WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance said today that President Carter disavowed the American vote against Israel in the United Nations Security Council three weeks ago not because the resolution violated American policy, but because of concern that it would upset the current negotiations on Palestinian self-rule.  

Vance Says Carter Disavowed Vote In U.N. in View of Talks, Not Policy; Israeli Supporters Critical VANCE SAYS U.N. VOTE DIDN'T BREAK POLICY 

Spring rains arrived with a vengeance yesterday, driven by gale-force winds that knocked down trees, blew out plateglass windows and caused scattered power interruptions and flooding throughout the New York metropolitan area.  

Wind and Rain Disrupt Traffic; Power Lines Cut L.I.R.R.'s Riders Delayed at Evening Rush Hour; Elevator Cables Snagged 

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- President Carter's chief of staff, Hamilton Jordan, flew to Panama today to see if friction between Panamanian and American doctors could be resolved so that the deposed Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlevi could undergo surgery in Panama and not have to return to the United States for treatment.  

CARTER AIDE IS SENT TO PANAMA TO EASE DISPUTE OVER SHAH; U.S. SEEKS TREATMENT THERE Jordan to Deal With Quarrel Among Doctors That Some Feel Could Result in Iranian's Return A Doctor Accompanies Jordan Carter Sends Aide to Panama to Ease Dispute on Shah Responses by Panama Carter's View of Situation Shah's Condition Is Described 

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- One supporter of increased Federal aid to New York City refused to compromise. Another was attending a dinner to honor Walter Cronkite and missed a key vote. Because of these and other factors, a measure to salvage some funds for the city in the face of Congressional budget-cutting was narrowly defeated last night.  

Quirks in Voting Thwarted Effort At Helping City; Designed to Ease Pain Quirks in House Unit's Vote Defeated Bill to Aid City Giaimo's Backup Position 

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- President Carter told a group of past and prospective Olympic athletes at the White House today that the United States "will not go" to the Olympic Games in Moscow in July and August, and he asked for their support.  

Carter, in Plea to Athletes, Is Firm on Olympic Ban; Final Decision by May 24 Carter Firm on Olympic Boycott Question Posed by Athlete Willing to Sacrifice 

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Administration announced the immediate suspension today of a pricing device protecting the American steel industry against imports. The move followed the filing of complaints against European producers by the United States Steel Corporation, accusing them of shipping steel to the domestic market at unfairly low prices.  

PROTECTIVE PRICING IN STEEL SUSPENDED; Move Follows Company Complaint of 'Dumping' by Europeans Suspension Was Threatened Trigger Price Suspended After U.S. Steel's Action 

WASHINGTON, March 21--For the last several weeks, the nation's senior military and naval officers have been marching up to Capitol Hill to sound an alarm: The armed services are rapidly losing their best and most experienced personnel.  

Armed Forces Chiefs Say Personnel Losses Weaken U.S. Defense; Armed Forces Chiefs Say Defense Is Weakened by Personnel Losses Carter Critical of Complaints Reasons Other Than Pay Joint Chiefs Now Involved Better Pay at McDonald's 

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- President Carter promised today to press Congress to restore $500 million in aid for hardpressed cities, including New York. The funds were killed in a dramatic, narrow vote last night in a key test in the House Budget Committee.  

Carter Vows to Press for Urban Aid Killed in Key Vote by House Panel; In 5 Interviews for New York TV, He Predicts Success --Kennedy Responds, 'It Ain't Gonna Be Done' Series of Political Appearances Carter Vows Effort to Restore $500 Million for Cities 

LONDON, March 21 (UPI) -- The Times of London is raising its price from 33 cents to 44 cents a copy, effective Monday, newspaper officials said today. The increase comes three months after The Times resumed publication following a one-year strike by the printing unions.  

Times of London Raising Price

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 19-- Pakistan's new foreign policy initiatives have boiled down to waiting anxiously for Saudi Arabia to say how much help it can offer.  

Pakistan Shapes Foreign Policy With Eye on Saudi Funds; No Categorial Rejection Spillover From Afghanistan Convergence of Interests

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., March 21 (Reuters) -- Secretary General Kurt Waldheim tonight expressed concern at the heavy exchange of fire in southern Lebanon and appealed for restraint.  

Waldheim Expresses Concern

JERUSALEM, March 21 -- By inviting the leaders of Egypt and Israel to Washington next month, President Carter is stepping into the most difficult area of dispute between Israelis and Arabs and the one least likely to see a successful...  

Toughest Mideast Peace Issue: Palestinians; News Analysis Two Sides Differ on 'Autonomy' Phase Is to Last 5 Years 

QUEBEC, March 21 -- The Government of Quebec has won an important vote in the provincial legislature in its drive to transform this largely Frenchspeaking province into a sovereign country and an equal associate of the rest of Canada.  

Quebec Separatists Win Key Test

TEHERAN, Iran, March 21--In a New Year's speech, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini today condemned domestic enemies, including intellectuals, radical guerrillas, liberals, critical journalists, striking factory workers and malingering civil servants.  

