Carter to hold preinauguration cabinet meetings on island estate
President-elect Jimmy Carter convenes a three day series of informal cabinet meetings at a secluded Georgia island plantation to discuss tax cuts and the economy with picks like Michael Blumenthal Thomas Lance and Charles Schultze as the new administration files toward January 20. Ford criticizes Carter stating he will likely face difficulty delivering campaign promises.
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Walter Mondale
Island
Washington
Carter
Michael Blumenthal
Bendix Corp
Treasury
Thomas B. Lance
Atlanta
Office of Management and Budget
Charles Schultze
Council of Economic Advisers
Rex Granum
Ford
Carter named Time Man of the Year and arms pact hopes
Time magazine named Carter its Man of the Year. In an interview he said he hopes to reach a Soviet arms limitation agreement before the current pact expires next October.
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Time Magazine
Carter
Soviet Union
New York
Time
Plains
Carter Eyes Brezhnev Meeting and Middle East Talks
President elect says a Brezhnev meeting is possible before September and he would meet Middle East leaders to shape public proposals. He plans private talks with Gov Carey and Mayor Beame on New York financial issues while his mother Miss Lillian Carter remains hospitalized for muscular spasms. Ford is on vacation.
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Middle East
Carter
Cial
New York State
New York City
Hugh Carey
Abraham Beame
Plains Baptist Church
Lillian” Carter
Soviet Communist Party
Brezhnev
Geneva
Hart obituary highlights Senate conscience and consumer fights
Philip A. Hart of Michigan dies at 64 in Washington cancer center. The liberal Democrat known as the Senate conscience championed civil rights and consumer protections, led antitrust hearings, and fought big business, including oil and auto giants. Funeral plans include a mass at St. Matthews Cathedral and private burial on Mackinac Island. Donald W. Riegle to succeed him in the Senate.
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Michigan
Hart
Washington
Philip A. Hart
U.S. Senate
Carter
Plains
St. Matthews Cathedral
Mackinac Island
Mich
St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery
Harts
Donald W. Riegle
Reigle
Judiciary Committee
General Motors
Carter prioritizes job creation and SALT progress
President-elect Carter aims to push continuous job-creation legislation with tax relief if needed. He favors a new SALT accord before expiry and may meet Brezhnev to seek reductions. He envisions improving ties with both the United States and Chinese governments and argues FBI should report to the attorney general.
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Carter
China
United States
Red China
Communist Party
FBI
Athens burglaries tied to man arrested after Jackson raid
Athens police identify stolen property from a Jackson County raid as linked to a string of local burglaries. Two Athens residents have already identified items confiscated in the raid, potentially tying the cases together.
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Athens
Jackson County
Ford Cites Reuniting a Divided Nation
President Ford told Barbara Walters in an ABC News Special that his greatest contribution was reuniting a divided country. The interview will air January 2.
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New York
Ford
Barbara Walters
ABC News
Patra Disaster: Egypt Ship Sinks in Red Sea
Passengers claim leaky lifeboats and faulty firefighting caused many deaths as the Patra sank in the Red Sea after fire. The captain said crew forced passengers to abandon ship with axes. Al Ahram put missing at 95. Middle East News Agency lists 94 crew and 387 passengers aboard.
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Egypt
Red Sea
al Ahram
Middle East
Patra
Daley Aide Mediates City Hall Power Shift in Chicago
Chicago factions plan a compromise after Mayor Daley’s death. Alderman Bilandic to serve as acting mayor, not run in the special election. Wilson Frost to chair the Finance Committee. a vice mayor post to be filled by a Polish American alderman. Black leaders react with cautious skepticism amid talks on a broader power reallocation.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Michael Bilandic
Lith
Wilson Frost
Bilandic
Thomas Donovan
Frost
Jesse Madison
Roman Pucinski
William Singer
Edward W Hanrahan
George W Dunne
Cook County Board
Panel seeks public input on federal paperwork maze
The Commission on Federal Paperwork established in 1975 invites public comment at hearings across the country through May. President Ford ordered action to simplify and reduce government forms amid the ongoing review of bureaucratic procedures.
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Associated Press
Commission On Federal
Ford
Federal forms cut saves billions, but pension laws add burden
A federal forms reduction by over 10 percent was offset by a new pension law and more student applications for federal scholarships. The paperwork commission may report next October, having issued 100 recommendations. Actions include annual wage reporting, combining 41 welfare forms, testing in six states, and a uniform health billing form. Estimated savings total billions, with Medicare and Medicaid noted.
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Ford
Paperwork Commission
Commission
Snow Likely As Ohio Faces Snowy Week Ahead
The National Weather Service expects a fresh blanket of snow across most of Ohio late tonight with a storm forming in the northern plains moving east before dawn Tuesday. Snow is forecast daily through Friday with possible rain in southern areas and travel advisories in effect as vacationers return home.
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Associated Press
Ohio
National Weather Service
Highway Patrol
Plains
Three Ohio Death Dates Set for Three Condemned
The Ohio Supreme Court set February 28 for electric chair executions of John William Harris and James Jerome Royster of Columbus and Robert Paul Lytle of Greene County. Harris and Royster were convicted in the May 1974 slaying of Jeanette Nichols. Lytle for the August 1974 murder of Wallace Archibald during a kidnapping and robbery.
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John Wilam Harris
James Jerome Royster
Columbus
Robert Paul Lytle
Greene County
Harris
Royster
Jeanette Nichols
Lytle
Wallace Archibald
Family Tragedy Strikes Reynolds Family in Fairfield Maine
Firefighters battled a two story wood frame home blaze in rural Fairfield as Dorothy Reynolds and seven other children faced injuries. Three youngest boys perished Keith Carl Dirk aged 4,3,2 as Mellody 12 helped others escape. Investigators suspect the Christmas tree ignition while baseboard heating may have contributed.
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Maine
Dorothy Reynold
Reynolds
Dwayne
Keith
Carl
Dirk
Mid-Maine Medical Center
Waterville
Leighton
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