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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1979
United Press International
MOSCOW — President Leonid
Brezhnev, looking pale and drawn,
peared in public Wednesday for
first time since Oct. 8, dispelling
rumors around the world that he
jas dead or critically ill.
The 72-year-old Brezhnev turned
without warning at an airport
eeting ceremony for the visiting
Rumors began circulating last
eek that Brezhnev was dead or
ideally ill when he failed to
eet with visiting Syrian Presi-
l pnt Hafez Assad.
jsident of South Yemen, Abdel
[attah Ismail, and was clearly seen
television film footage on Soviet
blevision.
Brezhnev, dressed in a dark blue
topcoat and dark hat, looked tired
and his face was pale and drawn as
he stood at the head of the Soviet
delegation at Vnukovo Airport.
But he nodded and smiled as Is
mail approached him.
Rumors began circulating last
week that Brezhnev was dead or
critically ill when he failed to meet
with visiting Syrian President Hafez
Assad, who came to Moscow to ask
for advanced Soviet warplanes and
military equipment.
The pro-Syrian newspaper As
Safir reported in Beirut that
Brezhnev — who often drops out of
public sight for weeks at a time —
had become seriously ill since re
turning Oct. 8 from Berlin, where
he gave a major foreign policy ad
dress.
With each day that he failed to
make an appearance, the rumors —
and the Beirut report — appeared
to gain strength.
Last Thursday, stock markets in
London and Paris began to waver
erratically on rumors that Brezhnev
had died or was near death.
Soviet officials refused to com
ment on the speculation throughout
Last Thursday, stock markets
in London and Paris began to
waver erratically on rumors that
Brezhnev had died or was near
death.
the weekend, but on Monday
Moscow’s ambassador to France,
Stefan Tchervonenko, branded the
reports untrue and said Brezhnev
was alive and working normally.
Since Assad’s visit, diplomats in
Moscow have hinted that Brezhnev
intentionaly kept out of sight to
avoid having to negotiate — and
possibly refuse — Assad s request
for MiG-27 fighter-bombers.
Sources had said earlier Wednes
day that the Soviet leader might
choose to end his 16-day absence
from public view by appearing at
the reception party for Ismail, who
was on an official state visit.
According to protocol, Brezhnev,
as head of state, should greet visit
ing heads of state, including Assad.
With Brezhnev at the airport
were Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko, Defense Minister Dmitri
Ustinov and Politburo member
Boris Ponomarev.
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United Press International
WASHINGTON — President
arter Wednesday signed an execu
tive order creating a commission
that will study major problems and
recommend a national agenda for
the 1980s.
|| “The presidential commission on
a national agenda for the 1980s’’ will
have a membership of up to 100
persons and a budget of $3 million
to $5 million. The first 21 members
were identified Wednesday.
Headed by Columbia University
President William McGill, the
commission has been given until
ec. 31, 1980, to submit its final re
port.
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to lull bafejl WASHI NGTON — Congres-
sional passage of a substantial
urers con: windfall profits tax on American oil
hultheis, »;s companies represents a “critical link
om worl j n an economically sound energy
policy,” Charles Schultze, the chief
• White House economic adviser,
l,c .'filia Wednesday.
med bymw Continuing the administration
e in them, p ressure on Congress over the past
designedlt[-few days, Schultze issued an special
/most tiiste'statement which said “sharp in-
■f Creases” of oil company profits dur-
chiefofobstt| ing the third quarter “are a pointed
Hospital, reminder of the need for speedy
Knactment of the President’s
an infant “ windfall tax.”
upon he# In recent days, several of the na-
ler madeas*.Mon’s largest oil firms have reported
the sound I their third quarter profits soared
r to birth Boring the July-September quarter,
jrporateditfll The House has approved a
Initially, the group will be made
up of 50 private citizens selected by
the president. Depending upon
recommendations of the panel, the
president can appoint up to 50 more
members.
The commission is the outgrowth
of Carter’s domestic summit this
summer at Camp David where he
discussed the problems of the
United States with scores of Ameri
cans. The panel is charged with a
long term review of issues of chief
importance and the developments
that will involve them in the coming
decade.
The areas to be studied include:
underlying trends in the economy,
inflation, population shifts, social
justice, the role of private and vol
untary institutions, and the role of
governments.
Persons named to the panel
Wednesday, included McGill;
Daniel Bell of Harvard; Pastora San
Juan Cafferty of the University of
Chicago; Marian Edelman, director
of the Children’s Defense Fund;
and John Gardner, founder of
Common Cause.
Philip Handler, president of Na
tional Academy of Sciences;
Dorothy Height, president of Na
tional Council of Negro Women;
Ruth Hinerfeld, president of the
League of Women Voters; and Mar
tina Horner, president of Radcliffe
College.
windfall tax to raise $273.4 billion of
lew revenues by 1990. But the Se
nate Finance Committee has ap-
roved a scaled-down $141.7 billion
measure.
In his statement, Schultze said
passage of a substantial windfall
irofits tax, not diluted by unneeded
|nd unwarranted exemptions, is a
t s for Cbii ’ critical link in an economically
wasfaced'f S( >und energy policy.”
earlieip Part of the petroluem profits,
chultze said, “will, and should, be
ft with the oil companies for ex-
•loration and development.”
“The remainder, through the
indfall tax, will be returned to the
merican people in the form of in-
estments in alternative sources of
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