Kissinger Ends Diplomatic Era with Final World Tour
Henry Kissinger returns from a 564000 mile, 57 country career as secretary of state. He says there are no more foreign trips and plans to de compress as Cyrus Vance prepares to assume leadership. He hints at future government service and memoir plans.
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Carter to Name Cabinet Appointees Tuesday
President-elect Carter plans to announce cabinet choices at a 2:30 p.m. EST news conference Tuesday with Blumenthal as treasury secretary and Pfeiffer likely as commerce secretary. Other candidates include Harold Brown for defense, Rep. Bob Bergland for agriculture, Embry Jr for housing and Urban Development, and Franklin Thomas for the same department.
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Baltimore
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Bedford- Stuyvesant Corp
Brooklyn
U.S. Court of Appeals
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Circuit Court
Carter nominates Blumenthal for attorney general post
The Senate Judiciary Committee will review Carter’s nomination for attorney general. Blumenthal, 50, chairs Bendix Corp. and has a background as deputy assistant secretary of state for economic affairs and as deputy special representative for trade negotiations under Kennedy and Johnson. He led the Kennedy round of trade talks in Geneva from 1963 to 1967.
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Electoral College to Pick New President
Washington reports the Electoral College meets in 50 state capitals to choose the next U S president. Carter remains favored with about 297 votes to Ford's 241, while legal challenges in Ohio seek to block electors.
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Federal judge dismisses Ohio election challenge
U S District Judge Joseph Kinneary dismissed a Labor Party suit seeking to overturn Ohio's Nov 2 election results. He ruled no proven constitutional right violation or fraud affected the outcome. The ruling clears Carter electors for certification and notes limited evidence of actual fraud.
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1977 Miss Hope Selected in Athens County
Joan Vaughn a licensed practical nurse has been named the 1977 Miss Hope of Athens County in an American Cancer Society program.
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Average student age to rise in Ohio colleges
The Ohio Board of Regents projects the statewide college student population will be older in coming years and likely to study part time as higher education shifts.
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Athens Health Agency Fails to Win 11-County Support
Health officials rejected the Athens agency’s bid to be the sole health planning authority for an 18 county region due to lack of backing from elected officials in 11 counties. Page 3 notes fair cold night with teens, and a sunny Tuesday with highs in the 40s and a 10 percent snow chance tonight and Tuesday.
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Supreme Court rejects Ray plea and surname driver's license case
The Supreme Court refused to review James Earl Ray's bid to withdraw his guilty plea in the King assassination, rejecting claims of FBI framing and attorney coercion. The court also declined to rule on whether a state may require a wife to take her husband’s surname for a driver's license, leaving a 6th Circuit ruling in Kentucky intact denying a license to Sylvia Scott Whitlow for not adopting her husband’s name.
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Martin Luther King
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Kentucky
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Electric Utilities Overcharge Tax Burden in 1975 Ohio
National groups claim six Ohio private electric utilities overcharged customers nearly 22 million dollars in 1975 by passing through unwarranted tax costs. Ohio firms cited include Dayton Power & Light Cincinnati Gas and Electric Cleveland Electric Illuminating Columbus and Southern Electric Ohio Edison and Toledo Edison. Nationwide total overcharges reach 1.5 billion dollars according to the study Phantom Taxes in Your Electric Bill.
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Georgia Power
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Rhodesian Talks Stall Amid British Transfer Proposals
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith said Geneva talks on a transition to black rule are farther from the objective. He rejected a British plan for direct British role during the transition, noting no real progress since October. He warned British security control would be ghastly even as he left Johannesburg for Rhodesia.
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McGough and Milligan Seek National GOP Chairmanship
Ohio GOP chairman Kent McGough and Indiana chair Thomas Milligan reportedly plan runs for national party chair, following a Midwest meeting at O Hare. The group called the current party image weak and discussed whether the next leader should be a technical organizer or a visible spokesman.
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