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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1978
Page
11
Former first lady Betty Ford waited at Eisenhower Medical Center in Palm Desert for facial surgery to remove puffiness and tighten neck skin. She said her husband approved the operation, though children opposed it, noting she is 60 and wants a fresh look to match her new life and past treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction.
Former President Richard Nixon flies home to California after signing a book contract on foreign policy and attending a memorial service for Elmer Holmes Bobst. A tomato was thrown at Nixon, narrowly missing him, triggering two arrests as police busies with the crowd outside the memorial. Nixon’s aide said a midday flight to California would follow.
Rep. Edward Roybal testified before the House Ethics Committee that he accepted a $1,000 1974 campaign gift from South Korean businessman Tongsun Park and failed to report it. He said he did not intend to mislead investigators and that the money may have been turned over to his campaign. The hearing marks the first of four congressmen facing the ethics panel amid the Korean influence-buying inquiry.
President Carter is delighted by the House passage of a civil service reorganization bill by 385 to 10. The measure mirrors a Senate version, aims to streamline federal management, reward good workers, and remove incompetents while trimming veterans preference. A conference committee is expected to hash out differences next week.
In Bridgeport, Connecticut more than 70 teachers remain jailed for defying a back to work order as wages talks stall. The district offers about a 7 percent raise for salaries from 9450 to 20180, while fines mount for both the strikers and the union.
Leftist guerrillas hold three northwest cities Esteli Chinandega and Leon reinforcing positions as National Guard troops arrive from the south to crush the revolt. Martial law is imposed in Managua amid heavy fighting and a mass strike. Red Cross reports over 400 killed and 800 wounded nationwide with Masaya bearing the heaviest toll.
A Louis Harris poll of 1501 American women finds 85 percent support making in vitro fertilization available to married couples who cannot have children. A majority of women of child bearing age would consider the method, while 63 percent favor delaying it until further testing on birth defects. Half oppose federal funding for research.
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