Carter weighs tax cut options with new budget chief
President-elect Carter kept an open mind on a possible tax cut next year while his chosen budget director Bert Lance signaled the option as only a passing one. Lance and advisers weigh stimulus needs as reports cite a rebate plan and a broader job-creation package amid 8.1 percent unemployment.
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Carter
Plains
Lance
Los Angeles ‘Times
Andrew F. Brimmer
Federal Reserve Board
House Leaders Battle for Top Posts in Democratic Ranks
The article outlines the post election maneuvering as James O’Neill in line to be speaker after January, with Wright beating Burton by one vote for House majority leader. Burton’s tactics and early vote leads shaped the ballots, while Udall and Johnson shift to Interior and Public Works chairmanship roles.
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Carl Albert
D-Okla
O'Neill
Burton
Wright
Democras
Bolling
House
Carter
Congress
Rep
Foley
Shirley Chisholm
D-N.y
Velen Henstall
Arizona
Morris Udell
House Interior Committee
California
Harald “Buzz’' Johnson
Johnson
Public Works
Interior
Udall
Kennedy
Stewart
Phil Burton
GOP urged to choose consensus chairman
President Ford urged the Republican National Committee to pick a consensus candidate for party chair to avoid divisions after losses. He suggested a practical, non ideological leader and indicated he would stay active in party affairs, stressing an exciting period ahead.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Republican National Committee
Mary Louise Smith
Town
Ron Nessen
California
Ronald Reagan
Indiana
Thomas
Milligan
National Committee
Nelsen
Waving
Air bags debated for auto safety role and costs
Government studies show airbags could protect occupants as belts do while noting only a fraction of drivers buckle up. Coleman proposes a demonstration funded partly by automakers with possible public support, prompting mixed reactions from GM Ford Chrysler State Farm and industry groups.
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Congress
VolksWagen
Coleman
General Motors
Ford
Chrysley
State Farm
Tom Morrill
American Automobile Association
Three-to-life given in 1975 San Pedro sex attacks
Anthony Gandara 19 received three years to life in state prison in Long Beach Superior Court for forced copulation and a 20-year-old rape related to attacks on three San Pedro women aged 14 to 20 in 1975. Co-defendant Cornelio Martinez 19 had sentencing postponed as his attorney was in trial elsewhere.
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Yong
San Petro
Long Beach Superior Court
Elsworth Beam
Anthony Ronald Gandara
Sepulveda Blvd
San Pedro
Beam
Cornelio Robert Martinez
Broad Ave
Wilmington
Joseph Shemaria
Gandara
Martinez
Supreme Court limits death penalty by juror bias ruling
The Supreme Court ruled that excluding even one juror opposed to capital punishment taints a death sentence, and delayed Texas inmate Robert Excell White’s execution. The decision, in a 6-3 vote, upholds the need for a cross-section in capital cases, while sparing White temporarily as his appeal proceeds.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Robert Excell White
Georgia
Currew Davis
Davis
High Court
White
Williams H. Rehnquist
Ae United States
Ilinois
Warren E. Burger
Rehnquist
Harry A. Blackmun
Georgia Supreme Court
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McFall
House Public Works Committee
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Knight News Service
Utah
Gary Mark Gilmore
George Street
Pierce County
Street
Waco
Tex
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Dictment
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McKinney
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Ueenust
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Austin
Long Beach
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