Death by firing squad ends Utah inmate Gary Gilmore saga
Gary Gilmore was executed by a five-man firing squad at Utah State Prison, the first U.S. execution in a decade. He requested to die, walked to the chair, and declared, Lets do it, as the rifles fired three times at 8:07 a.m. MST. The killing followed legal battles over Utahs death penalty and Supreme Court actions.
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Point OF the Mountain
Utah
UPI
Gary Gilmore
United State
Gilmore
Sam Smith
Larry Schiller
Gary
Bennie Bushnell
Provo
U.S. Supreme Court
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
American Civil Liberties Union
10Th Circuit
Ritter
ACLU
U.S
Hansen
Smith
Schiller
Ruth E. Prosser
Russell W. Tolle
Tolle
Tax relief eyed for Kansans by 1977 Legislature
Governor Bennett signaled modest tax relief possible for Kansans by 1977 if lawmakers cut revenue losses with companion steps. He told a joint Legislature session a program for progress must be developed between those who want more and those who want less.
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Bennett
Weekend Weather Forecast and State Tax Debate Details
Area forecast calls for increasing clouds with light snow through tonight. High today in the upper 20s, tonight near 10. Tuesday partly cloudy with lower 20s. Also reports discuss a proposed personal income tax exemption increase and potential removal of prescription drug taxes, plus school finance reforms and possible revenue shifts from tax changes and local funding.
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Bennett
Carter's Plains days fade as Washington nears
Three days before his inauguration Jimmy Carter tightens affairs in Plains. He names Charles J. Kirbo as trustee and moves peanut holdings into a blind trust. He plans a brief inaugural address and previews policy talks on pardons for Vietnam era resisters and some deserters. Carter backs Sorensen amid hearings and prepares to depart for Washington for the swearing in.
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Plains
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Atlanta
Charles J. Kirbo
Carter
Bobby Smith
Washington
CIA
Theodore Sorensen
Sorensen
Sorensen Withdraws Nomination for CIA Director
Theodore C. Sorensen asked President elect Carter to withdraw his nomination as director of Central Intelligence. He cited opposition in the Senate and from outside groups and said continued fight would handicap the new administration. Sorensen, 48, former Kennedy aide, faced questions over use of classified White House material in a book and other charges.
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Washington
Kennedy Center
Carter
White House
Ford
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Plains Baptist Church
Bruce Edwards
Rosalynn
Jimmy
Edwards
Senate
Sorensen
U.S. Senate
United States Senate
Intelligence
Central Intelligence
Kennedy
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
John F. Kennedy
Icy Streets Trap Local Drivers In Weekend Crashes
Police report a string of weekend ice related accidents in Chanute with no injuries. Key incidents include Jack W. Ellis sliding into a row of parked cars on South Grant damaging two Fords, and Flora E. Bradford hitting a telephone pole. Several other minor collisions occurred on City Park bridge and in the Revco parking lot.
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Chanute
Jack W. Ellis
S. Grant
South Grant
Ellis
Flora E. Bradford
Bradford
West Fourth Street
City Park
Michael L. Washburn
N. Forest
Donald J. Steadfast
W. 3Rd
Steadfast
Washburn
South Santa Fe
Mark L. Nelson
S. Rutter
Gary A. Davidson
S. Lafayette
Revco
Nelson
Joyce H. Burnhart
Burnhart
Delmar W. Cowen
S. Malcolm
Barnhart
Cowen
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Royal Butters
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Salt Lake City
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Rockies
Robert Hansen
Chanute Tribune
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Claremore
Okla
New Public Works and Utility Complex
East Fourteenth Street
Kansas Board of Education
Cha
Yours
Georgia
McCready
S. Central
South Edith
Fourteenth Streets
Alice M. Boaz
S. Lincoln
Boaz
Larry Larkey
S. Santa Fe
Larkey
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