Carter Calls for Restraint and New Foundation Policy
President Carter urges restraint and a lean, austere budget as Congress debates where to cut spending. He backs SALT II verification and a strong deterrent while promising a “New Foundation” for a peaceful, prosperous world. Leaders differ on defense increases and exact cuts.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
Senate
Alan Cranston
United States
White House
White male gunman robs Indiana area gas station
Indiana State Police respond to an armed robbery at Madden's ARCO on Wayne Avenue around 7 p.m. A white male in his 20s wearing blue jeans a blue nylon jacket and a blue ski mask demanded cash from the attendant Richard Lee McCormick. He fled on foot toward Greenwood Cemetery and a search yielded no results. Police request information from the public.
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Indiana
Wayne Avenue
Madden
ARCO
Gazette
Beale
Thornburgh Nominates Professor to Run Revenue Post
Gov Dick Thornburgh picks Howard Cohen an associate professor of public management as the candidate to head the Revenue Department and oversee reforms and a study of state tax laws. The choice, announced Tuesday, targets cleaning up the department's image and improving tax policy.
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Thornburgh
Harrisburg
Dick Thornburgh
Revenue Department
Cabinet
Howard Cohen
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School
Cohen
Senate
Labor and Industry, Health
Department of Aging
Thornburgh imposes hiring and spending freeze statewide
Gov. Thornburgh orders a spending freeze and that overtime, consulting fees, travel, and dues be pre approved by Budget and Administration Secretary Robert Wilburn. He cites a higher than expected deficit between 125 and 150 million dollars. Cohen nominee for Revenue head seeks a clean, reform minded agency, aiming to end patronage and continue purge efforts begun by Milt Lopus.
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Robert Wilburn
Thornburgh
Shapp
Wilburn
Partment
Cigarette and Beverage Tax Bureau
Lopus
Cigarette Tax Bureau
Pittsburgh
Phila
Peace talks shift to Coral Beach in West Beirut
In late 1976 during the Lebanese civil war the discussions moved to the Coral Beach hotel in Moslem controlled West Beirut. A recurring participant was Palestinian guerrilla leader Abu Hassan, seen among a shadowy group at a hotel bar as peace talks continued.
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Coral Beach
West Beirut
Abu Hassan
Overnight Snowfall Prompts Boots Ahead of Snow
Chief Tommy Hawk warns 2 to 3 inches of snow overnight with freezing rain making roads slick. The forecast calls for mid 20s highs tomorrow with continued flurries and fair skies Friday and Saturday.
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Tommy Hawk
Jo Jo Starbuck
Beaths Obituaries on Page 34
William L. Jones aged 50 of Robinson Sylvester J. Lowther aged 82 of Armagh Floyd K. Mayhood from New Kensington Frederick R. Nicely Sr. aged 91 formerly of Indiana Kathryn J. Shaffer aged 64 Greensburg Robert L. Kridler aged 50 Marion Center RD 1 noted as late deaths on page 34.
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Mayhood
Floyd K
New Kensington
Nicely
Frederick R. Sr
Indiana
Kridler
Robert L
Marion Center RD
Clarksburg Man Arrested in Large Auto Parts Theft Ring
Richard Alan Blair 33 of Clarksburg RD 1 faced three felonies and receiving stolen property after Indiana State Police seized more than $20,000 worth of auto parts and two Jeep vehicles from a barn Blair rented. Parts from six or seven stolen vehicles were recovered, with activity traced to Pittsburgh area thefts over six to seven months. Blair posted bond after being jailed briefly.
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Clarksburg
Pennsylvania
Richard Alan Blair
Clarksburg RD 1
Indiana
Blair
Angelo Cravotta
Blairsville
Indiana County
Pittsburgh
John Bardroff
Jacob Zellie
State Police
South Sixth Street
Gazette
Tehran Airport Closes to Block Khomeini Return
Tehran military leaders loyal to the shah closed Mehrabad Airport and grounded Iran Air to block Ayatollah Khomeini from returning from exile. In Paris Khomeini’s spokesman said he would depart as scheduled but could turn back if Iran airport closures persist. Prime Minister Bakhtiar said he sent a trusted envoy to Paris to discuss constitutional changes within the framework of the constitution. Tanks blocked the entrance, and Iran Air workers prepared two 747s for a Paris flight, while air force units controlled operations amid strikes. Thousands gathered at the airport in a snowstorm for a sendoff to the “revolutionary flight.”
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Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Ayatullah Khomeini
Paris
Air France
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Khomeini
Shah
Bakhtiar
Mehrabad
Iran Air
Ice and Snow Hit Western Pennsylvania Roads
A travel advisory warns of two to three inches of snow tonight as a southern storm merges with a system from Ohio. Ice coated roads earlier, causing hazardous driving and school closures, while officials expect snow to relieve the ice but note salt costs limit usage.
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Pennsylvania
Gazetteland
National Weather Service
Weather Service
South Carolina
Ohio
Jim Costello
State Department of Transportation
Indiana County
Costello
Penndot
Consumer Prices Rise Nine Percent in 1978
The Labor Department reports a 9 percent in 1978 the largest rise in four years with December up 0.6 percent due to lower medical costs and California tax cuts. Food costs climbed 0.8 percent as meat and milk prices rose, while housing and medical care posted notable increases.
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Washington
Labor Department
California
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Wright
Soviet Union
Richard Lee McCormick
Indiana RD 2
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Bala Cynwyd
Milt Lopus
Gazal and
Playboy
Business Mirror Seaweenaeseeane
Steaeeseee Comics
Aneneneee Peerrrerire
Seeeeseeres Eeeewesee Seeee
Heneennenees
Abby
Shaffer, Kathryn J
Greensburg
Clarksburg Area
Allegheny
Westmoreland
Somerset
Ing
Mili
Ayatullah Taleghani
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