COLUMBIA, S.C., March 7 John B. Connally, who has heavily staked his Presidential hopes on a strong showing in tomorrow's Republican primary election in South Carolina, predicted victory in an exuberant moment today. But most other politicians rated Ronald Reagan the solid favorite in the South's first Presidential contest of 1980.  

Connally Hopeful, Reagan Favored In Today's South Carolina Primary; Reagan Given Carolina Edge Connally Is Confident Thurmond Aiding Connally Strong Effort by Reagan 

TEHERAN, Iran, Saturday, March 8  The Iranian Government announced last night that Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh would go to the occupied United States Embassy today and take charge of both the hostages and the embassy compound.  

IRAN FACTIONS AGREE ON SHIFTING CONTROL OF HOSTAGES TODAY; CAPTORS ASSAIL GHOTBZADEH Call Him a Liar and Insist Someone Else Be Sent to Take Charge of Americans in Embassy New Conditions for Transfer Call for New Representative Iranians Agree on Shifting Control of Hostages Today Commission Changed Its Plans Major Obstacles Remain 

SALISBURY, Rhodesia, March 7 Declaring that "living with and working with our enemies has never been a problem," former Prime Minister Ian D. Smith today declared his availability to serve in the Cabinet of Robert Mugabe, the man whose guerrilla forces forced Mr. Smith to abandon his bid to uphold white minority rule.  

Smith Says He Would Take Rhodesia Cabinet Post; Smith Says He Would Take Rhodesia Cabinet Post 'I Predicted Such a Result' 'No Reason to Worry' 

KABUL, Afghanistan, March 7 Wary Soviet soldiers reappeared on the streets of Kabul today and Soviet fighter jets and helicopter gunships buzzed the city as opponents of the Soviet-supported regime of President Babrak Karmal gave indications that they were preparing for a fresh round of strikes and shop closings next week.  

Soviet Soldiers Reappear in Kabul As New Protest Plans Are Reported; Soviet Soldiers Reappear in Kabul As Plans for Protests Are Reported Mullahs Address Villagers Steps Seen as Cosmetic Thought to Harbor Insurgents 

WASHINGTON, March 7 The Uniroyal Tire Company is calling in two million of its 1975-77 steel-belted radials because the Government says they might be dangerous.  

UNIROYAL RECALLING TWO MILLION TIRES; Move Over U.S. Safety Complaints Involves '75 to '77 Radials Accidents and Injuries Reported Uniroyal Recalling 2 Million Tires Improvements in Construction 

WASHINGTON, March 7 The Government reported today that inflation, as measured by the Producer Price Index, continued to soar at a near-record level in February, increasing the political and economic pressure on the Carter Administration to take action.  

February Producer Prices Up a Sharp 1.5%; Rise in Costs of Energy Largest in 6 Years Jobless Rate Down Prime Rate Rise Second in Week 'Bold Initiatives' Promised Producer Prices Up 1.5% No Idea on Budget Impact Sharp Jump in Food

WASHINGTON, March 7 Pakistan's renunciation of American military aid has produced new problems for the Administration that go well beyond the embarrassment of having President Carter ...  

A Serious Rebuff in Pakistan; Administration Considers Whether Image of U.S. Is Damaged After Offer of Aid Despite Warnings News Analysis More Than Surface Annoyance Impact of Pakistan's Rebuff: Possible Blow to U.S. Image Self-Inflicted Embarrassment U.S. Officials Rebuffed 

The first class of recruits appointed to the Police Department in five years 410 student officers received badges at a ceremony at the Police Academy yesterday. Also receiving their badges were 29 recruits of the Housing Authority police, who are getting their training at the academy.  

City Getting More Police

PEKING, March 7 Not long ago an American resident of Peking invited a Chinese friend to dinner in a restaurant. To save trouble on the telephone, the Chinese volunteered to book a table in his name.  

Foreign Influx Is Straining Peking's Aversion to Mingling

PEKING, March 7 China has appointed a veteran bureaucrat to the important job of director of the Communist Party's propaganda department, intensifying concern among some intellectuals that the recent period of greater freedom of expression may be over.  

Peking Names Propaganda Chief

NOCERA INFERIORE, Italy, March 7 (AP) Five bandits stopped an express train today by forcing a switchman to flash a red signal, but the gang picked the wrong car and made off with only four pouches of letters. Officials said cash and other valuables were being transported in another mail car.  

