Carter Pledges Tax Cuts For 1978 Promising Reductions
President Carter vowed to push for substantial tax reductions early next year and may delay complex reform to avoid delaying the cuts. House Ways and Means Chair Ullman welcomed the pledge while Finance Chair Long declined comment. Treasury officials floated a $15 to $20 billion target for business and individuals with some suggesting totals might exceed $20 billion but likely not reach $96 billion.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Rep
A. Ullman
Ways and Means
Sen
Russell Long
Finance Committee
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
White House
Whitehead Trial Juror Prospects Amid Boredom
In Lynchburg Virginia jurors waited through a third day in the Whitehead prostitution ring trial. Prospective jurors from Virginia North Carolina and beyond endured long questioning sessions as Judge Glen Williams and attorneys sought impartiality. By day's end 26 of 33 questioned had qualified for a final pool of 28 with 12 to be chosen. Prosecutors expect a three week trial for Whitehead and co-defendants Aubrey Henderson and Wayne Holley.
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Lynchburg
Pittsylvania County Commonwealth’s
Joseph Motley Whitehead
U. S. District Court
Whitehead
Wayne Holley
Blairs
Aubrey Henderson
Danville
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Vinton
Roanoke
Glen Williams
Big Stone Gap
Williams
Carter says U S not dominant intermediary in Middle East
President Jimmy Carter stated the United States is no longer the dominant intermediary in the Middle East and voiced support for Arab states negotiating directly with Israel. He noted Egypt has taken the initiative and stressed the need for an overall settlement while urging all sides, including Syria Jordan and Lebanon, to pursue peace. He indicated the Soviet Union should be included in future talks and announced Alfred L. Atherton Jr. will represent the U S in Cairo around December 13, with talks potentially starting December 3 to 13.
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Ullman
Carter
Washington
United States
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Lebanon
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Menahem Begin
Soviet Union
Geneva
Alfred L. Atherton Jr
Near East
Cairo
U.S
Atherton
State Department
Department
Saudi Arabia
Hafez Assad
Assad
Hussein
Rogers
Suez Canal
Jerusalem
Zaire
Senegal
Nigeria
Cameroon
Africa
Jarring
Moscow
Nixon
Kissinger
Indochina
Court Finds Wife Guilty Of 2nd Degree Murder In Danville
A 12 year old Danville woman Beatrice Williamson was found guilty of second degree murder in the stabbing death of her husband Donald David Williamson on Sept 23 in Danville Circuit Court Judge James F Ingram delayed sentencing to Dec 23 for a pre sentence report. Defense claimed self defense citing repeated violence by the husband. Commonwealth argued the stabbing was unprovoked. Evidence included testimonies of a late night argument at Eva Lee s residence and a knife drawn during the confrontation.
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Danville
James F. Ingram
Ingram
Beatrice Garland Williamson
Virginia
Wiliamson
Lee St
Donald David
Duck) Williamson
Memorial Hospital
Dan Ville
Stephen G. Bass
Bass
Fuller
Eva Lee
Branch St
Mary Garland
Bea
Ms. Garland
D.L. Dalton
Seven Peace Initiatives Recounted From 1967 Onward
A CPA style summary outlines seven major peace efforts in the Middle East over a decade, from 1967 to the 1970s. It notes U.N. Resolution 242, Gunnar Jarring, and shifts in diplomacy as France and the Big Four sought peace, leading to Kissinger shuttle diplomacy and Sadat’s 1977 Israel visit.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
U.S
U.N
U.N. Security Council
Suez Canal
Jarring
France
Paris
United States
Russia
Britain
United Nations
Bush
Jarving
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Normandy
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Burns
Mideast
Andrea Burney
William Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Richard Nixon
Secretary of State
Syra
Cyrus Vance
Palestine Liberation Organization
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