Carter Seeks Ford Defense Budget Data Before Inauguration
DoD budget information remains unavailable to Carter transition team led by Richard Steadman. They report no figures for the fiscal 1978 budget and say lack of access hampers analysis of major weapons programs including the $22.9 billion Bll bomber. Carter plans to visit the Pentagon Friday.
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Weather spreads rain and snow across eastern half
Rain and snow covered much of the East and midlands with icy roads and treacherous travel. Snow moved from Kentucky and West Virginia into Pennsylvania and New York while light flurries reached the upper Mississippi Valley and parts of Iowa Missouri and upper Michigan. Cold remained in the Northern Plains and Great Lakes with subzero readings at Warroad International Falls and Sioux Falls. High pressure weakens. northern clouds rise. rain possible north tonight and Thursday. Snow showers above 5000 feet. cooler in Northern California elsewhere little change.
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California Senate Briefs Move to House State Supreme Court and More
The Senate introduced bills requiring the state Supreme Court to move headquarters to Sacramento and abolish indeterminate sentencing. Other measures: access rule changes for union organizers, training for psychiatric technicians, and staffing studies. The Assembly approved a rules change on gendered titles for co authored bills. House resolution calls for quarterly audits of the Transportation Department. Also sources note limits on property taxation and rules barring jailings of reporters for not disclosing sources.
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NATO postpones decision on 2.4 billion AWACS purchase
Defense ministers of NATO postponed until early next year a decision on buying the Airborne Warning and Control System from the United States. Aides to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said the delay aims to sort out financial issues as ministers weigh the gap in defenses and the system’s ability to detect threats up to 250 miles from Soviet borders.
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Waldheim set for second UN term amid Middle East push
United Nations Security Council vote 14 to 0 with Panama abstaining confirmed Kurt Waldheim for a five year term ending 1981. China vetoed first round then dropped its veto in the second round. Luis Echeverria failed to gain enough votes. Waldheim plans new initiatives on the Middle East southern Africa Cyprus and the world economy. In Los Angeles County two blasts detonated hundreds of pounds of explosives found in buried bunkers near the California Aqueduct. About 55 barrels of weapons including land mines grenades mortars gas masks and machine guns were recovered.
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Women seek congressional action after pregnancy not covered
Washington (UPI) Women urge Congress to counter a Supreme Court ruling that allows employers to exclude pregnancy from sickness and accident plans. Justice Rehnquist’s 6 to 3 decision says no Civil Rights Act violation. NOW, Griffiths, and unions vow legislative remedies to close the loophole.
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Republicans organize to face Carter era in new Congress
House Republicans, led by John Rhodes, prepare to counter a Democratic president as they organize for the 95th Congress. Contests arise for policy and research chair posts while the GOP sits in a 292 to 142 minority. Democrats caucus to map changes including ethics limits and potential whip shifts.
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Officials seek clues in swine flu case in Wisconsin
Federal state and local officials investigate a Wisconsin swine flu case to determine if isolated or a seeding of transmission. Don Harris, 23, near Brodhead, fell ill two weeks earlier while pigs were sick. CDC and Wisconsin officials test blood samples, plan school vaccinations, and seek 1 million vaccine doses.
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