Gilmore Execution Looms as Supreme Court Rebuffs Stay
Gary Mark Gilmore, 36, faces a sunrise firing squad in Utah after two condemned prisoners failed to win a Supreme Court stay. Justice White and Blackmun rejected stays. Marshall unavailable. Gilmore had killed during robberies in Provo and Orem. Community groups decried capital punishment as a “Super Bowl of violence.”
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Supreme Court
Gilmore
Utah
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Point of the Mountain
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Marshall
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Provo
Orem
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Gary
Robert L. Moody
United States
Colorado
David T. Lewis
10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
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Anderson
Robert B. Hansen
U. S. Supreme Court
Scott Matheson
Matheson
Calvin L. Rampton
Board of Pardons
Warden Smith
Robert Anderson
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
Salt Lake City
Congress Probes Carter Staff and Hears From Ford
As four days remain before Carter’s inauguration Congress moves to speed the new administration. Ford’s proposed budget will go to House and Senate Monday with changes likely after Carter’s amendments. Senate committees hear Carter nominees and Ford’s budget plan while Sullivan faces confirmation hurdles for Sorensen and Bell faces civil rights opposition.
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Jimmy Carter
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Interior Committee
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CIA
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Government Operations Committee
Thomas
Bert” Lance
Office of Management and Budget
Defense
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Cyrus R. Vance
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Griffin B. Bell
Sorensen
Robert C. Byrd
Rockefeller Plans to Grant Aides Broad Authority in West Virginia
Gov elect Jay Rockefeller says he will delegate most powers to department heads and supervise closely while backing them. He favors trimming the state bureau and notes spending concerns from 18 000 to 45 000 workers. He supports salary increases for top officials and keeps his stance on keeping groceries taxed at three percent.
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Rockefeller
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West Virginia
Bitter cold to hit region with multiple school closures
Area residents brace for a potentially record-setting 24 hours as forecasts warn of extreme cold. West Virginia counties from Mercer to Raleigh report closures while Virginia districts Bland to Tazewell suspend classes. Bluefield records four degrees, wind chills drop to 34 below, with up to three inches of snow from a prior storm.
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Nicholas
Wyoming
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West Virginia
Bland
Tazewell
Virginia
Bluefield
Mercer County
Ten Rail Cars Derail In Amtrak Crash Near Birmingham
Ten Amtrak cars derailed in predawn hours near Birmingham Alabama sending 149 people to hospitals for minor injuries. Passengers described a chaotic scene as cars toppled down an embankment and crews evacuated them.
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W. L. Green
Nashville
Gas Firm Urges Local Merchants to Stay Closed
Officials of Columbia Gas of West Virginia asked residents to set thermostats to 65 degrees or lower and requested non essential commercial customers to remain closed today due to extreme weather. John Matthews, area manager for Princeton, said there is no current serious problem, only preventive action.
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Southern Natural Gas Co
Birmingham
Ala
Dayton Power & Light Co
Sub Zero Temperatures Freeze Up Water Areas
A Midwest to Northeast storm brings sub zero temperatures freezing harbors lakes and rivers and causing curtailments of oil gas and electricity. Frost bite risk rises as wind chills plummet while cities report record lows and power outages.
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Bill to Extend Farm Programs and Tighten Food Stamp Rules
Senate plan by Senator Herman Talmadge would extend federal farm programs for five years while revising food stamp and Food for Peace rules. The measure raises target prices and loan rates for major crops in 1978 by 4 to 31 percent and tightens eligibility to cut about 250,000 families from benefits, saving roughly $100 million from 1978 costs.
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D-Ga
Senate Agriculture Committee
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R-Kan
Agriculture Committee
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