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...Weizman, whose popularity is second to Begin's in the government, asserted in a bombshell interview on Israeli TV that because Begin's Cabinet had lost the confidence of the public, it should resign. Such a move would force new elections long before the term of the present Israeli parliament runs out in late 1981, but it is unlikely to occur. Weizman was immediately condemned by Housing Minister David Levy as a "deep disappointment," and a clamor for his resignation arose...
That is a severe problem in some key states. In both Michigan and his native Illinois, Anderson cannot be listed as an independent but has to meet state qualifications for a third-party candidacy. In Michigan, under present law, he must collect 18,000 signatures from several congressional districts by May 5; in Illinois he will have to form a party that will also run candidates for Vice President, U.S. Senator and the University of Illinois board of trustees. Even so, the consensus among experts on election laws is that Anderson can qualify in enough states to have a mathematical...
...remains unclear. Mugabe has announced few specific policies, and according to several Cabinet members, will probably not do so fully for another six months. But there is no doubt about his most urgent priorities: removing all racist institutions, reconstructing the country's devastated rural areas and redressing the present 10-to-1 ratio between white and black incomes...
...government is considering some partial nationalization programs, like reclaiming ownership of mineral lands but leasing the mining operations back to their present white managements. Also under study are plans to establish self-sufficient agricultural cooperatives on newly acquired land. But Mugabe has renounced the idea of sweeping nationalization and expropriations. "We have recognized that this is a capitalistic country," he declared last week, adding inscrutably that "you cannot nationalize the structure and hope to achieve the goals of socialism...
...going after domestic heavy crude, the U.S. could double its present oil reserves of 29 billion bbl. The leading heavy oil producer is Shell Oil, which is already pumping 85,000 bbl. of it per day. That is about 20% of the company's total U.S. output and nearly half the nation's total heavy oil production. The company last year paid an estimated $3.5 billion for the Kern County oilfields of Belridge Oil Co., which are believed to contain up to 375 million bbl. of heavy crude, by far the largest such deposit in the country...