Carter Talks Cabinet Duties On Coastal Visit
President elect Carter met Tuesday with his prospective Cabinet and urged them to pursue campaign promises while aides cautioned that defense spending cuts are not guaranteed. A cabinet member questioned quick federal funding for welfare costs, saying economic recovery may be needed first. He also met with Mondale and Cabinet nominees at a plantation on the Georgia coast to discuss policy. He previously conferred with New York Governor Carey and Mayor Beame about the city's financial crisis and ruled out bankruptcy as a solution.
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ST. Simons Island
Carter
Mondale
Hugh L. Carey
New York
Abraham Beame
New York City
Purge Planned by Hua Kuo-feng in China Shakeup
Hua Kuo-feng, new Chinese Communist Party chairman, announces a nationwide purge to remove officials linked to Chiang Ching and three disgraced Politburo members. He calls for party consolidation and rectification, with provincial congresses to elect new Revolutionary Committees and ongoing actions against Chiang’s faction as the central task for 1977.
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Hong Kong
Hua Kuo-feng
Chinese Communist Party
China
Chiang Ching
Hua
Central Committee
Miss Chiang
Palestinian Guerrilla Buildup Sparks Lebanese Tension
Right wing papers report Palestinian guerrillas encircling Christian villages in Al Arqueb on Mount Hermon. Villagers flee as up to 25 000 guerrillas are said to be stationed in Al Arquob, dubbed Fatahland by Israel.
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Beirut
Lebanon
al Arqueb
Mount Hermon
Israel
Kawkaba
al Ahrar
National Liberal Party
al Amal
Kalange
al Arquob
Mittee
United States Civil Service Commission
House Subcommittee On Manpower
The
Civil Service
White House
Subcommittee
Beasley
Trade deficit widens in November despite steady dollar
The Commerce Department reported a record 906 million dollar trade deficit in November as imports exceeded exports. For the first 11 months of 1976 the deficit reached 5 billion, contrasting with the 11 billion surplus in 1975, yet officials remain unconcerned about the dollar’s exchange rate and note the imbalance benefits other countries.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Kissinger to give tapes to Library of Congress
Secretary of State Kissinger reversed course and will donate transcripts of his telephone calls and other papers to the Library of Congress after initial resistance. He maintained the calls are personal and would remain under his control for at least 25 years, with consent from living participants required before release.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Library of Congress
State Department
Department
Kissinger
White House
Civil Service
Bill Collection Tactics Curbed by FTC Consent Order
The FTC unveiled an unprecedented consent order targeting National Account Systems and its Diners Club subsidiaries for abusive debt collection practices. Allegations include secret codes and telephonic trickery to access debtor data from a large insurer data bank, plus harassment and unauthorized data use. The case marks a major enforcement action against a leading debt collection network.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Diners Club
National Account Systems, Inc
Chicago
FTC
Count System
Milwaukee
A.B. Hartman, Inc
Diners Club of New York
NAS
Doerun editor, 91, contemplates future of Courier
Doerun Georgia editor Homer Garrett, 91, says he may not publish the Doerun Courier again but insists he is not quitting, calling himself “temporarily out of business.” He still types by hand when he can, owns his shop with 400 understanding subscribers, and plans to publish when able.
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Doerun
Homer Garrett
Garrett
Doerun Courier
Trinity council fallout and tax vote debate continues
Trinity officials clash over a potential tax on food with Henry backing the levy and Weathers Stafford opposing due to harming merchants. Mayor Johnson and Cartee signal openness, while no motion is made. The council eyes legal action to recover 2064.31 in unpaid Moore Oil Co. tax and approves zoning for Meadowview Estates R-1 and Mountain Home Rd. R-2.
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Trinity
Henry
Hoyt Weathers
Ron Stafford
Wayne Johnson
Carl Cartee
Battlers
Mike Henry
C. F. Ball
Moore Oil Co
Cullman
Johnson
Meadowview Estates
Mountain Home Rd
Faye Phillips
Prisoner Found Hanging In Cell
A 44 year old former Lawrence County man Gilbert Clayton Gillespie was found dead in a Cass County jail cell in Michigan this Monday morning. He had been arrested the night before on a driving while intoxicated charge. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Langland Portage Chapel Funeral Home Portage Michigan with burial at Portage Cemetery.
