Winona Daily News (Newspaper) - November 4, 1976, Winona, Minnesota Egyptian use oil as weapon Al Egypt's leading newspaper has called on the Arab world to forge a united front and find new ways to use oil as a political weapon in order to cope with President-elect Jimmy Carter's policy in the Middle East The newspaper predicted Carter will give Israel unlimited support Lansky dismissal The Justice Department has decided not to appeal a federal court's dismissal of an in- against Meyer Lansky alleged financial wizard of the underworld Lansky aging and ill was indicted in Las Vegas in 1972 on charges of conspiring to conceal million in casino earnings from the Flamingo Hotel U.S District Court Judge Roger D Foley dismissed the indictment Sept 30 saying health appeared to be worsening Meyer Lansky Polish hijacking A Polish citizen brandishing a hand grenade hijacked a Polish airliner today on a flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw and forced it to land in Vienna of- said The lone hijacker who was being deported from Denmark to Poland then surrendered to Austrian authorities Irish decision The way seems clear for Dr Patrick Hillery European Common Market commissioner for social affairs to be declared the next president of the Irish Republic by acclamation Hillery 54 was nominated by the Fianna Fail party to succeed President Cearbhall 0 who resigned last month and the ruling Fine Gael and Labor parties won't oppose him Wisconsin sets tentative immunization deadline Wisconsin health officials say they hope to complete about 70 percent of the planned 4.1 million swine flu immunizations in the state by Jan 15 William Schatz director of the program said it could run into February Tito appears Yugoslav President Tito reportedly recovering from a liver ailment made his first announced official appearance since undergoing treatment in tember Tito 84 presided over the ruling presidium of the Yugoslav Communist Party in Belgrade He plans In host Soviet Communist Party leader Leonid I Brezhnev in mid-November President Tito Lebanese fighting Moslem and Christian forces battled through the night with rockets artillery and tanks in Beirut's heaviest outbreak of fighting since Hie cease-fire began Iwo weeks ago Sources reported 15 killed and 20 wounded during the First woman Adelaide has become Ihc first woman ever lo head an political party with her election Wednesday as secretary of the Radical Parly Tho radicals are a tiny parly lo Inn loft of the and have led the fight for inn of Italy's an- Warmer r to cloudy and nd Fr in thu mid JfK Page The inside Daily Will Rogers says I am pretty sore today I am looking for the ones that reminded me that 55 years ago today at Indian Territory on November 4th 1879 a baby hoy was born Say I was the prettiest baby that had been born there Boy you get as old and look like an old badger as I do you want nobody reminding you of that And don't go round bragging on eood looking babies You never know what they're liable to shed off Carter courts Congress By JIM ADAMS WASHINGTON AP President-elect Jimmy Carter is contacting the Democratic leaders of Congress with overtures of partnership and cooperation but none of them can say yet how easy that will be to achieve or what programs it will produce Carter telephoned leaders including prospective House Speaker Thomas P O'Neill as his victory over President Ford became clear early Wednesday morning and told some of them he wants to meet with them soon on working with Congress There is no question but what there will be a period of cooperation and retiring Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield said Wednesday night How long it will last I don't know While Carter was beating Ford Democrats were keeping their control of the Senate and possibly increasing their House control closer to the 140 House that helped push through the late President Lyndon B Johnson's Great Society and programs in the But Democratic leaders brushed aside Wednesday the question of how expansive a program the Democratic President and Democratic Congress can enact pointing out that they haven't even met on the subject yet An aide to O'Neill said Carter telephoned early Wednesday morning and told the House Democratic leader Tip I'm six votes from being elected President and I'll be wanting to meet with you on working with Congress The aide said O'Neill has been telling people that Carter's victory will mean the days of veto battles are over and Congress leaders can cooperate with a President who will work with us because we know which programs will work and which won't But thai pointed to what could become an obstacle to Democratic unity the problem of working out who going to listen to whom Democrats were reluctant to talk about that ticklish subject hut some Republicans were happy to My impression is thai Jimmy Carter is things said Hep Barber Conable of New York chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee I think he's a very tough bird and 1 don't think the Democratic leaders will be able to stand up to him Conable said he also thinks Democrats are going to have to make hard decisions on federal spending Social Security financing welfare and other issues that might have voters voting more strongly