Hunger strike ends as Gilmore eats in prison
Gary Gilmore, on a 25 day hunger strike, ate a cheese and baloney sandwich and an orange in his Litah State Prison cell after the U S Supreme Court ruled he could be executed in Utah. Lawyers discussed scheduling a new execution date while noting potential further appeals. The case involves multiple legal actions, with judges delaying a second murder trial pending the outcome.
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Moody
Ron Stanger
Stanger
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High Court
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Richard Giauque
Sast Lake
Stanford University
Anthony Amsterdam
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Bennie Bushnell
Max Jensen
Orem
Carter names Blumenthal to Treasury
President-elect Jimmy Carter named Werner Michael Blumenthal Bendix Corp. president to be treasury secretary, replacing William Simon. Blumenthal, 50, a former Kennedy trade negotiator and Princeton professor, would join Harold Brown as defense secretary and Jane Cahill Pfeiffer as the first female commerce secretary, with further Cabinet announcements expected at a Plains news conference.
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California
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Jane Cahill Pfeiffer
Brock Adams
D-Wash
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Jody Powell
Plains
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Fire department burns old garage for equipment drill
St George City Fire Department used an abandoned garage at 600 South and Main Street for practice drills. Two firemen tested the new equipment from a crow's nest built amid the rubble as the owner requested the blaze. Fire Chief Joe Empey said it beats being woke in the night to respond to a real fire.
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Joe Empey
County approves 1.6 million budget for 1977 in St George
Washington County Commission approved a 1977 budget of 1.6 million at a public meeting in St George, a 59,144 reduction from 1976. Major cuts occurred in county end and statutory general funds with notable decreases in elections funding, while several departments received increases.
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Bunker arrives in Panama for latest round of talks
Special U S Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker landed in Panama for the next phase of 12 years of negotiations over the Panama Canal. Talks on Contadora Island were set to run through the weekend with Panamanian and U S officials present as observers noted the timing ahead of President-elect Carter.
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Panama
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Gulf of Panama
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Aquilina Boyd
William Jorden
Nicolas Gonzalez Revilla
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Ford
Panama Canal Zone
Carter formally elected amid mixed reviews in 1976 electoral vote
Carter officially certified as the 29th U S president after 50 state electors cast 297 for Carter, 246 for Ford, and one for Reagan. The process drew criticism as several electors called the system archaic while debates on reform continued.
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