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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1978
Page
18
Amy Carter spins with Mickey Mouse at the White House for Mickeys 50th birthday. Dozens of disabled children from the District of Columbia attend the party with cake and punch.
AP NBC poll finds public rating of President Carter's handling of economic problems up slightly in four weeks but still modest. About 36 percent call his work good or excellent, down from 38 percent in mid October. 50 percent say only fair and 12 percent poor. Two percent undecided.
The AP NBC poll shows 21 percent rate the president's economic work good or excellent up from 18 percent. Forty three percent call it only fair and 9 percent poor, with 31 percent unsure. Inflation fears persist despite 57 percent backing voluntary wage price guidelines.
In a televised exchange Jarvis accuses Gann of trying to profit from a new spending limit ballot measure while Gann labels Jarvis irrational and inflamed by jealousy of his own spotlight since Proposition 13. Each denies personal gain and communication falters amid sharp exchanges.
London AP reports Labor barrister John Lee asked Home Secretary Merlyn Rees to prohibit Nixon entry after he accepted a lecture at Oxford on Nov 30. Nixon plans trips to Paris and England, then to Oxford via Moylan’s invitation. Rees likely will respond Monday.
The Carter administration says a welfare package meeting core goals could cost six billion dollars, about one third of last year’s proposed twenty billion plan. Sen. Moynihan noted President Carter may present this smaller plan in January, including a national minimum benefit, two parent coverage, work or training, and larger earned income credits.
Ugandan President Idi Amin charges Tanzania seeks an armed assault aided by the United States. He orders a 24 hour alert for all forces and says Kampala could crush any invading Tanzanian force if peace efforts fail. Julius Nyerere rejects mediation and vows to press the conflict.
British punk rocker Sid Vicious now facing homicide charges in New York for stabbing Nancy Spungen to death inside the Chelsea Hotel. The 21 year old, real name John Simon Ritchie, is ordered to reappear for arraignment with F Lee Bailey likely to defend hims.
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