Carter Completes Transition Staff
President elect Jimmy Carter wraps five day vacation at St Simons Island and plans to return to Plains on a charter jet. Transition staff will operate from HEW building on Capitol Hill while Ford offers use of Lafayette Square brownstone for pre inauguration needs. A Plains church vote on black membership looms as Carter opposes the church policy.
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ST. Simons Island
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Plains
Jody Powell
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Capitol Hill
Powell
Ford
Lafayette Square
White House
Congress
U.S. Signal Corps
Plains Baptist Church
More Power For Indira Gandhi in Constitutional Change
In New Delhi the upper house backed a constitutional amendment strengthening and extending Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government power by 191 to 0 with opponents boycotting. The measure, already approved by the lower house, would extend parliament life to March 1978 amid emergency rulings, a move critics call dictatorial.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Mrs. Gandhi
Missouri Supreme Court vacancy nominees named
The Missouri Appellate Judicial Commission submitted three names for a pending Supreme Court vacancy. Judge Albert L. Rendlen of the St Louis Court of Appeals, Judge Ronald L. Somerville of the Kansas City Appeals Court, and Macon lawyer John David Collins were the nominees presented to Governor Christopher S. Bond.
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Jefferson City, Mo
Missouri Appellate Judicial Commission
Macon
State Supreme Court
Albert L. Rendlen
Missouri Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Ronald L. Somerville
Appeals Court
Kansas City
John David Collins
Christopher
Bond
Ceed
Lawrence Holman
Dee
Rendien
Republican State Committee
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Hannibal
Somerville
University of Missouri-Columbia
Chillicothe
Collins
University of Missouri
Holman
Appellate Judicial Commission
Supreme Court
Shoes back in question as court frees man in church break in
In Kansas City a Jackson County Circuit Court jury acquitted a 21 year old man in a church break in after ruling the evidence shoe did not prove ownership. Prosecutor denied the defendant could get his acquittal and his shoes. The judge’s term and appointments to the appellate bench are outlined. In Parkville, Mo, Dr Harold L Condit becomes interim president of Park College succeeding Dr Gerald R Knutson.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
George Ely
Ely
Parkville, Mo
Harold L. Condit
Park College
Gerald R. Knutson
Subliminal Diet Program Promises Weight Loss
Boston AP reports psychologist Hal Becker of Tulane describes a weight loss program using subliminal images of slender people and crawling insects during 90 minute weekly sessions. Clients view tapes with hidden diet messages and are shown their own progress. 29 of 42 participants lost 11 to 20 pounds, with many maintaining or further reducing weight six months later. The program costs 180 dollars to join.
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Boston
Hal C. Becker
Tulane University
New Orleans
Becker
Alliance For Engineering In Medicine
Biology
Debate Ends With Death Of Woman In Denver
A 29-year-old pregnant Denver woman, Linda Culbertson, died after 15 weeks gestation and prolonged life support following a Monday automobile crash. Doctors at Colorado General Hospital halted life support when no viable fetus could be delivered. both mother and fetus then ceased heartbeats. The husband gave consent for withdrawal as specialists weighed ethical and medical questions, with the couple’s six‑month-old child injured but in good condition.
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Denver
Colorado General Hospital
Linda Culbertson
Mrs. Culbertson
Fort
Shannon
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chicago
Economic Recovery Threatens Military Reserves
Washington AP reports a Pentagon advisory panel warns that economic recovery could worsen recruiting and retention for National Guard and reserve forces. It urges incentives and notes progress in readiness via closer ties to active forces and updated weaponry.
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Washington
Pentagon
White House
Congress
Reserve Forces Policy Board
National Guard
National Guards
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Ford
Senate
House
Jimmy Carter
Calder Dies at 78, Innovator of the Mobile Form
New York AP reports Alexander Calder, renowned sculptor and innovator of moving sculpture, died at 78 from a heart attack. He created mobiles and grand-scale stabile works, mixing engineering wit with art, and was honored during a Whitney Museum exhibit. He was born July 22, 1899 in Lawnton, Pennsylvania.
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New York
Alexander Calder
Calder
Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum
Lawnton, Pa
Alexander Sterling Calder
Nanette Calder
State Colleges Cost Too Much, Study Says
New Orleans AP reports the American Association of State Colleges and Universities finds state universities losing enrollment as tuition soars. Officials note a 3 percent lower-than-expected share of high school grads entering state schools, with costs rising about 40 percent in five years to around 3000 dollars annually.
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New Orleans
American Association of State Colleges
Association
John Mallan
Jacob Stampen
Two Killed In Store Robbery In Franklin County
In Franklin County Missouri two people were killed during a sporting goods store robbery at Sportin Life on Missouri 50 near Beaufort. Victims Jesse Saunders 71 and Linda Hiatt 29. A green van was seen leaving the lot as authorities pursued witnesses. The Major Case Squad joined the investigation and $100 plus Hiatt’s purse were taken.
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Beaufort
Franklin County
Jesse Saunders
Owensville
Linda Hiatt
Sportin’ Life
Missouri 50
Here
Donald E. Schroedergald
Saunders
Riatt
Hiatt
Schroeder
Highway 50
St. Louis
St. Louis Area
GM Plans Rebate On Compacts
GM Chevrolet division launches a $200 cash rebate for buyers of new mini Chevette or subcompact Vega before Jan 10. Announcement follows AM General Motors rivals offering rebates to retirees. customers may take the $200 as direct rebate or toward a down payment on 1976 or 1977 models from an authorized dealer.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chevrolet
Vegas
American Motors
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