End of Gilmore's 10-Year U.S. Capital Punishment Suspension
Utah inmate Gary Mark Gilmore was executed by firing squad at 8 07 a m after a tense night and two stays of execution. He had killed Bennie Bushnell and Max Jensen in separate crimes, leaving families grieving. The case sparked nationwide debate as a Texas execution was postponed for appeals.
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U.S
Gilmore
Point OF the Mountain
Utah
United States
Gary Mark Gilmore
Denver
Utah State Prison
U.S. Court of Appeals For the 10Th Circuit
Bennie Bushnell
Provo
Max David Jensen
Texas
Smith
Sorensen
Niy Record
Sorensen Withdraws Nomination as CIA Head
Theodore Sorensen abruptly ended his bid to head the CIA as Senate opposition and internal political pressure mounted. President-elect Carter called for withdrawal as Sorensen announced he would not proceed, citing the risk to the new administration and his own effectiveness.
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Theodore Sorensen
Central Intelligence Agency
Senate
CLA
Backstage
Poli
Cies
Nivel
Jimmy Carter
Sorensen
Select Committee On Intelligence
Texas slayer gets reprieve from execution delay
Huntsville Texas AP Convicted murderer Jerry Lane Jurek requested to live and the Supreme Court delayed his Wednesday execution for further appeal. He received at least a two month reprieve making him the second US inmate scheduled for execution since 1967. Justice Marshall dissented on the haste of filing deadlines.
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Huntsville
Tex
Jerry Lane
Jurek
Supreme Court
Texas Electric Chair
United States
Utah
Gary Gilmore
Durek
Gilmore
Thurgood -Marshall
Marshall
Ford submits final budget to Congress
President Ford sent Congress his last budget outlining a slowing in federal spending growth and a policy of gradually reducing income tax rates. The plan features deficits in 1978 and 1979 with a target balanced budget in 1980, totaling 440 billion in 1978 and 486 billion in 1979, plus an 11.6 billion deficit. Military spending rises to 112.3 billion in 1978. current year spending under revised estimates is 111.2 billion with a 57.2 billion deficit. Ford notes 7 percent and 5.9 percent spending increases for 1978 and 1979 respectively, versus 10 percent annual average over the past decade.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Carter
Carters
Hert Lance
Office of Management and Budget
Ford considers Tokyo Rose pardon for Iva Toguri D'Aquino
Washington Post reports President Ford plans to pardon Iva Toguri D Aquino known as Tokyo Rose. D AQuino, 60, was convicted of treason in 1949 for alleged propaganda broadcasts, serving 4 years in prison before working as a clerk in an Oriental gift shop in Chicago.
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Washington
Ford
Tokyo
Cold Weather Halts U S Industry Across East and Midwest
Record cold drains power for plants as manufacturers send workers home. Florida schools cancel unscheduled holidays to save heating fuel. thermostats urged to 55 degrees. Automakers Ford Chrysler and others halt in Ohio New York Michigan. Equitable Gas orders industrial curtailment. Florida Tallahassee closes schools due to gas shortage as temperatures dip into the teens. New York PSC asks gas-heated schools to declare conservation measures.
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Midwest
Florida
Venera Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Ohio
New York
Michigan
Pittsburgh
Equitable Gas Co
U.S. Steel Corp
Jones & Laughin Steel Co
Minis
Tallahassee
Fla
New York State Public Service Commission
Privileged Palos Verdes native charged in spy case
Andrew Dauiton Lee, 25, arraigned in Laredo for passing U S secrets to Russians. Raised in an exclusive Palos Verdes neighborhood, he was described as a quiet, perfectionist, self employed woodworker. His alleged accomplice Christopher Boyce, 23, of Rancho Palos Verdes, arraigned in Los Angeles, is accused of copying secret documents at TRW for transfer to a Soviet agent in Mexico City. Bail denied for Lee. details withheld until Boyce arrest clarified.
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Andrew Dauiton Lee
Laredo
Tex
Palos Verdes
Lee
Christopher John Boycee
Rancho Palos Verdes
TRW Inc
Boyt
Los Angeles
Aerospace Think Tank
Mexico City
Royce
U.S
Marie Musgrave Portilla
Lees
Marciel Portilla
Ina
U.S. Defense
Boyce
Riverside
Paseo del Mar
Palos Verdes Estates
Tom Goodwin
Mexico
Long Beach City College student found stabbed to death
A 21 year old Long Beach City College music student Cammelia Stassi was found stabbed to death in her downtown Long Beach apartment at 503 West Eighth Street. Neighbors saw a man flee the scene and police, aided by helicopter observers, searched door to door for the suspect. Witnesses described the man as a 6 foot 1 black male about 165 pounds in a gray shirt and dark trousers. An autopsy was planned to determine if the killing was sexual in nature.
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Long Beach City College Music
Long Beach
Cammelia Stassi
Eighth St
Abel
Dick Ostling
Miss Stassi
West Eighth Street
Ostling
Ostting
Oil tanker Irenes Challenger near breakup in Pacific
A 600 foot Liberian ship Irenes Challenger was sinking 204 miles southeast of Midway Island. Coast Guard reported Pacific Arrow rescued 28 of 31 crew. Three crewmen remained missing as efforts to save them continued. The cargo was air but its quantity was not yet known.
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Honolulu
Midway Island
Pacific
Coast Guard
Sailors and Marines Die in Barcelona Harbor Collision
In Barcelona harbor a Navy launch carrying more than 100 sailors and Marines collided with a Spanish freighter and capsized. At least 24 service members died and 30 were injured. Two dozen unaccounted. some believed ashore. Tugboats righted the overturned craft, rescuing swimmers and pulling victims from a 10foot airspace under the deck. Patrol boats sought identification papers for those lost.
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Barcelona
Spain
Navy
School board rejects no one race schools pledge
Los Angeles area coverage notes the school board's rejection of a pledge banning race based admissions. The brief cites page A-4 and mentions related items on pages A-5 and A-6 including attorney general designate Griffin Bell stepping down from private clubs and Pope Paul VI backing principled reunification with the Anglican Church.
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Los Angeles
Paul
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