Gilmore Sees Sunrise as Death Delay Extends
Gary Gilmore woke to sunrise at the Utah State Prison hospital after a delay to his execution. His attorney says the move was for security and observation, with Gilmore described as tired and discouraged amid ongoing delays and visits from relatives on his 36th birthday.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Utah State Prison
Gilmore
U.S. Supreme Court
Ron Stanger
Supreme Court
Utah
Supreme Court bans juror exclusion in death penalty cases
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that improperly excluding a juror with doubts about capital punishment requires vacating a death penalty. The decision centers on a Georgia inmate, Curfew Davis, whose sentence was challenged after a juror was excluded for questioning his ability to vote the death penalty.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Georgia
High Court
Davis
Ann Starnes
Troop County
Georgia Supreme Court
Brown appoints Way to lead California Adult Authority
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr names retired Sen. Howard Way of Exeter as chairman of the California Adult Authority. Way, 63, will lead the five member board regulating parole dates, replacing acting chair Ray Brown. His term runs through March 1980 pending Senate confirmation.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Howard Way
Exeter
Way
Senate
Ray Brown
Henry Kerr
Irvine
California
Carter votes brother for Plains mayor in tight race
President-elect Jimmy Carter accompanied Billy Carter as he sought to unseat incumbent A P Blanton in Plains Georgia. Billy, 39, runs the family peanut business and sells beer at a filling station while pledging to appoint friends and keep Plains insulated from state and national affairs.
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Plains
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Billy
Jimmy
Carter
Lillian
A.P. Blanton
Leon Johnson
Carter Peanut Warehouse
Main Street
Americus
Billy Carter
Sybil Spires
94 year old resident shoots two at care center
In Payallup Washington a 94 year old convalescent home resident shot and killed two fellow patients wounded a nurse and then killed himself after police breached his third floor room at Riverwood Care Center. Albert Andre died later at Tacoma General Hospital.
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Payallup
Wash
UPI
Riverwood
Albert Andre
Tacoma General Hospital
Carter pick sees tax cut as almost certain
Thomas B. Lance, headed for the OMB, says a tax cut is nearly certain once Carter takes office. He doubts unemployment can be cut from 8.1 to 6.5 percent in 1977 while Brimmer and Rivlin back tax relief or public‑work boosts. Simon waits on data before pledging further tax cuts, favoring stimulus via tax cuts over new spending.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas B. Lance
Office of Management and Budget
Jimmy Carter White House
Lance
Atlanta
Carter
OMB
Sen
Russell Long
D-La
Federal Reserve Board
Andrew Brimmer
Alice Rivlin
Congressional Budget Office
Brimmer
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Issues and Answers
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U.S. News and World Report
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Brown approves hiring of 700 workers for mental hospitals
Governor Brown authorized adding 700 staff mainly psychiatric technicians and nurses to California state mental hospitals raising total workers to 11 610 by June 30 next year. The move follows reports of 139 patient deaths and aims to reach 83 percent of standard staffing by 1977 with ongoing studies at Camarillo Sonoma Fairview and Metropolitan State Hospital.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
State Department of Health
Camarillo
Sonoma
Fairview
Metropolitan State Hospital
Grand dragon to attend black Marine hearing
Camp Pendleton California UPI reports the grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan plans to attend hearings for three black Marines charged with assault and conspiracy after a barracks beer party mistaken for a KKK meeting. David Duke urged transfers halted and questioned armed Klan members on base.
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Black Marine Hearing
Camp Pendleton
Calif
UPI
The
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
KKK
David Duke
Metaire
San Diego
Marine Corps
Duke
Klan
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