Carter Tweaks Economy Plan As Price Worries Grow
President elect Carter, speaking from Plains, says the economy will need help next year with unemployment at 8.1 percent and wholesale prices rising, hinting at possible tax cuts but avoiding new wage and price controls. He names Cyrus Vance as secretary of state and Bert Lance as budget chief while Lipshutz may join as counselor. He hopes steel price hikes may reverse.
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Experiment Station
Cyrus R. Vance
Vance
Johnson
Army
Defense
Atlanta
Thomas B
Bert”’ Lance
Office of Management and Budget
Bob Lipshutz
Lipshutz
U S. and FCC crack down on illegal Ohio CB operations
Federal and state authorities raid Ohio overpowered transmitters and amplifiers causing TV and stereo interference. About 300 CB units valued at over 50 000 dollars seized as part of a broad crackdown on profanity and vulgarity on the air. Observers see this as a preview of wider regional enforcement.
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E. Z. Strange
U. S. Attorney General's Office
Toledo
Federal Communications Commission
Ohio
FCC
Annetie
Cbers
Unemployment Rises Handicaps Carter's Early Goals
President-elect Carter faces a tougher path to cutting unemployment from 8.1 percent to 6.5 percent by year end as top adviser Jerry Jasinowski warns higher joblessness complicates the plan. Carter says he will decide on economic help after January 1 and will prepare contingency plans.
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Washington
Carter
Jerry Jasinowski
Second Trial Pressed as Supreme Court Delays Gilmore Execution
Convicted killer Gary Gilmore may face a second murder trial in Utah after the Supreme Court delayed his firing squad date. Utah County Attorney Noall Wootton said he would push ahead next week with a trial for the Jensen killing, while Gilmore's supporters sought to limit access to the death row.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
U.S. Supreme Court
Gilmore
Supreme Court
Utah
Atty
Noall Wootton
Inis
Max David Jensen
Brigham Young University
Ee Saw Does
Boe
British Composer Britten Dies at 63 in Aldeburgh
World renowned British composer Benjamin Britten died at 63 after weeks of heart illness. Friends Donald Mitchell and Peter Pears were at his bedside. Pears inspired many key roles in Britten's operas including Peter Grimes and A Midsummer Night's Dream. His War Requiem was hailed in a 1972 critics poll as among the top works of the past quarter century.
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Donald Mitchell
Henry Purcell
Britten
Beth II
Lean
Tweedy
Mitchell
Peter Pears
Britain
Duke Professor Kreps Voted Possible Labor Secretary Pick
Duke University economics professor and administrator Juanita Kreps, 55, says she has heard only rumors of interest from Carter aides about the labor secretary post. Rep. Ike Andrews disclosed Kreps as a strong candidate amid Carter transition efforts. Kreps has taught labor economics at Duke since 1955 and serves as vice president for general administration.
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Raleigh
Jimmy Carter
Duke University
Durham
Juanita Kreps
D-N.c
Carter
Andrews
Kreps
New York Stock Exchange
Frosty Windshield Could Land You In The Cooler
The North Carolina law bans driving with obstructed windshields and nontransparent material. Officers warn that frosted glass creates tunnel vision and may lead to tickets or arrests for repeat violators. It was a sunny, milder day with highs near 50.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Bill Melvin
Attorney General's Office
Highway Patrol
Newton
E.T. Green
Green
Arnold Rector
Raleigh
Vance Seen as Low Key Choice for Secretary of State
Washington AP Cyrus R. Vance a veteran Wall Street lawyer and former deputy secretary of defense is named by President-elect Carter to be secretary of state. Carter aims for a restrained approach with Vance as the main foreign policy adviser while the national security adviser shapes policy.
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Cyrus R. Vance
Wall Street
Carter
West Virginia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
State Dept
Vance
Henry A
Kissinger
Plains
Defense Dept
Army
Pentagon
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