European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday september 6, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 ceremony lasted into Start of football games thousands called to protest papal rites on to by Gregory Gordon United press International the lbs and Abc television networks decided that the installation of Pope John Paul i was More important than sports but irate football fans disagreed. By the thousands they jammed Tele phone lines at network affiliated stations across the country when sunday s nation Al football league openers were delayed by the satellite telecast of the Pope s inauguration. One Guy said to relay the message that the redskins Are to him and his wife what the Pope is to the italians said a perplexed operator who helped Field More than 1,000 Calls at a dam to in washing ton from fans angered that they missed the Start of the Washington new England operator a roman Catholic asked to be relieved because of the abuse he got from callers. Some of the Calls were pretty bad and i m not sure i d like to repeat some of them because they were hate filled and Nega Tive said Steve Miller the station s assistant news director. I did t mind the Normal irritated viewers Calls but the vicious ones got one caller he said asked Are you Guys going to run Heidi after this is Over the inauguration in Rome ran More than an hour longer than scheduled Caus ing the papal coverage to overlap with nil season opening games scheduled for regional broadcast. Lbs and Abc officials said the decision was made to stick with the papal installation until it ended at 2 20 . Because of the significance of the event. This is the biggest audience hell Ever get opening Day of the nil said a Patron who went to a Pittsburgh tavern to watch the Steeles opening game. In Milwaukee a spokesman for with to said callers flooded the station with complaints about All this religion after missing the beginning of the Detroit Lions Green Bay packers game. Television stations in Miami were besieged by telephoning football fans. Wackt to an Abc affiliate said 902 persons called sunday and 187 saturday to com Plain about the Miami Dolphin new York jets game. Lbs affiliate a tvs to received quite a few Calls about the delayed redskins patriots game. At tev to in new Bedford mass., a lbs affiliate Paul Mccauley reported get Ting a few Calls because the station delayed its 2 . Telecast of the Boston red sox Tennis Star Billie Jean King has a hug and a kiss for comedian and would be kissing Kings Tennis Star Alan King. The affectionate meeting of the Kings was at the . Open Tennis championship at Flushing Meadow n. Y. Up photos admirals wives free trips attacked Washington up rep. Les As pin d-wis., charged monday that coast guard admirals arranged for their wives to accompany them at government expense on 24 business trips in 1977. These 12 admirals made 74 trips aboard government aircraft last year Aspin said in a news release. Amazingly they needed their wives along on 24, or one third of these trips. That Means on average each Admir Al s wife got to take two trips at govern ment expense last did not say however whether each of the 12 admirals involved the coast guard s District and area command ers had in fact taken his wife on a tax payer funded trip or whether Only some of them had done so. He also did say not whether the trips involved foreign travel Domestic travel or both. The mail i received on this matter Indi Cates that these abuses do not go unnoticed Down through the ranks he said. The Admiral s trip May have been Good for his morale it has t done anything Good for the morale of the men who serve under coast guard Headquarters had no imme Diate comment. Aspin said he asked the government accounting office the congressional watch Christina s husband red with rage against press Moscow a Sergei Kuzov says he s had it with reporters snooping into the whereabouts of himself and his new Bride Christina Onassis. " we re so tired of people probing our private life where i be flown to and where i be arrived and when i went to the Bath room and came out again that i Don t want to comment he said when asked if it was True Christina was off furniture shopping in Helsinki Finland. Dog Agency to Check into overseas travel by coast guard admirals last year. The regulations permit the 12 District and area commanders to approve spouse travel Only when the wife s presence is in the National interest essential to Mission accomplishment or desirable for Diplo Matic or Public relations reasons " he said. My concern is not to prevent any trav Eling officer from enjoying the company of his wife. Rather my concern is that exist ing rules encourage abuse by senior offi cers that officers will design pleasant trips and propose entertainment at the other end where the presence of wives would be Aspin said that in 18 of the 24 trips the officer who approved the wife s flight was her husband the District or area com the Gao commented we believe that the authority for approving spouse travel should be retained by the head of an Agency or the Deputy and not baseball game. One woman said do you realize not everyone in the country is Catholic and i said yes a am i do " Mccauley said. Some people wanted me to switch to the red sox. I said if i did i d lose my Job they did t seem to but perhaps the networks could t win. Abc affiliate War to in Providence r.i., elected to run a local news interview show on sunday morning before switching to the Rome coverage and it got complaints Over its failure to broadcast the papal ceremonies. In Charleston w.va., two women phoned Abc affiliate Wowk to to thank the station for carrying the papal installation a spokeswoman said and to Tell us they really appreciated that when they heard about the complaints from the sports first lady stumping for Texas demos Dallas up speaking from Flat bed trucks draped in red White and Blue and Riding on the Back seat of a Blue Cadillac convertible Rosalynn Carter monday helped Texas democrats Kickoff the Home stretch of the political year. The first lady started her activities in a historic hotel in san Antonio flew to Dallas to ride in a suburban labor Day Parade and attend a political rally in a Plush shop Ping Center and was scheduled to finish the Day at a Beer Garden rally in Houston. At each Stop mrs. Carter hammered her main theme of electing democrats to of fice to help president Carter get his pro Grams through Congress. Jimmy Carter is a fighter and he does t give up she said through a Micro phone on a flatbed truck in san Antonio. He does t give in when the people of the country Are at stake. What he does t get this year in administration programs hell be Back with next year. This is what we All want. We have our opportunities and obligations to the people. Working together we can make our country a better place than it already in san Antonio she stayed at the historic menger hotel across the Street from the Alamo and was greeted with a mariachi band playing the the Rose of san Anto of time sept. 6, 1948 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands took the constitutional oath in Amsterdam to begin a reign Over 80 Mil lion subjects in Europe Asia and America. Sept. 6, 1958 the Federal government tested its Power under the 1957 civil rights act for the first time by asking a Federal District court to Force a Georgia county to Grant voting rights to Blacks. Sept. 6, 1968 Hopes for Senate approval of Abe. Fortas to be chief Justice dimmed As Sens. Mike Mansfield and Everett m. Dirksen expressed doubts that there were enough votes to support presi Dent Johnson s controversial supreme court nominations
