Sadat threatens to “raise hell”
Washington (AP) — Egypt
ian Pres. Anwar Sadat told Con
gress Tuesday that he will not be
shy in asking for U.S. weapons,
adding “I shall raise hell” if Con
gress does not approve them.
Although the comment was
made with a laugh after a meeting
with members of the House of
Representatives, he seemed
more somber as he emerged later
from a similar session with a Se
nate group.
I threatened them, Sadat said
after his closed door talks with the
senators.
After talking with the House
members, Sadat offered the
“raise hell” comment with a laugh,
but referring to his request to buy
U.S. arms: "The last time I was
here I was shy. But I am not shy
anymore.”
Then, after meeting with mem
bers of the Senate, Sadat said: “I
am not any more shy at all: I am
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‘Strangler’ blames his mother
LOS ANGELES—A man claiming to be the Hillside Strangler
said in a letter made public Tuesday that he killed a dozen “evil
ladies” because his mother told him to.
Police, stressing that they did not know whether the letter
was authentic, said the writer gave them “another week or so” to
meet his call for help in turning himself in safely.
Snow bombs Northeast again
Snow, winds and floodwaters brought a second day of mis
ery to millions in the blizzard-plagued Northeast on Tuesday, and
residents of some Midwestern areas also faced hardship from
bitter cold and new storms.
Trouble spots ranged from Boston — where a power black
out compounded the blizzard problems — to Billings, Mont.
Come back little ‘Herbie’
LOS ANGELES—A runaway Volkswagen was back on dry
land Monday after floating 15 miles down the rainswollen Los
Angeles River.
The car's voyage began after it was reported stolen early
Sunday. Police said the Volkswagen apparently crashed into
another car while still being driven by the thief but shortly after
ward was spotted in the riverbed near Elysian Park with its head
lights on and windshield wipers going.
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speaking as a partner and I am
threatening.” He refused to say
how he threatened the senators
and it was not dear from his man
ner how serious the threat had
been.
Sadat said he had lost his “shy
ness” following what he saw as an
overwhelming American re
sponse to his Middle East peace
initiatives.
He suggested that congres
sional approval of the arms sales
to Egypt would demonstrate that
the United States is behind Egypt
ian efforts to achieve peace in the
Middle East and would be a de
monstration of “partnership and
cooperation.”
After their meeting with Sadat,
several House members said the
Egyptian president told them he
wanted more than the 120 light
weight F-5E jet fighters he repor
tedly is asking the Carter ad
ministration and Congress to ap
prove. But the House members
said Sadat did not specify what
other arms he wanted.
When reporters asked Sadat if
he also wants the Air Force’s
sophisticated new swingwing
F-15 jet fighter, he refused to
specify but said he has given a
meticulous list to Pres. Carter.
Following the meeting in the
House, Democratic Leader Jim
Wright of Texas said he believes
whatever Pres. Carter requests
for Sadat: “I think we’ll give him.”
Panama Canal fight
gets underway today
WASHINGTON (AP) — Par
liamentary maneuvers by oppo
nents of the Panama Canal treaty,
rather than desk-pounding ora
tions, will highlight the Senate’s
initial debate Wednesday.
Because of this the Carter ad
ministration will be relying heavily
on the skills of Vice-Pres. Walter
Mondale, a former senator who is
the chamber s presiding officer.
Last week Pres. Carter went on
nationwide television, using a
“fireside chat” to appeal for public
support of the treaty, making its
ratification a top priority foreign
policy goal for 1978.
Before the debate begins in
earnest. Mondale must confront
Sen. James Allen, D-Ala., a leader
of the treaty opposition and a mas
ter of Senate procedure.
Allen announced Tuesday that
he want Mondale to rule on a list
of 17 questions, several of which
indicate that delay may become a
principal weapon of the oppo
nents.
Actually, there are two treaties
to be considered. One would re
linquish U.S. control over the
waterway to Panama in the year
2000. The other would assure the
continued neutrality of the Canal
Zone after that date.
No action
yet in coal
standoff
WASHINGTON (AP) Regional
leaders of the United Mine Work
ers (UMW) failed to take action
Tuesday on a tentative industry
contract offer that could end the
65-day-old coal strike.
The union’s 39-member bar
gaining council recessed without
taking a vote and ordered
negotiators to develop final con
tract language before the panel
acts on the proposal.
That could take several days,
meaning the strike will continue to
reduce coal stockpiles in several
Appalachian states where plans
are already being made to curtail
electrical output.
UMW Pres. Arnold Miller said
the bargaining council decided to
recess until “all the language is
edited and put in final form.”
He said no vote was taken on
acceptance or rejection of the ten
tative accord.
The council, composed of dis
trict union presidents and national
officers, met for seven hours at the
UMW headquarters. However,
they were given only a summary
of the proposed contract and did
not see the specific language that
the agreement would contain if it is
submitted for rank-and-file ap
proval.
The bargaining council must
first approve the pact before it can
be put before the 160,000 striking
miners in a secret-ballot ratifica
tion vote, which itself is expected
to take about 10 days.
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