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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...secret approach to the Palestine Liberation Organization, the nation's black leaders erupted in hostility toward Jewish groups, which they blamed, somewhat unfairly, for the ouster of the highest black in Government. Last week President Carter named an adroit successor to Young: Donald F. McHenry, 42, a top deputy at the U.N. mission. Though close to Young and equally absorbed in African affairs, McHenry is a polished career diplomat who is as well known for prudence as Young is for impetuosity...
Trouble is, say Justice Department officials, there is almost no way for a preliminary investigation to establish that. Under the department's interpretation, it cannot subpoena witnesses, for example, or enter into plea bargaining. Both powers are granted to the special prosecutor. In consequence, top Justice officials fear, they may be forced to appoint a special prosecutor in the Jordan case...
...likely to speak English. The GAO found that "some refugees, particularly some Hmong Laotians, cannot read or write in their own languages and are virtually unexposed to Western culture." They must be taught, it continued, to do such elementary things as diaper their babies and not burn firewood on top of their stoves...
Dealing in this world takes a man who believes in the right principles, Nixon says, but a man who also has "street smarts" and "can play every trick ... We want him skillful, shrewd and as tough in the clutch as the other guy. The presidents of the top 50 or so corporations in the United States might be more intelligent, smoother, better poker players, have better manners, but there are no more than two or three of them I would want in a room with a healthy Brezhnev. But I do know some labor leaders I would put in there...
...said later that the evidence at the scene did not jibe with his story. There was none of the defendant's blood in the living room where he said he was attacked, for instance, and FBI experts testified that the pattern and type of slashes in a pajama top did not fit MacDonald's account of the struggle. Defense Attorney Bernard Segal intends to appeal, partly on the ground that the long delay violated Mac-Donald's constitutional right to a speedy trial. The Kassabs professed not to be worried. Said Mildred Kassab...