European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1977 the stars and stripes pages smoke ban cab says Washington up civil aeronautics Board analysts say antismoking groups have shifted their attack from cigars and pipes aboard airliners and now favor d ban on All smoking or tighter restrictions on All surveying the response to a proposed ban on cigars and pipes aboard a new cab staff study said there is sub Stantial support for several new restrictions on passenger it also there is Strong support for revising the regulations to make sure smokers can Fly in equal com one proposal called for seating smok ers and on opposite sides of the rather than grouping smokers together at the rear of the the study by the cab general counsel office was based on comments filed after the Board proposed Banning Cigar and pipe smoking and further separating smokers and already forbidden the staff study said 13 airlines already either ban cigars and pipes or allow them Only when other passengers do not it said the response to the cab proposal indicated substantial support for a Cigar pipe Bah based on die dense smoke produced and on tradition or subjective consensus about the effect of such but the study also found no firm Dence that cigars and pipes damage the health of nonsmoking passengers More than a Bun limited to cigars and pipes would clearly be treated by antismoking forces As a Small step the study noting an that a group known As Ash first sought a Cigar pipe ban but now wants to Stop All smoking on Only the letters received by the Board on the Issue favored a Cigar pipe the study while favored a total Rusf pretty Good Carter Washington a president Carter gives himself fairly High Marks for improving the tone of the government and the Peoples attitude toward but says the nations Economy is disappointing and we have not had any major break through in foreign in a personal report card on his first six months in Carter summed up his grades this Way specifics too Early to Trust pretty the who campaigned As an outsider to said he is feeling More and More like an insider thanks largely to what he called a spirit of cooperation and Harmony with the leadership in on both sides of the it All of our programs Are then i think this administration will be a great he echoing his inaugural eve declaration that he has a Chance to be n great hut we Are going to have a lot of fail ures and a lot of and i think the american people have got to realize that the government cant provide magic answers for difficult questions and prob Carter rated himself As president in an interview with Abc the interview was held in and broadcast the president also used the interview to express Confidence in United nations ambassador Andrew whom he called a great National Treasury he predicted a growing realization of the value of Andrew Young to our the ambassador has been criticized Sev eral times during Carters first six months in office for statements he has in a recent Young described several former presidents As including Kichard Nixon and Abraham both Carter and Young said at the time that the ambassadors remarks should have been understood in their full context that such leaders served at times and in circumstances that kept them from being As aware of racial concerns As they should have i might Carter declared in the in there has never been any differ ence of opinion on Basic issues among Andrew the Secretary of the National Security Council or As for his own report Carter said 1 think As far As the tone of the govern ment and the attitude of our people toward the he Marks would be fairly As far As tangible results in this first six months on they have been somewhat Carter cited specifically the inflation he noted the unemployment rate has dropped a Little More than a percentage Point since his we have not had any major break through in foreign although we have a very coherent program that we arc Carter we Are tenacious and determined to improve the situation in Southern in the Middle with the Salt a strategic arms limitation treaty and lest against atomic in the Middle Carter no one can expect he noted that generations have sought peace there and added we May May not be but we Are going to continue to he said he would continue to make his foreign policy initiatives Public As much As and that he has not regretted doing so inthe despite one he was because some National leaders take different Public and private he named no speaking in the context of the Middle we will continue to labor at taking stings and arrows from All critic publicly in nations when privately the leaders say we arc willing to do when we com out publicly for the same position court will investigate alleged Sam tape offer new York a the president of the american bar association said sunday that a lawyers attempt to sell tape record Ings of conversations with his David the accused was on the Edge of William Spahn also said he could not understand Why the lawyer involved in the Phillip a convicted was permitted to practice Law in new York on Robert Flake said he had called for an immediate investigation of who was convicted of four to felony counts in 1969 in a Stock fraud Case for providing the services of a prostitute to an official the securities and Exchange commission in return for information about a pending Sec Spahn was questioned about the so called son of Sam Case on the lbs pro Gram face the asked if he thought Berkowitz could get a fair trial in new York after All this fuss about the tapes and to Spahn said can you get a fair trial Media coverage being what it is today they know As much in los Angeles As they do in new the appellate division of slate supreme court in Brooklyn plans to investigate the alleged attempt to sell the rights to the taped conversations to the daily news for and some other rights to the new York Post for court officials also said they would try to find out How Peltz got into the Case in the first Berkowitz Nathan hired attorney Leon Stern to represent his Stern said saturday that there will be no i wit not work with anyone Peltz has not explained who retained him and court officials have not explained what credentials they and s of time desert delicacy in Stltt Central to lev i Iju Dij of Iii Luc gourmet food source in by an generating he he the project Tun 1947 the Netherlands announced flatly to the Security Council that it would never accept United nations arbitration in the Indonesia dutch 1957 soviet Russia demanded a reduction of armed farces of both Sido of the Iron curtain in Europe in a new attack on the wests disarmament iss7 Michigan George Romney said that american involvement in Vietnam was a big mistake and that the buildup has Plucci the Fate of Allol Southeast Amu at