meeting in Chile two weeks ago, General Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentina's tough military ruler, told Pinochet that police-state terror had tarnished Chile's image abroad. After that rebuff, Pinochet's government reluctantly granted the amnesty as a first limited step toward regaining international...
Kubacki, bottled up for most of the afternoon, stung Dartmouth early with a 49-yd. scoring pass to halfback Bob Kinchen along with the left sideline at 3:12 of the first period. Following the early strike, however, the senior signalcaller managed only eight more completions in the game for just 55 additional yards...
...PANAMA CANAL. Stung by Reagan's accusation last spring that Ford was "giving away" the canal, the President promised, during a campaign visit to Texas, that the U.S. "will never give up its defense rights . . . and operational rights." That was a flat contradiction of instructions that Ford had given to U.S. diplomats, including Ambassador-at-Large Ellsworth Bunker, who was negotiating with the Panamanians. Later the White House was forced to issue a "clarification" that amounted to a retraction of Ford's remarks in Texas...
Three Northeastern players registered 12 of their team's 13 goals. Jane Wilson stung Radcliffe five times and teammates Carol Rappoli and Jane Gallagher came through with four and three scores respectively...
AUTOMOBILES. The 1.4 million members of the United Auto Workers have contracts that include an uncapped COLA, and have not been stung much by inflation. President Leonard Woodcock will push hardest on job security. The automakers will be asked to contribute more to the supplementary unemployment benefit funds from which laid-off workers receive payments. The U.A.W. will also demand that laid-off workers be rehired before overtime work is offered to employees on the job. The companies are talking tough, but rising sales should help them reach agreement with the union by the time the contracts...