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Carter Hits New Yo Irk Campaign Trail U.S. Dollar Resumes Downward Slide USS Stump open house BPTO check-in notice Everyone except Leeward Point res- The commanding officer of the idents manifested on Military Air- USS Stump (DD 978), Commander Carl lift Command flights must check in A. Anderson, cordially invites all with BPTO prior to reporting to the base residents to attend an open NAS terminal. house Sunday from 1-4:30 p.m. In the past, passengers with bag- Stump will be berthed at Pier gage in hand have checked in at the Lima for the open house. terminal. But due to limited time Commissioned on Aug. 19, Stump is before the departure of the air- the world's newest destroyer. It craft, NAS personnel can no longer also is the 16th in a series of 30 process passengers who do not live Spruance Class destroyers and the on Leeward Point. seventh to join the Surface Force, Stand-by passengers should check Atlantic Fleet. with BPTO the day prior to the Homeported in Norfolk, Va., Stump flight to determine where they is assigned to Cruiser Destroyer should check in. Group Eight and Destroyer Squadron 10. \-I Inside today's Gazette on page 3, the weekend movie schedule through Sunday for those who did not get a copy of the Entertainer. See page 4 for information on sports action on FM-103. Vol. 33 No. 207 U.S. NAVAL BASE GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA Friday, November 3, 1978 Begin and Sadat get award for work toward peace NEW YORK (AP/UPI) -- Israeli Prime plishments of the Camp David talks They shouted, "The Sinai is Jewish." agreement on a peace treaty with Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian in September. As late as mid-morning yesterday, Egypt. But he said he thinks there President Anwar Sadat received the Salem said Sadat also hopes "that Begin and Carter had said they had is a good chance it will soon come. "Family of Man" award from the New we reach an agreement in Washington" no plans to meet while Carter was in The meeting was hastily arranged York City Council of Churches today. and "that it be followed by the New York. The president is on a apparently to scotch rumors that The award honors their efforts other half of the Camp David ac- campaign trip. Carter was snubbing Begin because for peace in the Middle East. cords, which would put the Palestin- However, Carter arrived at the of their disagreement over Israeli They were presented with gold me- ians and Israelis on the road to re- East Side town house of Democratic plans to expand settlements on the dallions inscribed, "In recognition conciliation and coexistence in fund-raiser Arthur Krim and was occupied West Bank of the Jordan of creative leadership and dedicated peace." greeted by Begin, who was just end- River. Carter is said to have asked service." Begin urged Americans to invest in ing a 2 1/2 hour meeting with Vance. for the meeting so he and Begin Both leaders indicated that their his country and in Egypt. He has Begin said, "Mr. President, we've would have a chance to exchange mu- work still is not finished and that promised that "Both nations will made real progress." tual respects. they hope for peace in the future. get together to turn the desert into Begin said there were still hur- Begin told reporters before the Sadat was represented at the din- a blossoming garden." dles to overcome in reaching an (See Begin on page 3) r at the New York Hilton Hotel by He made the appeal in disclosing n assistant, Mamdouh Salem, himself that in an earlier meeting with Sec- a former prime minister of Egypt. retary of State Cyrus Vance, Israel Salem said in a prepared statement had asked the United States for a U.S. dollar resumes downward slide that Sadat "also believes a worthy 25-year loan to help it pull its WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. dollar winner of today's award is President forces "from one desert to another." cer's call for a higher prime rate, perked up considerably on Foreign Jimmy Carter and the people of the His statement apparently referred sales of more U.S. gold on the open Exchange Markets yesterday but re- United States." to the withdrawal of the Israelis in market and an international fund to sumed a downward slide one day after Salem told 2,000 persons at the the Sinai. buy dollars when their value de- President Jimmy Carter announced dinner that he brought a personal As Begin spoke last night, three clines. bold moves to rescue the American For Americans abroad, it was in- Sadat in which the demonstrators interrupted the pro- message from currency overseas. Egyptian president noted the accom- ceedings, knocking over dishes. stant relief against high prices for The government reported a sharp everything from cigarettes to bull- climb in October wholesale prices fights. Doctors get good ews on three problems and Carter