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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1978
Page
4
President Carter unveiled a new anti inflation drive based on voluntary wage price restraint. He urged federal workers to limit raises to 5.5 percent come October, but critics like Jerry Wurf of the AFSCME derided the symbolism and showed little enthusiasm.
The House Ways and Means Committee moved a bill to grant an income tax credit for college tuition up to 250 dollars annually. The panel stripped credits for elementary and secondary school tuition, and President Carter planned a White House meeting with Democratic members to oppose the tax credit.
Professor Alessandro Agnoli, a leading Italian neurologist, says Aldo Moro may be dosed with a drug used on Soviet dissidents. He bases his claim on changes in Moro's handwriting from before and after his March 16 kidnapping by Red Brigades.
Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu arrives in Washington and is greeted by U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. He becomes the first Warsaw Pact leader to be formally received by President Carter.
Washington AP Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr ordered his health financing chief to form an expert panel to review if transsexual surgery is medically necessary in certain cases. Medicare currently does not pay for sex-change operations.
President Carter directly urged House and Senate energy negotiators to back a compromise plan drafted by Energy Secretary James R. Schlesinger. The proposal would lift price controls on newly found natural gas in April 1985, with earlier House and Senate timetables of January and July 1985 respectively.
Washington sources say Panamanian officials found a US right to military intervention under the Panama Canal treaty unacceptable. Ambassador William Jorden conveyed the stance to the State Department on March 14 as Carter sought Senate votes for the neutrality pact. Carter pressed Sen. Dennis DeConcini to drop the reservation, but he refused and the president accepted it to win his support.
Betty Ford decided to enter an alcoholic and drug treatment center because medications for arthritis and a pinched nerve left her constantly drowsy. A family spokesman said she was troubled by drowsiness and that a combination of factors, not one drug, caused her condition.
The New Ellenton Riding Club hosts its semiannual trail ride open to the public this Saturday and Sunday. A $10 fee covers all meals except Saturday lunch. horse feed is provided. Riders depart 10 a.m. Saturday from U Serve-U Save on Highway 19, with arrivals by 9 a.m. to prepare. Camping at Aiken State Park Saturday night. riders under 18 must bring a signed permission slip and a parent or guardian. Contact P.A. Brock for details.
The Pentagon released a secret document language to show the United States will not abandon NATO flanks in a European war. It underscores U S commitment to the alliance amid potential European conflict.
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