Republican in the next election Tuesday's elections struck no serious blow to the Democrats power structure in either the House or Senate but retirements had already set up races for the top leadership positions in both bodies O'Neill is unopposed so far to be House speaker and Senate Democratic Whip Kobert C Byrd appears likeK lo step up to the job of Senate Democratic leader Carter readies for transition PLAINS Ga AP Campaign rancor and rhetoric behind him President-elect Jimmy Carter prepared to lay plans for the future of America and meet with his vice president today in this jubilant Georgia town Vice President-elect Walter whom Carter elevated to an issue in the late weeks of the campaign by contrasting him with he Republican candidate was to arrive in Plains this afternoon The two men were lo hold a joint news conference tonight at the Plains train depot Carter's local campaign headquarters and the scene Wednesday morning of a joyous and tearful homecoming for the conquering hero of this town of 683 people After his welcome at dawn by several hundred townsfolk who waited up all night sweating out election returns Carter went home lo rest and at got a phone call from President Ford Because of a siege of hoarseness in voice Ford's chief of staff Richard Cheney read a telegram sent to Carter from the White House offering help and cooperation during transition period between Ihc rations I deeply appreciate the President's call and his gracious expression of congratulations and Carler said in a statement I expressed my admiration for him and for the strong well-planned and effective campaign that he ran Carter said he Mondale would lake full advantage of Ford's offer of cooperation He said his own aide Jack Watson of Atlanta who has been preparing fnr transition for several months would contact Cheney and begin discussions righl away For his part Carler planned lo meet today with several top involved in planning with Mondale joining meeting nn his arrival Carler has said he will open an office in Washington during transition period whore he will spend three or four days a week Carter to speak NEW YORK AP The three television networks CBS ABC and NBC announced they will cover President elect Jimmy Carter's joint news conference with Vice President elect Walter Mondale live at CST tonight in Plains Ga winona Daily News year of publication Minnesota November 4 1976 24 Pages 2 Sections 15 From the Press Vice President elect Walter Mondale with his wife Joan at his side displays 3 sweatshirt given him by press corps Wednesday in Minneapolis at his first news conference since his election Mondale outlined some of the measures which he hopes to see during his administration AP Prices spiral for second month WASHINGTON Higher costs for automobiles fuel iml other industrial boosted wholesale prices by six tenths of a per rent in marking tlic second consecutive WR increase Iho government said today The rise was smaller Mian nf a per com increase in September hut slill was the monthly increase year and by no gory news for Ihc incoming Carler administration Only a decline in prices kopt iho wholesale index from rising more sharply Tho Labor Department said industrial prices surged 1 per cent higher lasl the largest one-month increase since last when Miry rose 1.2 per com Thee prices have continued rising at a rapid rale since last June arc usually more concerned price for industrial commodities an indication of the underlying inflationary pressures in the economy since they arc- volatile than Farm prices Farm prices were down I 2 per cent in October after rising 1 ii per cent in September They had declined in both July and August Prices for processed foods and feeds also dropped m declining of a per cr-nl The Wholesale Price Index stood at in October meaning thai goods selling for MOO at wholesale in 1967 now cost 5185.20 Wholesale price changes usually are reflected after a lag in consumer prices although linkage is precise October's of i per increase adjusted for seasonal factors translate into an annual rate of 7.4 percent In terms wholesale prices rose of a per cent last month The price indicated that inflationary pressures ire still strong in the economy economists that inflation as measured by prices witl increase about 5 to fi per cent this year be a shahl improvement from the 7 per cent rate in but still would be high by historic standards Tlw surge in industrial prices reflected hikes in transportation equipment Hir model car and trucks Most vehicles and other equipment rose in cost per cent lasl the said Sharp increases also were reported for most fuel products including crude petroleum and natural gas Prices also rose for lumber and rubber machinery and metal products Declining prices fnr hogs and grains led the 1.2 per cent drop in farm prices Oil seeds and cocoa bean prices also declined lasl following big increases in September These more than offset increases for cuttle eggs coffee and fruits and vegetables Especially significant for future trends was the 4 per cent price increase for crude materials in October Top two staff budget Wtt WASHINGTON AP Carter has two priority tasks facing him in the months immediately before and after his inauguration He must populate his ad- ministration