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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1978
Page
3
Washington AP reports supporters are within two votes of final approval after a compromise on U S intervention. Carter and Senate leaders hold 65 firm votes for the second treaty with canal turnover to Panama by 2000. some who backed the first treaty may switch.
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively repealed the deduction for state and local gasoline taxes. The move would save taxpayers about $1.15 billion on 1980 returns. The panel also tentatively kept deductions for state and local sales taxes and for personal property taxes, opposing Carter's wishes.
Billy Carter the president's brother is admitted to Americus Sumter County Hospital in Plains Georgia. Hospital administrator Jim Griffith says he entered on Sunday night while Dr Paul Broun will release a statement today.
Federal officials will assess whether eight to ten year old children exposed to ultrasound fetal monitoring show poorer health or developmental outcomes. Commissioner Donald Kennedy testified before a Senate health subcommittee that long term biological damage is possible though no evidence of infant abnormalities has been found.
New York Times reports that Arkady N. Shevchenko, a senior Soviet diplomat at the United Nations, has been in contact with the FBI and CIA for several years while refusing to return home. The Times cites a former intelligence officer and a knowledgeable source noting possible cooperation and offers to reveal whether American agencies were fed false information by a Soviet agent.
In Boston, Bill Rodgers edged runner up Jeff Wells to win the Boston Marathon in 2 hours 10 minutes 13 seconds, the closest finish in 82 years. Wells finished second in 2 10 15, while Frank Shorter faded to 23rd in 2 18 15 and Eda Tikkanen took third at 2 11 15. Rodgers has now claimed New York and Fukuoka titles this season.
Attorney General Griffin B. Bell argues before the Supreme Court to allow the TVA to finish the $119 million Tellico Dam in eastern Tennessee, despite the endangered snail darter. The case tests the Endangered Species Act as environmentalists warn of habitat loss and species extinction risks.
More than 200 historic artifacts documents and original graphics recreate the Town of Kansas during the 1860s in Frontier Community the newest permanent exhibit at the Kansas City Museum of History and Science. During that era the city was a thriving river port and a pioneer outfitting point.
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