Khomeini Assails Enemies in Iran, Demands Soviet Quit Afghanistan; Urges Purge of Professors Opposes Property Seizures 

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 21 -- Syria has withdrawn its peacekeeping troops from areas south and east of Beirut but has regrouped them in the eastern Bekaa Valley, and there is no indication that it will pull out of Lebanon altogether.  

IN UNEASY LEBANON, SMALL RAY OF HOPE; Syrian Pullback Causing Disquiet, but It May Be a First Step to Restoration of Authority New Cause for Alarm Five Days of Bombardment 

MADRID, March 21 -- The victory by a moderate Catalan party in elections for a home-rule legislature, and an unexpectedly strong showing by a more radical Catalan group, today consolidated the hold of local forces in the important northeast region. It also underscored the erosion of support for national Spanish parties of the right and the left.  

Catalan Party's Triumph Increases Pressures on Madrid for Home Rule; Put Prestige on the Line 

STOCKHOLM, March 21 -- Sweden will vote Sunday on the future of nuclear energy in a nonbinding referendum that has taken on the characteristics of a small religious war, with factions of selfdeclared pragmatists battling sects of idealists.  

In Sweden, a Battle of Religious Intensity on Atomic Power; Ingmar Bergman's Assessment State Ownership Suggested 

World News Briefs; U.S. to Press Soviet On Outbreak of Illness Taiwan Dissident Denies He Planned a Coup Pole Burns Self to Death As a Protest in Cracow

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., March 21-- United Nations relief officials who a month ago congratulated themselves on "averting a disaster" in Cambodia now fear that famine is again threatening the ravaged land.  

U.N. Relief Officials Say Cambodia Again Is Threatened With Famine; Situation Is Not 'Impossible' Some Concessions Are Made Lack of Rain Is a Major Problem Soldiers Get Much More Food

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Deserted by the most of the hardcore liberals in his own party, Representative Robert N. Giaimo, Democrat of Connecticut, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, has forged a fragile coalition that he hopes will provide the votes needed for House approval of a Federal budget plan leading to the first surplus in 12 years.  

Giaimo Forges Bipartisan Coalition for Budget Cuts; Projected Business Tax Cut Confrontations Among Democrats

MEMPHIS, March 21 -- A 3-year-old boy cannot sleep at night because he has trouble breathing. A 6-year-old girl complains of chest pains all the time. A 29year-old woman had 11 cysts removed from an ovary. A 56-year-old woman has had a cancerous lung removed and requires an oxygen tank to breathe. Six of her neighbors have died of cancer in recent years.  

Experts Puzzled by Outbreak of Illness in North Memphis; Chemical Waste Dumps Blamed Hydrocarbon Chemicals Found Results of Informal Surveys 

WASHINGTON, March 21 (UPI)--The Immigration and Naturalization Service has proposed regulations that would require all 235,000 foreign students in the United States to report to its offices for a check of their visas.  

Immigration Officials Planning Crackdown On Visas for Students

Angelo Bruno, the reputed leader of organized crime in the Philadelphia area and southern New Jersey, was shot dead last night while sitting with another man in a car outside his home in South Philadelphia, the police there said.  

Reputed Leader In Mob Is Killed In Philadelphia; Angelo Bruno Shot Dead in Auto Outside Home A Record of Arrests 

Around the Nation; Seven Killed, Three Hurt In Plane Crash in Houston 5 in Police Ousted in Detroit In Dispute on Cattle Prods Doctor Posted $2,200 Bond To Free 47 Jailed Iranians Rhode Island Court Rejects Sex as a Right of Privacy 

VICE-PRESIDENTIAL TALK-Almost everybody, except John B. Anderson and George Bush, believes that Ronald Reagan will be the Republican Presidential nominee, and the line is already forming for the Vice-Presidential nomination. According to The Associated Press, Representative Jack F. Kemp of upstate New York says that he would be "flattered" to be asked.  

March 22, 1980

Headlines from March 22, 1980

Vance Says Carter Disavowed Vote In U.N. in View of Talks, Not Policy; Israeli Supporters Critical VANCE SAYS U.N. VOTE DIDN'T BREAK POLICY

Wind and Rain Disrupt Traffic; Power Lines Cut L.I.R.R.'s Riders Delayed at Evening Rush Hour; Elevator Cables Snagged

Quirks in Voting Thwarted Effort At Helping City; Designed to Ease Pain Quirks in House Unit's Vote Defeated Bill to Aid City Giaimo's Backup Position

Carter, in Plea to Athletes, Is Firm on Olympic Ban; Final Decision by May 24 Carter Firm on Olympic Boycott Question Posed by Athlete Willing to Sacrifice

Billboard 200

The Wall

Damn The Torpedoes

Mad Love

Permanent Waves

Bebe Le Strange

Historical Context for March 22, 1980