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Show Page Two The Daily Utah Chronicle, Tuesday, January 21, 1984 NEWS BRIEFS FROM UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL King's day celebrated In solemn ceremonies, festive marches and lavish musical tributes the United States Monday observed its first official holiday in honor of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., the man whose dream brought down the walls of segregation in the South. It was the first federal holiday ever to honor a black man, and it w as also observed by 33 of the states. Eleven others observed King's birthday on its actual date last Wednesday, and in some areas where no holiday was called black children made their own by simply staving home from school. Next door at King's Ebenezer Baptist Church hundreds packed in to sec the King Peace Prize' awarded to Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, like King a Nobel Laureate. Tutu accepted the award on' behalf of his g to a fault." people, "who are The ceremonies included speeches by Bush, Sens. 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Doctors said a biopsy of three tiny polyps in his large intestine and a shaving from a pimple on his face were all found to be The president will meet with Republican congressional leaders Tuesday to lay out his legislative goals for the reconvening of Congress. Acceptance of $11.7 billion in budget cuts will be high on the agenda. He also will push his campaign to win Senate passage of the House tax reform legislation. non-maligna- nt. Lesotho is taken over JOHANNESBURG, South Africa The military African government of Lesotho in a ousted the bloodless coup Monday and South Africa allowed fuel and food into the tiny enclave kingdom for the first time in three weeks. In a 6 a.m. broadcast, Radio Lesotho said the state's . paramilitary force led by Gen. Justin had toppled Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan. Lekhanya has been taken to install peace and national "This step reconciliation, which has been a problem of politicians in Lesotho," said the radio. Maseru residents said scores of people danced in the streets early Monday, chanting "Away with Leabua" and "Save us Lekhanye." Western diplomats said the situation in the capitol was normal. "If we had not been told there was a coup, we would not have known," said Dennis Quinn, second secretary of the British High Commission. "Everything looks normal." Less than 12 hours after the announcement of the coup, a truck convoy crossed into Lesotho from South Africa, delivering the first fuel and food supplies to the kingdom in three weeks. 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