A daily pick of news events that happened on this day in history from the pages of Gulf News dated November 4, 1978.
Danger pills
Dubai Municipality health officials have issued a warning about the dangers of medicines that have been stored for too long a period.
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The warning follows a complaint from a woman who purchased a bottle of Codeine tablets from a local chemist that had started to discolour and crumble into dust. The tablets were taken to the municipality's laboratories where tests were carried out.
Dubai Municipality spokesman said, the pills were extremely old and if they had been taken in any quantity there could have been some very serious repercussions.
Bright start to big show
Sharjah's second annual Expo really lit up the skies. Giant searchlights swept through the darkness on the opening night.
And they were joined by an impressive firework display which greeted His Highness Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammadd Al Qasimi, the Ruler of Sharjah. After the opening ceremony the Ruler and other officials spent more than an hour touring the exhibition. In the first two days the exhibition has attracted more than 38,000 visitors.
Egypt and Israel resolve peace treaty problems
Egypt and Israel have resolved almost all the substantive issues blocking a peace treaty and have agreed on the timing of steps to resolve the Palestinian question.
Disclosing the linkage between the treaty and a comprehensive settlement, Cyrus Vance US Secretary of State said Israel and Egypt will exchange a document on when to implement the general peace framework agreed at the Camp David Summit.
Falling unemployment gives Carter a boost
Falling unemployment figures have given President Jimmy Carter a political boost in the run-up to Congressional elections.
The Labour Department said the number of jobless fell from six per cent of the work force in September to 5.8 per cent last month. But at the same time, as a result of Carter's strong dollar-strengthening moves, one major bank raised its prime lending rate to a level last recorded in November 1974.
