World’s Most Wonderful Human Being Voted Sid Vicious
London's New Musical Express names Sid Vicious as the world's most wonderful human being, with Johnny Rotten in second. Vicious faces murder and assault charges in New York over Nancy Spungen's Oct. 12 death and an assault on Patti Smith’s brother.
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London
UPI
Sid Vicious
New York
New Musical Express
Vicious
Johnny Rotten
Nancy Spungen
Todd Smith
Patti Smith
Bond
Spectrum
John Travolta
John Wayne Battles Cancer After Surgery
Los Angeles Oscar winner John Wayne again fights cancer after doctors found cancer cells in lymph nodes near his stomach. Surgeons removed the stomach portion last week and UCLA Medical Center officials said there is a possibility the disease may spread and declined to estimate recovery prospects. Patrick Wayne said his father has faced illness before and is hopeful, with recovery from surgery progressing.
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Los Angeles
John Wayne
Wayne
Ucla Medical Center
Bernard Strohm
Strohm
Patrick Wayne
Michael
Graham calls Jones possessed by the devil in Jonestown tragedy
Billy Graham told a National Press Club audience in Washington that he believes Rev. Jim Jones was possessed by the devil when he led more than 900 Peoples Temple members to death in Guyana. He warned of evil forces and said the world’s top danger is moral and spiritual decay, not inflation or crime.
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Washington
UPI
Billy Graham
Jim Jones
Peoples Temple
Guyana
Evangelist
National Press Club
Graham
Carter peanut loan report questions collateral and Lance ties
A SEC ordered review found the Bert Lance led National Bank of Georgia did not divert loan proceeds from 1975 to Carter’s campaign. The report cites insufficient collateral for a $5.8 million line to Carter’s peanut warehouse and notes poor bank handling of agribusiness loans, with no evidence funds funded the 1976 bid.
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Washington
Carter
Bert Lance
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Lance
National Bank of Georgia
U.S
Atlanta
NBG
Billy
Carter proposes austere 1980 budget with job cuts
President Carter unveils a $532 billion 1980 plan with a $29 billion deficit, eliminating 158,000 public jobs and trimming CETA to 9.6 billion while boosting aid to the poor by 4.5 billion. Health and Social Security costs rise, with targeted Medicare cuts offset by new fraud penalties and a private‑job tax credit.
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Carter
Associated Press
Defense
Congress
HEW
Gress
CETA
Iran
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Bella Abzug
Taiwan
United States
Soviet Union
California
Edmund Brown Jr
Tennessee swears in new governor to halt pardons
In Nashville, Lamar Alexander is sworn in as Tennessee's 45th governor in an abrupt ceremony aimed at stopping further clemencies after Ray Blanton’s pardons. Blanton, ousted early, faces a federal grand jury probe into 49 commutations and three pardons amid aide and trooper arrests on bribery charges. Alexander pledges to block releases without his signature.
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Tennessee
Nashville, Tenn
Lamar Alexander
Ray Blanton
Blanton
Capitol
Alexander
Vietnamese forces strike Cambodian island fortress and port
Vietnamese troops and gun boats attacked Kong island off southwestern Cambodia and moved on Kompong Som’s port area. Fighting spread to Kampot Sisophon Mondolkiri and Takeo with heavy air strikes and frontier tensions rising as Thai authorities report refugees crossing into Surin province. President Carter warned the Soviet Union and Vietnam against frontier spillover.
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Thailand
Kong
Cambodia
Kompong Som
Bay of
Phnom Penh
Kampot
Vietnam
Sisophon
Preah Vihear
Mondolkiri
Takeo
Kriangsak Chomanan
Tokyo
Carter
Soviet Union
Probate notices and bids in Linn County Iowa
Public notices record probate filings for Jared L Kennedy and others, notice to creditors, executor appointments, and notices of bid solicitations in Cedar Rapids and Marion Iowa. The items include probate dates January 4 1979 January 10 1979 and public bids for dehydrated potatoes and property development.
Public hearing set on Cedar Rapids code adoption
City of Cedar Rapids Iowa will hold a public hearing January 24 1979 in City Hall on Fourth Street to consider adopting by reference a state or nationally recognized code. After the hearing council may enact and publish the ordinance and code references are on file with the City Clerk for inspection.
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Suyor
Linn Cinty
Iowa
Jared L. Kennedy
Jared Layne Kennedy
Jared L Kennedy
Jared Layneennedy
Suzanne K. Kennedy
Gore
Uzanne K. Kennedy
Hiawatha
Linnion County
Lowa
Ray Joseph Mary
Harry Joseph Murphey
Harragro
Clem County
Linn
John Bruna
John Bruna, Jr
John Jung, Jr
Kenneth L. Perry
District Court
Oak
Kuplesk
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Third Street
Riginal
Ry Hall
Cedar Cof
Cedar Ids
Pids
Ay Hall
Cager Rapids
Ayo Nance Saneee
Fairfax City Council Updates 1979 Budget and Contracts
The Fairfax City Council held a regular meeting January 4 1979 with Mayor Stallman presiding. Discussions covered street and sidewalk improvements playgrounds a swimming pool and pavilion while final determination of funding for freeway development was deferred. The Linn County Sheriff’s Dept contract for 40 hour weeks at a higher rate for FY 79 80 was approved with a roll call vote. Deputy Jacobs urged enforcement of 24 hour street parking limits to aid snow plowing and avoid fines or towing. Several appointments were approved including Fire Chief reappointment City Attorney City Treasurer and various boards and committees. Community revenue and expense items were listed including payments to vendors and utilities. The meeting adjourned with no further business.
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Fairfax
Iowa
Fairfax City Council
Staliman
R Staliman
R. Carver
L. Patterson
K. Hawke
Cerveny
Mith
Linn County Sheriff's Dept
Motion of
Fairman
Vernon Cerveny
Linn County Shriff's Dept
Patterson
R. Hawke
R. Stallman
Jacobs
Stalman
Charles Yanecek
Joe Stallman
Scott. McLeod
City Atty
Evelyn Carver
City Treas
Fairfax State Savings Bank
Board of Adjustmence
Board of Adjustmence Franke, P&i
John Horover Hartman
Don Voung
Seeli J Mastil
David Selzer
Arver
Gelzer
Ry Souman
K Arver
K. Hanke
Faby
Withholdi Wafer
McKesson
Lin’ Aunty Municipal
E Kup
Fo III Bost
Martin-Marietta
Goz
Google
Rank
Apco
Powell
James Stallman
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