Train Robbers in Italy Bag Wrong Mail Car

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, March 7 (Reuters) Former President Richard M. Nixon arrived in the Ivory Coast tonight to attend a golf tournament as a guest of President Felix Houphouet-Boigny. The tournament is taking place at Mr. Houphouet-Boigny's hometown of Yamoussoukro, 150 miles north of here.  

Nixon Is Visiting Ivory Coast

MARRAKESH, Morocco, March 6  King Hassan II has made it clear that his vision of a negotiated settlement of the four-year war in the Western Sahara is different from solutions outlined by highranking Carter Administration officials and that Morocco will not abandon any territory in the phosphate-rich former Spanish colony.  

Sahara Partition Rejected by Morocco; Sees Victory Over Guerrillas Praises Algeria's President Strong Signal of Determination 'It Is Not Up to Me' 

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 7 Syrian troops pulled out of the Christian suburbs of Beirut today and were redeploying in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon.  

Lebanese Army Takes Over Beirut's Christian Districts as Syria Pulls Out; Withdrawal Was Delayed 

World News Briefs; U.N. Worker From Poland Gets 7 Years in Spy Case Hundreds of Dolphins Killed By Japanese Fishermen Tito's 'Stabilized' Condition Is Laid to Mechanical Aid Pope, Stricken by Influenza, Cancels Private Audiences

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 7  The foreign ministers of the European Common Market and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations today jointly condemned the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia.  

14 Nations Assail Soviet and Hanoi

TEL AVIV, March 7 Israel this week inducted a Chief Justice in Jerusalem at a time when the Supreme Court is becoming increasingly involved in strongly contested issues, including Jewish settlement of occupied Arab land.  

Chief Justice in Israel, Sworn In This Week, Faces Settlement Issue; Justice Also Ordered Eviction 

MEXICO CITY, March 7 El Salvador's army-backed junta today followed up its expropriation of large private farms 24 hours earlier by announcing the nationalization of the country's banking system.  

Salvadoran Banking System Is Nationalized; State of Slege Declared Banks Fought Takeover 

American journalists have been readmitted to Iran and began filing news reports to the United States early yesterday for the first time since Jan. 14.  

U.S. Journalists Return To Iran, Resume Work

BOGOTA, Colombia, March 7 The third negotiating session between the Colombian Government and a representative of the guerrillas holding an international group of diplomats hostage in the Dominican Republic Embassy took place this afternoon with no indication that a settlement was near.  

More Talks Held in Colombia Siege

NEW DELHI, March 7 Jagjivan Ram, a prominent leader of the Janata Party and its nominee for prime minister in January, resigned today, forcing a split in the party.  

Leader of Untouchables Quits the Janata Party

SAN FRANCISCO, March 7 As Charles B. Renfrew tells it, his public career came to him uninvited.  

Lawyer, Judge, Civiletti's Aide; Charles Byron Renfrew Man in the News Some Argued Against It Inquiries Await 'I Couldn't Sleep' Born in Detroit 

The Spanish National Television Network has recruited such Hispanic celebrities as Jose Ferrer, Rita Moreno and Erik Estrada to appear on special programs to encourage cooperation with the 1980 Census and explain its function.  

Hispanic Celebrities on TV Aid Census; Few Programs Produced in U.S. One Slogan Driven Home Rebroadcast on March 29

FORT MONROE, Va., March 7 (AP)  The Army said yesterday that it had dismissed charges that Brig. Gen. F. Cecil Adams Jr. condoned cheating in recruiting programs to meet quotas. The dismissal came after an inquiry found there was no evidence to support the charges, according to Lieut. Col. W.G. Smith of the Training and Doctrine Command. The charges were filed by Sgt. Lillie B. Clay, who faces recruiting fraud charges.  

March 8, 1980

Headlines from March 8, 1980

Connally Hopeful, Reagan Favored In Today's South Carolina Primary; Reagan Given Carolina Edge Connally Is Confident Thurmond Aiding Connally Strong Effort by Reagan

Smith Says He Would Take Rhodesia Cabinet Post; Smith Says He Would Take Rhodesia Cabinet Post 'I Predicted Such a Result' 'No Reason to Worry'

Soviet Soldiers Reappear in Kabul As New Protest Plans Are Reported; Soviet Soldiers Reappear in Kabul As Plans for Protests Are Reported Mullahs Address Villagers Steps Seen as Cosmetic Thought to Harbor Insurgents

UNIROYAL RECALLING TWO MILLION TIRES; Move Over U.S. Safety Complaints Involves '75 to '77 Radials Accidents and Injuries Reported Uniroyal Recalling 2 Million Tires Improvements in Construction

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Damn The Torpedoes

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Historical Context for March 8, 1980