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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1978
Page
11
News brief reports former White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman expected to receive profits from his book The Ends of Power, though royalties will be offset by substantial Watergate legal fees. Deborah Jenkins drops suit after affidavit confirms fees exceed profits.
Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman was hit by glass when a sniper fired at a commuter train in the Bronx. The 60-year-old former Minnesota governor declined treatment and was returning home to Westchester County after leaving his job at Business International Inc. in Manhattan.
President Carter turned down Iran's request to buy the U S advanced electronic warfare gear to defeat radar and anti aircraft systems. The proposal sparked internal debate with the Defense Department backing the sale while the State Department and arms control agency opposed it. Iran, a major buyer, sought 31 F 4G Wild Weasel aircraft equipped to detect radar and destroy radar stations.
Springfield AP report says actor-director Cliff Robertson declares shock over claims the troubled film he worked on shows explicit sex with children. He asserts the project aimed for a PG rating and says his reputation would not involve pornography. Work remains suspended as Xanadu Productions owes actors and local merchants in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
A Seattle based firm signs a multi million dollar contract to supply packaged fish to Japan as U S fishermen assert territorial rights amid a 200 mile fishing limit. The deal is expected to boost exports and influence trade payments while revitalizing U S fishing and seafood processing according to C Rei Rogers head of New England Fish Co in Seattle.
President Antonio Guzman swore in four new military chiefs in a swift shakeup at the national palace while U S and Dominican sources noted the replacements were viewed more favorably by Washington. The moves included Rafael Adriano Valdez Hilario as cabinet secretary of the armed forces and Neil Rafael Nivar Seijas as commander of the 1st Military Brigade in Santo Domingo, plus changes in the air force and navy.
President Carter's middle income tuition aid plan remains stuck in the House Rules Committee with no clear path to floor action before adjournment. Aides say pressure and backlog of expiring programs hinder action while the Senate has passed a competing tax credit and a grant loan bill that would aid about 1.2 million students with grants, loans, and expanded eligibility for middle income families.
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