and he must put his imprint on the How Carter goes about doing both jobs will go a long way toward showing the nation and the world how he plans specifically to effect Ihc ideas he talked of during his campaign A young Atlanta attorney Jack Watson has been working with a small staff since July on a transition plan for the new ad- ministration Among oilier things Watson has prepared lists of potential appointees to the lop jobs among the more than 2.000 Carter will have to fill No names have been publicly discussed by Carter staff but some criteria have been Carter has said he intends to reduce the size of the White House staff and give more freedom and policy responsibility to Cabinet members Some key roles in the White House are expected to be filled by the small group of Georgians who were on Carter's slaff and stuck with him through the campaign Campaign manager Hamilton Jordan is a likely choice for chief of staff press secretary Jody Powell is likely to fill that job again But Jordan said the staff is now limited to generalise Specialists in foreign and domestic policy will have to be added Both Carler and his staff have reiterated their determination to place a large number of women blacks and younger people in key roles What amounts lo a women's employment agency bank has been operating in Washington for several weeks compiling names of potential women appointees There will be a lot of new said Jordan One of them according to Carler is going to be a replacement for Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Carter has been getting foreign policy advice from several experts including Columbia University Professor Zbigniew Brzezinski who is a likely candidate for a role in formulating the new ad- foreign policy who have been mentioned as possible candidates include former Pentagon Paul and Cyrus Vance and former undersecretary of George Ball When he urns to domestic issues Carler will be confronted with the of fulfilling his campaign pledges to lower unemployment reform taxes gel started on a national health insurance program and still move toward balancing the federal budget by 1981 His lask will be to reshape federal budget he will have just weeks lo work over the document Ihc Ford administration has been preparing for 18 months Britain proposes rule target date GENEVA Switzerland AP Trying to break a deadlock between black and white delegates Britain today formally proposed March 1978 as the target date for independence informed officials said The proposal by Ivor Richard British chairman of the Rhodesian settlement talks was made at a scale meeting attended by leaders of the four black nationalist delegations ami by Hilary Squires minister of justice law and order in Rhodesia's current white minority government The delegates suspended their deliberations in order lo consider Richard's proposal Ihc sources said It represented something of a compromise between black demands for statehood within 12 months or so and Ihc while position favoring a timetable of roughly 23 months The British proposal was based on the time believed necessary lo complete the complex legal and con- processes that must precede a formal transfer of sovereignly Iran the British government lo Ihc breakaway colony Earlier Bishop Abel Muzorewa leader of one black for a national election in two weeks to choose an interim prime for Rhodesia The plan for a one-man plebiscite was immediately disowned by rival black Rhodesian factions A spokesman for so-called Patriotic Front of Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe called the proposal simply his own selfish plan The spokesman Willie said the bishop who heads one faction of the split African National Council ANC did not consult us about this It isa political gimmick and for practical reasons it is im- possible Bishop Muzorewa speaking at a news conference also appealed to U.S President-elect Jimmy Carter to stand with the people who are seeking majority rule in Rhodesia because I believe that Americans support majority rule As he offered his preindependence election plan conference legal experts were meeting to discuss purely technical problems created by various possible timetables for Rhodesian independence and black majority rule The conference which also includes a British a while Rhodesian and another black delegation has stalled on the question of when the breakaway colony should be given formal white government of Prime Minister Ian Smith favors a timetable and blacks want statehood within one year The group also favors independence followed by elections Sources in the black delegations said Nkomo and Mugabe fear that many unsophisticated blacks unaware of the power struggle among the nationalists might vote for Bishop Muzorewa as interim prime minister in the belief that he is still over-all head of Hie ANC He held thai position when ANC was unified Bishop Muzorewa who said earlier this week he fears a disastrous civil war may break the temporarily allied Patriotic Front factions after independence told his rivals today not to question his motives Captured Newsmen in Salisbury Rhodesia inter- view a captured terrorist Wednesday On display are some of the weapons seized by Rhodesian forces during a raid Into neighboring Mozambique AP
