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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1978
Page
4
Washington seeks to signal a 1979 housing slowdown despite October starts at 2.08 million annual units and a 2.9 percent drop in permits. Experts expect mortgage rates to reach about 11 percent, curbing funding for home loans as economic data show healthy income growth and lower unemployment.
Cathie Beatty and husband welcomed Nora Kathleen in Boston on November 3, one of the first blizzard babies from the Great Blizzard of 1978. The regional birth rate rose modestly after last winter's snowfall, with higher increases in northern Rhode Island and in Massachusetts and Connecticut following heavier snowfalls from the storm.
Soviet President Brezhnev told 12 U.S. senators that the USSR tested a neutron bomb many years ago but did not produce it. He warned the Soviet Union would resist drafts that hurt its interests, while noting reduced tensions with the United States. A transcript shows cautious praise for better East-West ties.
Three lawmakers accuse the Pentagon of an apparent illegal act in releasing 10.9 million dollars for Panama Canal Zone construction. Rep. Hansen, Kindness and Symms argue funding precedes House approval while citing national security in the Canal turnover context.
Thomas King Forcade founder of High Times died in St Vincent’s Hospital of a personal safety related gunshot wound to the head. Police say he shot himself Thursday in his Greenwich Village loft while his wife and a friend were in another room.
Arthur Murtaugh testifies before the House Assassinations Committee that the FBI could repeat abuses seen under J. Edgar Hoover including harassment of Martin Luther King. He criticizes current associate director James Adams as racist and urges reform while noting a culture of loyalty tests and transfers to control agents. In the South during Hoover era agents shared pre civil rights racial attitudes.
In New Orleans police say a Ku Klux Klan parade through the French Quarter is planned for the Bayou Classic weekend, with about 100 white robed members to march from Jackson Square to Canal Street. About 80,000 fans from Southern and Grambling State University are expected for the game at the Superdome. The parade permit was issued on first come, first served basis. counter demonstrations may occur but face parade permit requirements. Chloe Duke, wife of Klan Grand Wizard David Duke, filed the permit petition. The Bayou Classic dates were set well in advance.
About 2,600 Vietnamese refugees aboard the 1,600 ton Hai Hong off Klang 20 miles west of Kuala Lumpur ask for more food and medicine. Police sources say authorities told them they would supply needed provisions if they leave Malaysian waters, Bernama reports the refugees agreed to depart. They have been stranded for 10 days.
Ugandan President Idi Amin says his armed forces are on 24 hour alert amid accusations that Tanzania plans to invade Uganda with U.S. weapons and support. Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere says the withdrawal of Amin’s troops is no longer the top issue as revenge for Uganda’s border invasion remains. Amin spoke during a briefing for two African envoys in Kampala as mediation efforts continued.
Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus drew swift criticism from Sen. Ted Stevens for closing 110 million acres of Alaska lands to commercial development for three years. Stevens called it a breach of faith and an arbitrary use of executive power, delaying lands promised under the Statehood Act and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
An 81 page OAS Inter American Commission report accuses Somoza's National Guard of mass executions indiscriminate bombings and shooting civilians including children during and after last September's civil war. The six member committee conducted a two week investigation with government consent.
Police reported Jimmy White Buffalo a 35 year old American Indian on crutches is the ninth victim of the Skid Row Stabber weekend killer described as enjoying killing. He was found about 11 30 p m in a Main Street parking lot with stab wounds to the upper torso.
Federal agents seized about a ton of hashish worth an estimated 8 million near Dulles International Airport in Chantilly Virginia. DEA spokesman Ted Swift said the Friday night action ended a six month probe and the hashish destined for the Philadelphia area.
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