Britain to cut spending and raise taxes to secure IMF loan
London reports Chancellor Denis Healey plans a second 1.6 billion cut in government outlays and higher sales tax to obtain a 3 billion IMF loan. The budget also includes selling part of BP stock to raise about 800 million. Unemployment nears 1.2 million as unions oppose austerity.
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London
Denis Healey
International Monetary Fund
IMF
Labor
House of Commons
British Petroleum
Britain
James Callaghan
Healey
Gilmore faces third date for Utah execution
Gary Mark Gilmore, 36, on Death Row, seeks a third execution date after the Supreme Court lifted his stay. Judge Robert Bullock was to set a new date while his supporters urge delays and opponents urge further legal action. Gilmore has fought delays since his 1977 murder of a Provo motel clerk.
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Provo
Utah
Gary Mark Gilmore
U.S. Supreme Court
Robert J. Bullock
Gilmore
Bessie Gilmore
Milwaukie
Ore
Shirley Pedler
Utah American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Tom Jones
State Supreme Court
Peace Returns Slowly to Beirut as Syrian Occupation Ends
A fragile calm settles over Beirut a month after Syrian troops ended 19 months of civil war. While much destruction remains and hundreds of thousands are displaced, daily life returns with carpenters rebuilding, shops reopening slowly, and streets clearing of debris. Uncertainty and political divisions persist as Lebanon faces $10 billion in damages and a fragile path to reconstruction.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Restudy of prison situation in Louisiana sought
New Orleans AP Louisiana asks the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reopen Angola prison to more prisoners to ease overcrowding in parish jails. Assistant Attorney General Stanford O Bardwell Jr urged recalculation of Angola’s 2600 capacity and reversal of the June 10 1975 prison reform order by Judge E Gordon West.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Angola
Stanford O. Bardwell Jr
the &H
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Bardwell
U.S. Dist
E. Gordon West
Baton Rouge
Panel balks at Medicaid repeal and weighs higher fees
Mississippi Medicaid Commission refused to repeal the 50 cent prescription copayment, postponing action while a federal suit proceeds. The panel also approved studies to raise nursing home and druggist fees, citing inflation and wage changes, with proposed costs over 2.5 million in the final FY period.
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Jackson, Miss
State
Mississippi
Rims Barber
Delta Ministry
U.S
Greenville
Conner Cain
Mississippi Health Care Association
Cain
Lunsford Casey
Laurel
Commission
Carter reorganization plans face constitutional questions
President elect Carter faces opposition from Congress members and a Harvard law scholar over his bid to authorize executive reorganization with a blank congressional approval mechanism. Critics warn such plans risk bypassing required votes and set a precedent for unilateral agency eliminations.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
House
Senate
Executive Branch
Raoul Berger
Harvard Law School
Berger
House Government Operations Committee
Brooks
Silver Tea at Black Catts House in Arkansas
A silver tea will be hosted by Mrs. Charles A. Haynes at the Black Catts house in Old Washington Historic State Park Washington Arkansas on Sunday December 19 from 130 to 500 p m. Donations fund exterior pioneer kitchen restoration at the Block-Catts house, the oldest two story frame building in Arkansas built circa 1824 by Abraham Block.
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Black Catts
Old Washington Historic State Park
Washington
Arkansas
Charles A. Haynes
Foundation For the Restoration
Block-Catts
Abraham Block
New Orleans
Red River
Pioneer
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Richard M. Nixon
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