Carter Moves Swiftly To Take Charge Of Transition
President-elect Carter moves to form a 100 member transition team in Washington and review budget and personnel plans with Ford aides. He vows to curb unemployment, balance the budget, and overhaul the tax code while signaling an activist, Roosevelt era approach. He will push early budget actions for 1977 and 1978 and aims to appoint strong cabinet leaders. Households await details as transition work continues.
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Jommy Carter
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White House
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Tle
Congress
New York Times
Franklin Roosevelt
John Kennedy
Harry Truman
Nixon
Boil er noise frightens hundreds on Westside
Steam hiss from a Edison generating plant at the northeast corner of Terminal Island sparked about 300 emergency calls to Long Beach police as workers installed new turbines. Edison official George Hanawalt cited atmospheric conditions as a possible cause while noting the noise would continue 6:30 to 10:30 pm tonight and Friday.
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Wilmington
Long Beach
George Hanawalt
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Hanawalt
Carter appeals for unity after Ford pledge
President-elect Jimmy Carter in Plains Ga. called for national unity after accepting Ford's pledge of cooperation. He said unifying a closely fought election would be the first task and Ford's help would ease his job, despite Ford's frail voice during the moment.
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White House
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Carter Wins and Ford Concedes in Unified Tone
In a televised White House moment, President Ford read Richard Cheney’s telegram of concession to Carter and Betty Ford shared the message with reporters. Carter praised Ford’s graciousness and expressed hope to work across party lines for the country’s well being amid a razor close race.
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Ford
Richard Cheney
Betty
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White House
Unseasonal Heat Wave Stretches Through Week in Long Beach
A heat wave continues in Long Beach with record high forecasts through Friday. Temperatures are expected to reach 90 to 95 along the coast and in valleys, with cooler 65 to 76 in the mountains as hot winds ease and shift northeast through mountain passes.
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National Weather Service
Two sought in family holdup death in Long Beach
Long Beach homicide detectives searched for two black men in connection with the slaying of Lavern Speer 51 in the parking lot next to his apartment building. Speer died after being shot three times as his wife Barbara and son Kevin watched, about 7 15 p m. at St Mary Medical Center.
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Lavern Speer
Elm Ave
Pounds
Speer
St. Mary Medical Center
Warm and sunny day with highs in the 90s
Pleasant weather outlook with clear skies, temperatures rising to the upper 80s to low 90s and cool nights in the 50s. Page C-9 provides complete details including Humidity and any possible wind shifts for today.
Hayakawa vows to learn ropes in Senate after victory
Senator elect Hayakawa, 70, says his first goal is to learn how to operate in the Senate and make friends, then work to aid small businesses and join committees on labor and education. He credits anti-Washington sentiment for his win over Tunney, and notes his fame from the 1968 protest incident.
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Hayakawa
Senate
Sen
John Tunney
San Francisco State College
Tunney
Tin
Calif Californians Give Ford 45 Electoral Votes
In a cliff-hanger final tally Ford narrowly beat Carter in California by 121,680 votes, about 1.7 percent, with 3,486,335 votes for Ford and 3,708,650 for Carter. Returns from affluent Republican suburbs including Santa Ana San Clemente and San Diego helped shift the nationwide outcome.
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San Clemente
San Diego
California
Envoy’s mission cash for congress tale shocks Capitol Hill
Former South Korean diplomat Jai Hyon Lee claims Ambassador Kim Dong Jo stuffed an attache case with $100 bills in 1973 and aimed to pay about two dozen congressmen to influence legislation. Lee says the cash was delivered via diplomatic pouch, with envelopes of 5 000 to 10 000 dollars each. The Justice Department probes payments to lawmakers linked to Korea, while Park Tongsun allegedly routed up to a million dollars yearly to legislators, and immunity and intelligence issues complicate testimony.
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Washington
Jai Hyon Lee
Capitol Hill
Lee
Kim Dong Jo
Seoul
Justice Department
Korea
Tongsun Park
Paris
Park
Justice
Public Integrity Section
South Korea
Central Intelligence Agency
Independent for pays how long beach districts voted
The roper poll, the only accurate result, appears on page A-3 detailing how Long Beach districts voted on Prop X. Complete Los Angeles and Orange County results are provided on pages A-17 and A-24 with related coverage on B-5 and B-6.
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Jright
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