Waldheim Retains United Nations Secretary General Post
Kurt Waldheim was reelected UN secretary general by the 15 nation Security Council on a second ballot with 140 votes and one abstention. The first ballot was vetoed by China who backed Luis Echeverria. The council approval effectively elects him, with ongoing talks of other candidates and possible floor nominations.
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United Nations, N. Y
Kurt Waldheim
United Nations
Waldheim
Council
Luis Echeverria
Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe
Sri Lanka
U.N. General Assembly
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Peru
Cyprus
Amerasinghe
Carlos Ortiz de Rozas
Argentina
Soviet Union
China
United States
Britain
France
Benin
Libya
Tanzania
Japan
Pakistan
Guyana
Panama
Italy
Sweden
Romania
O'Neill Wright win top Democratic House jobs in vote
Reps Thomas P. O'Neill and Jim Wright claim aims to restore jobs and clean up the House. Wright elected majority leader 148 to 147 over Phillip Burton, with O'Neill nominated speaker by acclamation as Congress set to convene January 4.
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HOUSE
Thomas P. O'Neill
Mass
Jim Wright
Texas
Washington
House Democrats
O'Neill
House of Representatives
Associated Press
Wright
Congress
New York City
Abraham D. Beame
Chicago
Richard Daley
Paramount Theatre to house new Wisconsin owned night club
The Austin City Council approved an on sale liquor license for a 400 seat club to three Wisconsin men led by James Chris and John Kelly. The Theater will open after $150,000 in renovations with a December 1, 1977 target. It will create about 35 jobs and can be transferred only after work completion.
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Austin
Wisconsin
Paramount Theatre
Lowell Einhaus
Paramount
4Th Ave
Chris Kelly
Sparta
Wis
James
Chris
John Kelly
Robert Leighton
Kelly Brothers
M. J
Si) Simonson
Kelly
Kermit Hoversten
Einhaus
Carrish Theaters
Barricades approved near Austin High and Pacelli High
Austin City Council approved a $7,610 barricade project near Austin High and Pacelli High on 3rd and 4th Streets NW. Gates would open 3 15 p.m. on school days, remain open weekends. Vote 4 to 2 with one abstention. Six month probation with summer review in 1977.
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Bruce Lindquist
Herald
Austin
Austin High School
Pacelli High School
4Th Sts
3Rd Ave
Betwen 4Th
St. Sts
Richard Bustad
Barridace
Richard Trumble
Gary Nemitz
Southgate
Tom Nelson
Street Committee
Nemitz
George Boyenga
Einhaus
Carter begins Atlanta interviews for cabinet posts
President elect Carter conducts private interviews at the Georgia governor mansion with prospective cabinet members and plans to announce decisions when ready. Mondale will join the sessions as Carter keeps names secret and weighs economy tax-cut options for 1977. Kirbo leads a team drafting a Vietnam draft evader pardon proposal.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Plains, Ga
Carter
Atlanta
Washington
Georgia
Plains
A. L. Blanton
Billy Carter
Walter F. Mondale
Charles Kirbo
Vietnam
Kirbo
Survivors mark Pearl Harbor anniversary with call for aloha
Honolulu veterans gathered for the 3th anniversary of the attack as memorials opened at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and Hickam Air Force Base. Governor Ariyoshi urged forgetting vengeance and embracing aloha while survivors recalled the day’s courage and loss.
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Bob Barr
Associated Press
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Japan
George Slavens
Walnut Creek
Calif
U.S. Naval Base
United States
Amiay
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Hickam Air Force Base
Arizona Memorial
Hawaii
George Ariyoshi
Aloha
Roland Krause
Oglala
Palestinians c all for war alert along Lebanon border
Palestinian leaders ordered guerrillas on maximum war alert along the Lebanese Israeli border as fighting flares north of the frontier. Reports say guerrillas and Lebanese Christians hold positions and artillery duels continue while UN observers abandon border outposts and civilians incur casualties.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Palestinian High Command
United Nations
Miki presses to stay as Japanese prime minister
Prime Minister Takeo Miki works to retain the premiership after the Liberal Democratic setbacks in Sunday’s election. He resists resignation, cites party reform, and hints at partnering with centrists and minor parties to govern amid rival factions and calls for his ouster.
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Associated Press
TOKYO
Takeo Miki
Liberal Democratic Party
Japan
Diet
Liberal- Democrats
Miki
Takeo Fukuda
Fukuda
Masayoshi Ohira
Ohira
Kakuei Tanaka
Social Democrats
Buddhist Komeito
New Liberal Club
Austin Man Clarence Goetz Dies in Wisconsin Crash
Clarence Goetz 4% of Austin died in a traffic accident near Milwaukee Wisconsin. He worked as a truck driver for LCL Transit Co and lived at 1203 4th Ave SE Austin. Survived by wife Donna three sons Michael Stephen Scott at home two daughters Carmen Dawn at home mother Mrs Anna Goetz Austin a brother Phillip Wesley Iowa four sisters Kanawha Britt Corwith Placentia Calif Funeral arrangements by Mayer Funeral Home.
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Austin
Clarence Goetz
Milwaukee
Wis
Goetz
4Th Ave
LCL Transit Co
Donna
Michael
Stephen
Scott
Carmen
Dawn
Anna Goetz
Phillip
Iowa
Martin Harris
Britt
Gladys Trenary
Corwith
Richard Dastyk
Placentia
Calif
Mayer Funeral Home
Record Cold Grips Minnesota With Subzero Lows
A severe cold snap haunts Minnesota with readings from 48 below at Lawrence Lake to single digits below zero elsewhere. Officials note December’s cold not yet in the official records as Hibbing and Bemidji report 32 and 31 below, Rochester 28 below on Dec 7, and Minneapolis St Paul at 11 below, with a warming trend not yet guaranteed through Thursday.
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Minnesota
Lawrence Lake
Bovey
Warba
Grand Rapids
Cook
Ely Lake
Virginia
National Weather Service
Canada
Weather Service
Hibbing
Bemidji
International Falls
Rochester
Minneapolis St. Paul
Supreme Court allow pregnancy costs in health plans ruling
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that employers are not required to cover pregnancy related costs in employee health plans. The decision found GE did not violate the Civil Rights Act by excluding pregnancy from its disability program.
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Washington
Supreme Court
General Electric Co
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Patricia Hearst
Superior Court
William Rizzi
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