Mayors Request Federal Aid From Carter In Telegram
More than 100 big-city mayors pressed President-elect Carter for increased federal funding. A telegram urged money to aid the unemployed, recession victims, and distressed inner city areas amid the two day U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting. The negotiations come as GM faces a strike deadline tied to UAW objections to a “Southern Strategy.” GM denies any such plan.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Carter
Detroit
UPS
General Motor
United Auto Workers Union
South
UAW
FTC rules Alaska souvenir facsimiles not misleading
The Federal Trade Commission dismissed a complaint against six manufacturers and distributors who marketed Alaska trinkets as the work of Alaskan Indians and Eskimos. Commissioner Paul Rand Dixon said travelers are not deceived by the facsimile nature of most souvenirs.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
Paul Rand Dixon
Alaska
FTC
Savimbi claims over 1000 enemies killed in Angola offensives
In a smuggled communique Savimbi says his troops killed more than 1,000 Angolan and Cuban soldiers from June through September as four major government offensives unfolded. About 3,000 refugees crossed into South West Africa this weekend amid fighting. several hundred civilians reportedly died in clashes between Cuban-backed government forces and anti government guerrillas.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Angola
National Union For the Total Independence of Angola
Jonas Savimbi
South West Africa
Mao warned of wife Chiang Ching seizing power after death
Liberation Army Daily disclosed Mao Zedong warnings about his wife Chiang Ching seeking power and reaffirmed support for Hua Kuo-feng as Communist Party chairman. The article says Mao personally selected Hua for his toughness and broad leadership experience. Chiang Ching and three radical allies were purged last month.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Liberation Army Daily
Mao Tse-tung
Hua Kuo-feng
Communist Party
Mao
Hua
Chiang Ching
Saxe to face new trial for armed robbery and murder
Susan Saxe, 27, tied to the 1970 Brighton State Street Bank holdup in which Patrolman Walter Schroeder was killed, will get a new trial Jan. 10 with Judge James Roy presiding after Superior Court Chief Justice McLaughlin ordered a replacement following a deadlocked jury. A six-man six-woman panel previously stood 9-3 for acquittal.
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Boston
UPI
Susan Saxe
Superior Court
Walter H. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
James Roy
Ms. Saxe
Brighton
State Street Bank and Trust Co
Walter A. Schroeder
Brandeis University
INS to study impact of illegal aliens with surveys
The Immigration and Naturalization Service awarded a $750,000 contract to J.A. Reyes Associates Inc. to conduct house to house surveys in 12 states where illegal aliens are concentrated. The yearlong study aims to document entry methods, family size, wages, taxes paid, and welfare usage.
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Washington
UPI
Immigration and Naturalization Service
J.A. Reyes Associates Inc
Supreme Court to hear N J sign ban case and Indiana nuke
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Linmark Associates challenge to Willingboro New Jersey sign ordinance banning For Sale signs arguing it suppresses free speech and travel. The court also cleared the way for a nuclear plant near Indiana Dunes despite environmental opposition. The term will also decide welfare benefit pay options for strikers and review killings in Florida and New Orleans cases.
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Supreme Court
N.J
Okays
Linmark Associates
Camden
Federal District Court
US Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Indiana
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Utah Supreme Court stays Gilmore execution over death by own action concerns
Utah Supreme Court split three two to grant a stay of execution for condemned killer Gary Gilmore while it considers his conviction and sentence. The order comes after defense lawyers argued the case could make the court part of a death by own action attempt, citing psychiatric findings and Gilmore’s handwritten appeals for the right to die.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Utah
Gary Gilmore
Gilmore
Utah Supreme Court
High Court
Craig Snyder
Mike Esplin
Massive police corruption uncovered in Boston
A four year internal probe by Boston police commissioner Robert diGrazia alleges downtown District One officers sheltered organized crime, staged fake gambling raids, and tolerated prostitution. The report recommends transfers, possible dismissals, and financial reviews of command staff while outlining failures to enforce gambling and liquor laws and neglect of parking and traffic enforcement.
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Boston
UPI
Robert diGrazia
Boston Evening Globe
Boston Herald American Today
DiGrazia
the Herald
Suffolk County
Martin Howard
District One
Patrolmen’s Association
Chester Broderick
Francis X. Bellotti
Globe
The
Broderick
Asst
North End
Government Center
Beacon Hill
Chinatown
Waterfront
Combat Zone
U S releases names of Medicaid profiteers
Washington officials published the names of 2,533 doctors dentists labs and pharmacies who each earned more than 100000 in Medicaid payments last year. The list spans Harlem New York Waianae Hawaii central Indiana New Orleans and Detroit and covers 4453 million in total payments. AMA criticized the release as guilt by innuendo while calling for action against Medicaid mills and nursing home operators.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
New York City
Harlem
Waianae
Hawaii
Indiana
New Orleans
Detroit
HEW
American Medical Association
Public
James H. Sammons
AMA
China blasts Soviet rule as new Tsars threaten Eastern Europe
In Hong Kong the official New China News Agency ridiculed Soviet leaders as new Tsars and mocked Moscow’s claim of a voluntary union of socialist nations. The piece warned Eastern Europe will resist Russian dominance, noting the irony in the word voluntary.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
Europe
New China News Agency
NCNA
U.S. Education Plans $3.2 Million Anti-Crime School Study
The UPI report notes the Office of Education will fund a 1-year, $3.2 million experiment to mobilize students and seven adults per school in 80 schools to cut vandalism and violence. Teams will be trained in delinquency causes, problem solving, and security measures.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Office of Education
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Education Office
CATAMOUNT NATIONAL BANK Report of Condition 1976
Consolidating domestic and foreign subsidiaries of CATAMOUNT NATIONAL BANK of North Bennington Vermont as of September 30 1976 disclosed in response to OCC call. Balance sheet totals assets 33802 thousand dollars with loans 24273 and deposits domestic 31157 including 259 deposits government and 584 local subdivisions. Equity capital 2228 thousand with common stock 548 thousand and surplus 832 thousand. This document bears Paul M Crane vice president and cashier certification dated October 29 1976.
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Catamount National Bank of
North Bennington
Vermont
National Bank
US. Treasury
U.S. Gov’t
Federal Reserve
United States
Fed
Paul M. Crane
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Florida
Bennington
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
Landon Associates, Inc
Elm ST. Bennington
Mit
Gerald M. Keneally
Frederick H. Welling
Arthur E. Wickenden
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