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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1978
Page
2
China bound President Walter Scheel of West Germany accepted an invitation to visit China on Friday, though the travel date remains undecided. The announcement signals closer ties as discussions between Beijing and Bonn continue.
First lady Rosalynn Carter campaigns in Columbus and two other cities. She says the public must understand what the Equal Rights Amendment means but expresses confidence it will be ratified. The Senate extended ERA ratification for three more years, and Carter says she is pleased with the progress and believes passage is achievable.
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor filed a $1.6 million lawsuit in Santa Monica accusing a cosmetics firm and an advertising agency of using her name and image without permission.
New York Mayor Edward Koch said Mrs Lillian Carter cleaned up in a 12 hour poker game during a Rome to Washington flight. Carter and Koch were in the Pope John Paul II funeral delegation to promote a cosmetics line without her knowledge. A Superior Court suit names Cosmetic Venture Inc and Super Market Media. Miss Gabor claims a bulk mailing started Jan 3 using her photo and endorsement without permission.
Former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller netted 209956 dollars from a two day sale of furniture decorations and utensils from three homes. About 200 bidders attended the first day driving up prices for items such as a 75 year old Webb cameo glass vase and a 17th century Chinese Huang Huali armchairs. The auction continued on Friday with further consignments and prices.
New York Mayor Edward Koch called President Carter's mother coquettish witty and a terrific poker player. He described Miss Lillian as incredible, charming, warm and candid during the funeral of Pope John Paul I and on the flight home aboard an Air Force plane where he acted as a kibitzer in a nickel ante game at Andrews Base.
After four days of treatment in Sydney for a respiratory infection, Princess Margaret arrives in Tokyo for an unofficial five day visit. Her planned official engagements in Tuvalu Fiji and the Philippines were canceled due to illness.
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith urged U.S. officials to back his plan for a black majority government in Salisbury. In a first post arrival interview he said American support crucial, recalling Kissinger’s 1976 turnover proposal. Sithole urged U.S. leadership in Southern Africa as negotiations proceed amidst U.S. wariness and a mixed congressional stance.
U S Senator Pete Domenici introduced a Senate resolution honoring American firefighters who died or were injured in the line of duty. The bill would designate October 7, 1979 as Firefighters Memorial Sunday and has passed both houses awaiting the president's signature.
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