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Newspaper
Lincoln Journal
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1977
Page
3
Pravda reports that after the Washington meeting Moscow and Washington have narrowed gaps on key arms control issues. The article frames the talks as on the road to a Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty and notes improved positions on the major problems.
Fidel Castro arrived in Jamaica aboard a Cuban naval ship to a 21 gun salute and a welcome from Prime Minister Michael Manley who called him a giant of world communism. Manley awarded Castro the Order of Jamaica and hailed Cuban sacrifices under U S sanctions.
Four demonstrators freed on personal recognizance after disrupting President Carter’s church service with neutron bomb slogans. a sixth participant read aloud but not arrested. Carter labeled the action as misguided disruption though endorsing the objective of eliminating nuclear weapons. He noted no danger to him and supported ongoing energy bill talks without natural gas deregulation.
President Carter directs Harold Brown to conduct a far reaching organizational review of the Defense Department citing long standing management problems. The White House staff warns of resistance from services and political pressure over base closures and consolidations.
UT neurobiologist Dr. Jon DeFrance says mental illnesses are brain chemical imbalances detectable by machines and correctable with drugs. He reports at an international London meeting that specific electrochemical circuits in the limbic system may go wild, causing psychotic disorders, with research aiming to pinpoint and fix them and someday balance chemicals to reduce symptoms.
In New Orleans the International Longshoremen’s Association orders dockworkers to resume duties after a 16 day walkout. The move comes amid pressure from farmers grain officials and the threat of federal intervention and leaves a three week backlog on container ships.
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