conceded that inflation A record $1.35 billion exchanged n is going to get worse before it gets hands on the Tokyo Foreign Exchange, WASHINGTON (AP/UPI) -- Doctors The doctors said a newly-developed better. skyrocketing from 178.8 to 186 yen. pre-natal test involves direct anal- across the nation yesterday heard A dollar-buying spree was touched In London, the dollar gained 3C reports aimed at helping potential ysis of fetal cells in amniotic off across Europe and Asia by Car- against the pound. victims of hypertension, sickle cell fluid withdrawn by a needle inserted anemia and leukemia. through the mother's abdomen into the uterus. --- NATIONAL-WORLD BRIEFS--- A Chicago food scientist told an Reporting on cancer-causing American Medical Association meeting agents, Dr. Charles Huggins of the MANILA, the Philippines (AP) -- A long periods, the lubricants freeze here there is evidence indicating University of Chicago said a red dye Navy spokesman in the Philippines up and may cause malfunctions. that Americans can reduce a high used in lipstick has effectively says a plane carrying four American incidence of hypertension by eating prevented chemically induced leukem- servicemen from the U.S. Seventh MOSCOW (UPI) -- Two Soviet cosmo- more fresh fruit and vegetables and ia in laboratory animals. Fleet aircraft carrier "Constella- nauts returned yesterday to Earth cutting back on salt. Huggins says the dye protected tion" crashed over a mountainous after a record 139 days, 14 hours Dr. Robert Kark and other experts animals from the effects of a hydro- training area about 50 miles north- and 48 minutes aboard the orbiting recommended increased consumption of carbon known as TMBA, which is re- west of Manila. Salut-6 space lab. potassium, found in fresh produce, lated to the hydrocarbons from auto- The spokesman said search and res- They made a perfect parachute and along with a controlled intake of mobile exhaust, soot, smog, cigar- cue teams are scouring an area near rocket-assisted soft landing on the sodium. rette smoke and smoked foods that Subic Bay Naval Base where, the steppes of Soviet central Asia in Two California scientists reported cause cancer in animals and are sus- plane, a submarine hunter, went down time for the 61st anniversary of evelopment of a safe new way to de- pected of causing human cancer. yesterday. the Bolshevic Revolution. tect sickle cell anemia in the un- Huggins, who won the Nobel Prize Sources say the Soviet space pro- born child. for medicine in 1966, says further ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) -- The world gram will now remain at a standstill The severe inherited blood ailment animal studies must be conducted has a new nation, the Commonwealth for at least the next two months affects an estimated 50,000 Ameri- before the dye can be tested on hu- of Dominica, population 30,000. to give ground control crews a break cans, most of them blacks. The eastern Caribbean island from constant duty. lowered the British Union Jack at midnight and hoisted into its place SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Argentina its new flag, bearing a picture of and Chile have concluded six months Yo campaign trail a parrot. Carter hits New irk of negotiations without settling FLINT, Mich. (AP/UPI) -- From New ing out to greet Carter at the Flint Britain's Princess Margaret was on a territorial dispute marked by York, where he campaigned for Gov- airport. hand for the ceremony. threats of war from both sides. ernor Hugh Carey, President Jimmy Carter wound up his day in the A joint declaration issued yester- Carter flew here last night for the Chicago area stumping for Congress- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pentagon sources day says representatives of both second stop of a two-day, six-state man Abner Mikva, who is in a tough say the United States might have countries have agreed to seek a campaign tour for Democrats. race against a Republican challeng- big problems rushing reinforcements peaceful solution to the dispute er in a suburban congressional dis- to a European battlefront or in over three tiny islands and a Carter said he was alarmed to trict. producing artillery shells at home. stretch of ocean. learn that legions of Americans plan Carter spent the night at the home Those findings are from a month- to sit out next week's elections. of Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic. long computerized mobilization ex- AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- A spokesman for He repeated a theme he struck in Carter's trip started in New York, cercise that is ending next week. the Firestone Tire and Rubber Com- New York, appealing for the public's where he addressed a rally on Wall Sources say American readiness is pany says the company wants to take help in fighting inflation.
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