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Lawrence County
Edwardsburg
Mich
Gilbert Clayton Gillespie
Cass County
Ron Gumpher
Cass Sheriff's Department
Gillespie
Gumpher
Langland-Portage Chapel
Portage
Saginaw Plant Expands Auto Parts To GM and Others
The Saginaw division, after years of supplying chassis components to major U S automakers, will ship power steering gears and pumps from a 526,500 square foot plant near Calhoun Community College. The site, dedicated April 17, 1974 with Gov Wallace and GM’s Edward Cole, serves 1,200 customers nationwide and abroad with 25 product types and over 1,000 salable variations.
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Limestone County
U. S
Saginaw Division
George C. Wallace
Edward N. Cole
Calhoun Community College
South
Bo heads for hills to lead Crested Butte firm
Former Army Secretary Howard Callaway moves to Crested Butte Colorado to become president and CEO of Crested Butte Development Corp replacing his brother in law Ralph Walton. Walton resigns as CEO and is elected chairman. Warhol and Jacob Lawrence among five top artists to inaugurate Carter era.
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Mount Crested Butte
Colo
Army
Howard
Bo’’ Callaway
Colorado Rockies
Crested
Callaway
Ralph Walton
Walton
Warhol
New York
Lichtenstein
Southampton
N.Y
Lawrence
Seattle
Rauschenberg
Florida
Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth
Chadds Ford
Wing Commander Eric Roberts Still Flies at 82
Retired Royal Australian Air Force flier Wing Commander Eric Roberts, 82, takes off in a Tiger Moth from Point Cook RAAF Base and performs 30 pushups daily. He has written a book recounting his early flying days starting with his first solo in World War I after only 10 hours of flight time.
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Eric Roberts
Royal Australian Air Force
Point Cook
Raaf Base
Australia
Roberts
Thursday Parents Anonymous Meeting and Babysitting Offered
Thursday Parents Anonymous will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Babysitters will be available. The program hopes to resume by year end. Guillain Barré syndrome is poorly understood. Swine flu monitoring represents a national study level. some experts say the syndrome risk is tiny compared to inoculation benefits. Millar cites a roughly one in ten million risk, noting flu deaths are riskier.
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Parents Anonymous
Millar
Community church events and New Year services listed
Multiple area churches announce events including Cathedlcs Single Adult Fellowship at 7 p.m. in the First Baptist youth center, Child Evangelism Fellowship training 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 502 Carolyn St. SW, Central United Methodist Communion 8 p.m. to midnight, Pine Grove Holy Church watchnight at 7 p.m., Roundtop Church New Year’s service near Falkville at 8 p.m. with Altarmen Quartet, Holy Missionary Baptist Church watchnight 8 p.m. with Hardin Quartet and others, East-Side Baptist Church 7:30 p.m. with West Quartet, and Downtown Falkville Nursing Home at 2 p.m. featuring Doug Moss and First Methodist Quartet.
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First Baptist Church
Child Evangelism Fellowship of
Decatur
Carolyn St
Holy Missionary Baptist Church
Athens
Hardin Quartet
Watwood
Motes Family
The
Galileans
East-Side Baptist Church
Cullman
West
Falkville Nursing Home
Doug Moss
First Methodist Quartet
Baby abused claims fade as custody petition ends
Barbara Schoenfield and her husband Michael faced child abuse accusations after doctors found injuries on their three month old son Justin. Tests showed a rare condition, Menkes Kinky Hair, and custody petitions were dismissed in Children's Court. Separately, J. P. Getty estate executors Gordon Getty and Jean Getty received about $960,000 each in initial payments totaling near $1 million as probate proceeds slowly.
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Barbara Schoenfield
Justin
Children’s Court
LOS Angeles
J. P. Getty
Gordon Peter Getty
Jean Ronald Getty
Getty
Superior Court
Neal Lake
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