Derrick Opposes South Carolina as Nuclear Waste Burial Site
U S Representative Butler Derrick of South Carolina reacts to ERDA steps to locate federal nuclear waste repositories. He says SC should not be a permanent storage site given current technology and notes he has not reviewed the ERDA materials yet. He also cites past SC concerns and bedrock drilling at Savannah River Plant as reasons against burial in the state.
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Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Washington
U.S
Butler C. Derrick
S.C
South Carolina
Derrick
House of Repre
Savannah River
John H. LaFitte
James B. Edwards
Carter plans informal message to Moscow on arms limits
President-elect Jimmy Carter said he will send an informal message to the Soviet Union seeking permanent peace and arms limitation accords. He indicated through unofficial channels that Brezhnev will not pressure Moscow to test the new administration. He stated this during an NBC Today show interview as a reciprocal pledge to peaceful relations.
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Plains
Jimmy Carter
Moscow
Soviet Union
Carter
Leonid I. Brezhnev
President-elect cites missed steel price rise as missed opportunity
The president-elect complains the steel industry could have raised prices 6 to 7 percent to help the nation. He says he will not impose wage and price controls except in a national emergency and foresees none in four years. He calls restraint a sign of sacrifice by business.
Gilmore Awaites Word On Appeal To Stay Execution
Gary Gilmore sat in his Death Row cell as his mother seeks to halt his Monday sunrise execution. The Supreme Court and Utah courts were to consider pleas to delay the firing squad for the 36th birthday murder of a Provo motel clerk. Attorney Anthony Amsterdam represented Bessie Gilmore of Milwaukie Oregon in seeking intervention.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
U.S. Supreme Court
Utah
Gilmore
Provo
Anthony Amsterdam
Bessie Gilmore
Milwaukie
Ore
Byron R. White
Utah Supreme Court
Unemployment Rises to 8.1 Percent in November
The Labor Department reported November unemployment at 8.1 percent, up from 7.9 percent, signaling a sluggish economy. Wholesale prices also rose for the third straight month, underscoring inflationary pressures as Carter faces policy decisions.
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Washington
Labor Department
Jimmy Carter
Huang Hua Named Foreign Minister In China Shakeup
Huang Hua, China’s leading diplomat and former U N ambassador since 1971, was named foreign minister in a government reshuffle seen as bolstering rapprochement with the United States. He replaces Chiao Kuan-hua, who was reportedly removed due to ties with Mao’s widow Chiang Ching.
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Huang Hua
China
United States
Huang
Peking
U.N
Chiao Kuan-hua
Hsinhua
Chiao
Mao Tse-tung
Chiang Ching
Pinecrest Teacher Known for School Spirit License Plate
A Pinecrest teacher Pat Dickey shows school pride with a license plate reading PINCA ST, letting children know their mentor's loyalty. Phillip McCharen spent Thanksgiving in Indiana, while a Clemson senior endured a 20 hour snowbound return home with no money for meals during a long weekend.
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Pat Dickey
Pinecrest
Phillip McCharen
Indiana
Clemson
Carter selects Cyrus Vance for secretary of state
President Carter hints on NBC Today that Cyrus Vance, a former adviser to LBJ and Vietnam negotiator, is his choice to replace Henry Kissinger as secretary of state. He may also announce Thomas Lance as budget director at a later news conference.
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Plains
Cyrus R. Vance
Lyndon Johnson
Jimmy Carter
Henry A. Kissinger
Carter
Vance
Cyrus Vance
NBCTV
Atlanta
Thomas Bertram Lance
Clouds and showers forecast for the weekend
A cloudy and cool day is expected tomorrow with scattered showers likely Sunday. The rain chance tonight is about 20 percent. Lynne Croft Voit has been promoted to Aiken County Today editor of the Aiken Standard.
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Lynne Croft Voit
Aiken County Today
Aiken Standard
Salvation Army Jaycees Raise 1456 Dollars In Drives
Salvation Army and Aiken Jaycees report a combined 1456.34 dollars from drives Christmas charity benefits. The Jaycees plan a Dec 18 shopping tour at Edwards' Mitchell Shopping Center and donations to the Salvation Army’s family assistance program aid a local seven year old and siblings in a hardship home.
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Salvation Army
Jaycees
Aiken County
Aiken Jaycees
Edwards
Mitchell
Musical instruments valued at four thousand stolen in city
Two breakins yielded over 4000 in instruments. Schofield High School lost a trombone tenor saxophone bassoon drum clarinet two flutes two trumpets, valued at 2370. Church of God at 1228 Hampton St. in Aiken reported theft of a bass guitar, guitar, amplifier, and public address system valued at 1400. Entry at Schofield by window break, at church by forced door lock.
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Schofield High School
Church of God
Hampton St
Aiken
Schofield
Collins To Go On Trial In Ludlow Lake Murder Case
The General Sessions term opens with Circuit Judge E Harry Agnew presiding over the murder trial of William Gary Collins. He is charged in the Aug 23 1972 death of Julie Widegan at Ludlow Lake near Belvedere.
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Ludlow Lake
Aiken County
E. Harry Agnew
William Gary Collins
North Augusta
Julie Widegan
Johnston
Ing
Belvedere
Widgeon
Jerrell
Augusta
Cabinet choices seen by Christmas amid Vance speculation
President elect expects to name most of his Cabinet by Christmas focusing on national security with State Department Pentagon and National Security Council and prioritizing the Treasury. Former defense official and longtime adviser Cyrus Vance, 59, visited the Carter home fueling talk of a top role.
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National Security Council
Treasury
Vance
New York
Carter
Defense
Senate
Kennedy
Johnson
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