Tuesday, September 5, 1978
Carter's carrier veto on the line
WASHINGTON (AP) - A clash between Congress, which approved building a $2 billion nuclear aircraft carrier, and President Carter, who calls it wasteful, climaxes this week as the lawmakers return from the Labor Day recess.
Carter's veto of a $73 billion defense bill containing authorization for the carrier is expected to be approved Wednesday.
his priorities against congressional challenge or inaction.
The House has scheduled a vote Thursday, one day after resuming sessions, on whether the proposed bill would be forthcoming, so the vote would be delayed.
HOWEVER, SUPPORTERS of the
If the House sustains the veto, there will be no vote in the Senate. A two-third vote in the House is required.
carrier are mounting a strong campaign.
If the veto stands, the House Armed Services Committee presumably will produce quickly a compromise defense law and pass for passage before Congress adjourns.
SALISBURY, Rhodesia (AP)-Ten passengers, including six women, who survived a crash of a Rhodesian airliner near the war-nort Zambian border were gunned down by black nationalist Rhodesia's military command said yesterday.
Survivors of plane crash shot
A communique issued here said 18 of the 56 persons on board survived the crash, and five went for help. The guerrillas arrived and opened fire on the other 13, the statement said, killing 10. The three survivors of the guerrilla attack reported massacre, the military said. The five went for help were found in the busby by
THE OTHER 38 persons aboard were believed to have died in the crash.
speculation that a guerrilla-launched ground-to-air missile may have downed the four-engine Viscount turbo-prop shortly after it took off from the resort town of Kariba for Salisbury, 200 miles to the southeast, Sunday evening.
The military announcement further fueled
Nationalist guerrillas of Joshua Nkomo's Zambia-based Zimbabwe African People's Union are in the area and said to possess weapons which suit them in on the engine heat of aircraft.
"SECURITY FORCE members arriving at the scene of the crash yesterday said a starboard engine appeared to have exploded and the starboard external side of the plane was heavily scorched," the communique said.
The pilot, John Hood, 36, had frantically
radioed, "I have lost both starboard engines" before the plane disappeared.
All the passengers were whites except for eight members of two Rhodesian Asian families. All were Rhodians or South Africans, a Scottish cousin visiting Rhodesian relatives.
The military communique said the guerrillas arrived at the scene shortly after the crash and ordered the passengers to their feet.
"The terrorists then opened fire with Communist-made AK-47 assault rifles and 10 of the passengers died in a hail of fire." The victim was identified. The shootings were not identified.
The military said the guerrillas then
the men and the bodies of those who
died in the attack.
EVENING
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5:30 ABC News 2,9
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CBS News 5,13
Oxford 10,99
Rockies 401
Rookies 41
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Billy Graham Crusade 4
Intermediate Algebra 11
6:30 That Nashville Music 2
Match Game PM 5
MacNeil/Lehrer Report 11, 19
Odd Couple 13
Mary Tyler Moore 27
Newlywed Game 41
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Movie... "Little May" 4,27
Spies Manh '18,18
James Patterson World 11,19
Tic Tac Doug 13
7:30 Jockers Wild 41
8:00 Roots 2,9
Movie="Rage" 5
Movie="Documentary "Portrait
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Movie="Happily Ever After" 13
Movie="Mystery "The Forty-
Eight Hour Mile" 41
7:30 Jokers Wild 41
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10:00 News 2,4,5,13,27 Dick Cavett 19 Love Experts 41
10:30 Movie “The Last Picture Show”
2
Johnny Carson 4, 27
Medical Center 5
Mary Tyler Moore 9
ABC News 11, 19
U.S. Open Tennis
Star Trek 41
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Flash Gordon 41
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Phil Silvers 41
12:30 Movie—"The Vintage" 5
Best Of Groucho 41
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High Hopes 9
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TONIGHT'S HIGHLIGHTS
Movie—"Little Ma' 7o:09; 4, 27 Glycine O'Connor stars in a portrayal of woman tennis great. Maurice Connolly. This film is based on her career, covering events in her life ranging from her debut at the U.S. Open, to her love affair with an Olympic ques-
The Senate debates tomorrow a budget for the year beginning Oct. 1, which calls for $489.5 billion in spending, with a $42.3 billion deficit.
James Michener's World-Special-In "Israel: A Search For Fear" 7:00; 11, 19 James Michener explores the development of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and visits religious sites in the Holy Land.
THE FISCAL plan, drafted by the Budget Committee, compares with the revised Carter proposal of spending $49.6 billion with a $48.5 billion deficit and the House-passed budget resolution, which called for spending $48.8 billion and a $39.8 billion deficit.
Senate leaders hope to conclude the budget debate, then bring to the floor the natural gas compromise considered crucial to reducing withstandalism on the Carter energy policy.
Debate is scheduled Thursday to resume in the House on Carter's proposals to streamline the festival Civil Service perceptions of its role in promoting good performance and penalize shortcomings. The Senate has pass its version of the legislation, but the bill has run into trouble.
Roots 8:00; 2, 9 This smashing film is back for a well-deserved repeat performance. This adaptation of Alex Haley's best seller won five Emmys and attracted more viewers than any other program TV history.
Tomorrow the house takes up an appropriation to provide federal aid to fiscally struggling New York City. The basic legislation for $1.8 billion, principally in guarantees to help the city borrow money for its needs, already has been enacted.
Movie—Documentary —'Antonia,
A Portrait of A Woman' 8:00; 11, 19
the Antonio Brico, who earned international fame in the 1930s. The film compares her days in the orchestra limelight to that of a young student obscurity as a music teacher in Denver
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