WASHINGTON, May 2 The Hunt brothers are setting up a partnership between themselves and an oil company owned in trust for members of the Hunt family to pay off an estimated $750 million in debts incurred in silver trading, Nelson Bunker Hunt and W. Herbert Hunt told two Congressional panels today.  

$750 Million in Silver Debts To Be Repaid; Purpose of Partnership Herbert Hunt's Debts Placid Oil, Hunts Set Partnership 

WASHINGTON, May 2 Administration officials said today that Edmund S. Muskie was planning to begin his career as Secretary of State by flying to Europe in 11 days to meet with allied foreign ministers and Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko of the Soviet Union.  

Muskie Planning to Represent U.S. At Meetings With Allies in Europe; Also Hoping to See Gromyko in First High-Level Talks With Soviet Since Dispute Over Afghanistan Move Confirmation Hearing Expedited Conference at Camp David MUSKIE PLANS TO GO TO TALKS IN EUROPE A Get-Acquainted Meeting

LONDON, May 2 The third day of the Iranian Embassy siege passed without major incident today as British officials expressed hopes that they might be gaining a psychological upper hand that would eventually lead to the safe release of about 20 hostages.  

Siege at Iran's Embassy Continues; London Police 'Reasonably Happy'; May Be Up to Five Captors 

WACO, Tex. When Ronald Reagan said that America ought to be respected for its might rather than loved for its goodness, James S. Woods just had to issue a political statement of his own. So he threw back his head until the brim of his ten-gallon hat was nudging him between the shoulder blades and said, loudly: "Yeeeaaahhh!"  

Newcomers to South and West Reinforcing Reagan's Strength; The Scope and the Source Sun Belt Newcomers Favoring Reagan Voters Said to Feel Threatened Genius Not Needed Reagan Aims at Two States 

CALHOUN, Ga., May 1 He sat behind his half-moon desk, focused a cold stare from his expansive cabin office's windows to a small lake bordered by tall pines and pink azaleas, and asserted that he was "not bitter" about his three-year battle with the Federal Government, just "changed."  

Lance, 'Not Bitter' but 'Changed,' Looks Back on a Troubled 3 Years; Lance, 'Not Bitter,' Looks Back on a Troubled 3 Years No Buyer for Bank Shares Denies Government Dealings A Point of No Return The Summing Up

HAVANA, May 2--Cubans armed with chains, pipes, sticks and clubs today attacked hundreds of people who were waiting for information about possible emigration to the United States outside the...  

HUNDREDS IN HAVANA CLASH AT U.S. OFFICE; Group Waiting for Emigration Data Is Attacked--15 Are Injured Groups Clash at U.S. Office in Cuba Government Vehicle Observed 

JERUSALEM, May 2 Palestinian terrorists using hand grenades and automatic rifles attacked a group of Jewish settlers tonight as they walked through the narrow streets of Hebron, an occupied Arab city on the West Bank, after Sabbath prayers.  

5 Are Killed in Palestinian Attack On Jewish Settlers in West Bank; Action Stepped Up Recently Group of Women Moved In 5 Are Killed in West Bank Attack 

KINSHASA, Zaire, May 2 Pope John Paul II came here from Rome today, stepped from an Alitalia Airlines jet into a blistering afternoon and a deafening ovation, and began his tour of Africa in this potentially rich, frequently ravaged country.  

Huge Crowds Greet Pope in Zaire As His 11-Day African Trip Begins; 100th Anniversary of Catholicism Capital at a Standstill Language Request Rejected Celibacy Is Sensitive Issue 

The long-awaited recession has apparently arrived and many economists are now saying that the downturn in the nation's economic activity will be deeper and longer than previously forecast.  

Economists See A Deeper Slump Than Predicted; Impression 'Is Just Not Right' From Three to Five Quarters Economists Expect a Deeper Recession Than Forecast Faltered Noticeably in February Lower Tax Revenues Expected 

WASHINGTON, May 2 The unemployment rate jumped to its highest level in nearly three years in April as hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers were laid off because of declining economic activity.  

ACTION BY PRESIDENT; He Is to Seek $1.5 Billion for Increase in Special Unemployment Aid 825,000 Rise in Jobless Administration Reaction Unemployment Up to 7%, Highest Level in 3 Years Kirkland Seeking Alleviation Impact in Construction Rate for Blacks Teen-Agers Off

SAN SALVADOR, May 2 (UPI) El Salvador's military-civilian junta today crushed a rightist military coup led by former President Carlos Humberto Romero and two former aides, according to Napoleon Durate, a member of the junta.  

Former Salvador Leader and Aides Failed in a Coup Effort, Junta Says; Effort Abandoned Without Violence Involvement Denied 

LIMA, Peru The streets of the once-elegant center of this capital city are jammed with peddlers, pushcarts and food stalls offering homemade artifacts, plastic goods, antiques, dogs, ...  

Influx of Migrants Transforms Peru's Elegant Old Capital; The Talk of Lima 

STOCKHOLM, May 2 The Government said today that it had no intention of intervening to stop the series of strikes and lockouts that have brought the country to the edge of an industrial standstill.  

