European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday september 17, 1978 Carter s poll rating climbs Washington up president car Ter s popularity has risen dramatically in the past month particularly among democrats City dwellers Blacks and those who live in the Eastern United states according to an Abc news Louis Harris poll released on Friday. The poll indicates Carter s popularity stands at 57 percent negative and 42 per cent positive compared with a similar Abc Harris poll released aug. 14, showing Carter with a rating of 69 percent negative and 30 percent positive. Harris attributes Carter s increased popularity to the Camp David Middle East Summit congressional support of his veto of the defense appropriations Bill and an optimistic Outlook for the president s Energy proposal. Cut inheritance to less than 2% agreed upon Onassis fooled Jackie writer says new York up Aristotle Onassis angry at his wife Jackie a High spending ways used his financial cunning to Cut her inheritance to less than 2 percent of what he had agreed to in their marriage con tract author Stephen Birmingham writes in a forthcoming Book on the former first lady. Upon Onassis death Jackie confidently expected to receive an inheritance of at least $125 million perhaps As much As $250 million Birmingham writes in his Book Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onas Sis excerpted in the october Issue of Good housekeeping Magazine. Instead at Onassis request she unwittingly signed away most of the inheritance promised in the couple s 1968 marriage contract he said. The multimillionaire greek shipping tycoon s anger entered mainly on Jackie s free Wheeling use of his Fortune birding Ham said. He said that in 1972, Onassis and his wife argued Over $200,000 she spent on be Gal fees in her suit against photographer Ron Galella who she claimed constantly harassed her and her children. Onassis vainly advised her to ignore Galella. When she presented this the Legal Bill to her husband he was outraged Bir Mingham said. Birmingham said that in 1973, while on a mexican vacation Jackie insisted that Onassis buy her a Villa there. He refused. They argued and the argument continued bitterly on the private plane that brought them Home he said. Onassis was a wily Man. He had not made his for tune by being Sweet to people. And he had a famous temper. Following that scene on the plane from Acapulco he set about systematically to subvert the terms of the pre marital  Birmingham said Onassis directed his lawyers to try to change the greek Law that bound him to the marriage  1974, a year before Onassis died the greek parliament passed a Law titled for the settlement of hereditary questions of greek citizens living  it new record rung up Prague Czechoslovakia a a 25 year old czechoslovak walked three Miles on a ladder and thus improved his own re Cord which he established last year a Prague newspaper reported. The paper said it took v. Smola 2 hours 50 minutes to cover the distance Between Dlouha ves and Susice on the ladder. Last year Smola needed 25 minutes More to ladder walk the distance the paper said. Stipulated that a marriage contract be tween a greek citizen and a foreigner was legally invalid. The terms of the Onassis marriage con tract were never made Public but Accord ing to Birmingham if the couple were still married Jackie was to receive $100 Mil lion after his death. Under the earlier greek Law a widow automatically received at least one Quarter of her husband s estate. Jackie knew nothing of the new Law Bir Mingham said. After it was passed Onas Sis had his wife sign an amendment to the original contract. It provided her after his death with $200,000 a year plus $25,000 per year for each child up until age 21. She signed this readily supposing that it was in addition to the millions she would one Day inherit Birmingham wrote. What she was actually accepting was a tiny share less than two percent of what might have been her  in 1977, Onassis daughter Christina agreed to Settle something in excess of $20 million on her Stepmother just to be rid of Jackie s demands Birmingham said. In new York Legal circles it was Felt that Jackie s lawyers served her Well he added. They served themselves Well too. Estimates on the Legal Bill ran As High As $10  2 airlines agree to merge los Angeles up Western air lines and Continental airlines agreed for Mally Friday to merge paving the Way for formation of the nation s seventh larges Jair Carrier. The consolidation agreement announced aug. 31, has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and will be submitted for approval of Stock holders of each airline. The merger would create an airline whose routes would Blanket the Western United states and would extend As far a fast As Hawaii and As far East to Florida. The joint announcement said the Mere or will create a Strong Carrier that can finance new equipment expand and com Pete More effectively and aggressively against the giants of the  application for approval of the merger of the two los Angeles based corporations is expected to be made to the civil aeronautics Board next week. Attendants carry a 6-foot-2-Inch Moray eel named Maria from a holding tank to an operating table at Chicago s Shedd aquarium. Maria underwent apparent Slippery task in operating room by successful Eye surgery to remove a Cataract. She gave the staff members some scary moments As she began to revive during the operation writhing about and snapping her razor Sharp Teeth. They were Able to continue the operation after More anaesthesia was administered. A photo Etc accuses anacin maker of false advertising Washington up the Federal Trade commission saturday announced an interim decision ordering the maker of an acin and arthritis pain formula to Stop false misleading and unsubstantiated claims about the two remedies. Etc judge Montgomery k. Hyun s or Der also contains a corrective advertising provision which would require $24 million in anacin ads to state anacin is not a tension  the product was advertised As such five years ago. The two Over the counter products Are made by american Home products corp., which has the right to Appeal the interim order before a final decision in the matter is made by the Etc. American Home has represented that anacin contains More pain dulling ingredients than any other Over the counter internal analgesic that its analgesic ingredient is unusual special and stronger than aspirin and that the product contains twice As much of its analgesic ingredient As other marketed products said Hyun. These representations Are false he said. Anacin s analgesic ingredient is not unusual special or stronger than aspirin since it is nothing other than  Hyun also said the company falsely claimed it had been established that arthritis pain formula will cause gastric Dis Comfort less frequently than any other Over the counter analgesic. This claim he said is false inasmuch As the greater safety of apr has not been established. Moreover there existed a sub Stantial question recognized by experts As to the Validity of the  on that Issue his order would prohibit claims of comparative Efficacy or safety unless they Are firmly established or unless qualified by a disclosure statement that there exists a substantial question re Garding the claim. Hyun also held contrary to claims that anacin does not relieve nervousness ten Sion stress fatigue or depression nor will it enable persons to Cope with the stresses of everyday life. In addition he found unfair and false american Home s claim it has been established that anacin is More effective for re Lieving pain than any other Over the coun Ter analgesic. If the decision becomes final american Home would be required to carry the ten Sion reliever disclaimer in future ads until it has spent approximately $24 million advertising anacin. That amount is the average anacin advertising budget for the five year period ending in april 1973, when the tension re Lief ads ceased said the Etc