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Newspaper
Lincoln Journal
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1977
Page
3
About 1,500 accused looters remained in crowded detention cells as New York City faced a heat wave after 3,700 arrests during the blackout. Mayor Beame sought aid from labor, business and banking leaders for beleaguered small businesses.
Fan Yuan-yen a former Communist air force commander who defected to Taiwan on July 1 describes a policy shift in Peking toward production. He recalls longer workdays in Shanghai, food shortages, and a populace losing faith as leftovers go to children and the elderly while pigs are fed with scraps. He longed for Maoist teachings he says have faded.
House Speaker Thomas P. ONeill and Democratic Leader Jim Wright denied reports they were involved in a South Korean influence buying scandal. Wright accused ABC News of irresponsible journalism for airing an unnamed sourced report and promised to confront the source if named. ONeill aides stressed no money or favors passed to ONeill who only attended two parties hosted by Tongsun Park. Carter said he has no plans to appoint a special prosecutor despite calls for an independent probe into the South Korea influence affair.
President Carter urged Congress to overhaul labor relations laws to empower workers to choose union representation and strengthen enforcement against violators. The plan expands the National Labor Relations Board, speeds elections, and imposes stiff penalties, while dropping a repeal of right to work laws.
More than 800 demonstrators, including nurses in uniform and pajama-clad patients, gathered at the Veterans Administration Hospital to demand a new trial for Filipina Marciso and Leonora Perez, convicted of conspiracy and five nonfatal poisonings. The crowd accused the Detroit jury of error while the defendants maintained their innocence and questioned the American justice system.
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