Sweden Says It Will Not Intervene To Halt Crippling Labor Disputes; No Pickets in Sight 

KINSHASA, Zaire, May 2 The American Knights of Columbus have agreed to come up with the cash to insure that Pope John Paul's visit to Zaire is broadcast via satellite.  

U.S. Group Eases Way For News of Papal Trip

AMSTERDAM, May 2 At the Excelsior Restaurant on the Amstel River, the stage was set for a gala evening. Tables were dressed with orange ribbons in honor of the investiture of Queen Beatrix, whose portrait was printed on the cover of a special menu. Lavish displays of spring flowers tulips, irises, daffodils  brightened the room.  

Frustration and Anger Mark the Beginning of Queen Beatrix's Reign; Great Clouds of Tear Gas Only 40 Were Arrested 

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 2 (AP) An Iranian clergyman was assassinated here today by gunmen, the police reported. Sheik Hassan Shirazi, who also has a Lebanese passport, was driving in the Moslem sector when gunmen fired from two cars and sped away, a police report said.  

Iranian Cleric Killed in Beirut

KATMANDU, Nepal, May 2 In the first nationwide voting in this mountain kingdom in 22 years, Nepalese decided today whether banned political parties should be legalized.  

Nepalese, in First Vote In 22 Years, Weighing Legalization of Parties; Heavy Rains Might Affect Turnout 

WASHINGTON, May 2 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in an avowed budget-balancing mood and with five of its members facing re-election contests in November, has cut more than $420 million from the Administration's foreign aid request for 1981.  

Request for Foreign Aid Slashed by Senate Panel

WASHINGTON, May 2 A Defense Department spokesman said tonight that "the inadvertent blocking of a cooling vent" may have caused navigation instruments to overheat and fail on a helicopter taking part in the hostage rescue mission in Iran, forcing the aircraft to turn back.  

Copter Failure Tied to Plugged Vent; Mission Leaders Said to Quarrel 

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., May 2  Toward noon on April 24, M'Hamed Essaafi, Tunisia's soft-spoken delegate, left a small room off the Security Council chamber to show his Arab colleagues some verbal changes proposed...  

Inside the U.N.: How a Resolution Is Shaped and Polished; U.S. Elections a Factor Lebanese Offer Some 'Bait' 

TEHERAN, Iran, May 2 (Reuters)  The militants occupying the American Embassy here charged today that several Arabic-speaking gunmen took Iranian hostages in London this week with the aim of freeing the Americans held in Iran.  

IRANIANS LINKING U.S. TO LONDON SEIZURE; Militants Say Gunmen Are Seeking Release of Teheran Hostages Iraqi Involvement Charged 

KEY WEST, Fla., May 2 They are clustered behind the wire fence at the end of the dock where the boats are coming in with Cuban refugees, exiles waiting for relatives they've not seen in 20 years, women whose men are at the helms of the small craft.  

Kin of Boaters and Cubans Keep Nervous Key West Vigil; Huddled Under Umbrellas 

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla., May 2  As hundreds of Air Force personnel surged over sun-drenched fairgrounds today in a hasty effort to build temporary facilities for Cuban refugees, the placid communities in Florida's Panhandle awaited the influx nervously and somewhat caustically.  

Towns in Florida's Panhandle Wary Over Influx of Cuban refugees

World News Briefs; Israel Urged to End Support Of Lebanese Rightist Forces British Foreign Office Says Ex-Soviet Spy Asks Asylum 1,000 Teachers Take Part In South African Boycott Four Men in South Korea Are Sentenced to Death 

MARIEL, Cuba, May 2 At least 20,000 Cuban-Americans on several thousand small boats have jammed this harbor in attempts to take family members back to the United States.  

May 3, 1980

Headlines from May 3, 1980

$750 Million in Silver Debts To Be Repaid; Purpose of Partnership Herbert Hunt's Debts Placid Oil, Hunts Set Partnership

Muskie Planning to Represent U.S. At Meetings With Allies in Europe; Also Hoping to See Gromyko in First High-Level Talks With Soviet Since Dispute Over Afghanistan Move Confirmation Hearing Expedited Conference at Camp David MUSKIE PLANS TO GO TO TALKS IN EUROPE A Get-Acquainted Meeting

Siege at Iran's Embassy Continues; London Police 'Reasonably Happy'; May Be Up to Five Captors

Newcomers to South and West Reinforcing Reagan's Strength; The Scope and the Source Sun Belt Newcomers Favoring Reagan Voters Said to Feel Threatened Genius Not Needed Reagan Aims at Two States

Lance, 'Not Bitter' but 'Changed,' Looks Back on a Troubled 3 Years; Lance, 'Not Bitter,' Looks Back on a Troubled 3 Years No Buyer for Bank Shares Denies Government Dealings A Point of No Return The Summing Up

Billboard 200

Against The Wind

The Wall

Glass Houses

Mad Love

Light Up The Night

Historical Context for May 3, 1980