Technicality May Free Killer Gilmore in Utah
Prosecution chief warns Gilmore may be freed on a legal technicality if execution is not carried out by December 7. Officials note 60 day deadline, while the defendant has not been sentenced to prison. Board of Pardons to review December 6 as Gilmore seeks execution. Nicole Barrett, Gilmore’s girlfriend, moved to a state mental hospital in Provo.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
Utah
Wootton
Gilmore
Robert B. Hansen
Nicole Barrett
State Mental Hospital
Prova
Illinois Airport Wins Key Victory
U S District Judge Aubrey E Robinson Jr denied an injunction against Columbia Waterloo Illinois airport funding approval by Transportation Secretary Coleman. The ruling upholds the September decision to fund airport development amid Missouri St Louis Authority opposition and includes 30 extra days for summary judgement arguments.
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Stuart Symington
Missouri St. Louis Metropolitan
Henry Elmendorf
Missouri-St. Louis
Missouri
Missouri Side
Missouri Group
Missoori Legal
Lambert St. Louis International Airport
New Contract Would Add 5.8 Billion To GM Costs
DETROIT AP The tentative UAW GM contract would add 5.8 billion to GM labor costs and raise the average hourly rate by about 8.75, reaching over 165 including benefits by 1979. The three year settlement ends a 60,000-strong strike and clears the way for production resumption at many plants. Ratification by rank and file is set for the week of December 6 with separate talks pending for American Motors.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors
George B. Morris Jr
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
U.S
Irving Bluestone
South
Bluestone
Teasdale aides deny job promises amid transition
Jefferson City AP Teasdale transition aides say the governor-elect has no commitments to anyone and will handle all appointments. Officials stress no wholesale firings, some top posts may remain, and state budget and hiring priorities include a new budget director and administration chief.
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Jefferson City
Joseph P. Teasdale
Jackson County
Kansas City
Harold Fridkin
Teasdale
Missouri
Fridkin
Clift Faddis
Christopher 5
de Bee
Hartigan
George Lehr
Bond
Faddis
Doodles Paint Break Future For US Cities
Philadelphia contest drew nearly 2000 entries showing cities as trash heaps and pollution centers. Winners include Susan Smolinsky 14 Lafayette Hill with Molismena a horned mask figure to shield from garbage, and Tim Cheney 17 Phoenixville with a tortoise shell topped subway rider able to spit out change.
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Philadelphia
Vi Dodge
Academy of Science
Susan Smolinsky
Smolinsky
Lafayette Hill
Tim Cheney
Cheney
Phoenixville
Well-known comedian quits sidekick role after crack joke
A prominent comedian reveals his longtime straight man will step away, saying he is tired of being cast as the one on the wrong side of the cracks. The WSJ reports the pair’s dynamic and the potential impact on upcoming acts.
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Wall Street Journal
Tax Cut Plan Now In Doubt
News shows inflation cooling and business spending rising as potential obstacles to a tax cut. The Fed lowered the discount rate to 5.25 percent and revised plant capacity to 80.9 percent in Q3, signaling tighter room for growth without inflation.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Henry C. Wallich
Senate Banking Committee
Commerce Department
Carter Kissinger Meeting In Plains
PLAINS GA AP Secretary of State Henry Kissinger visits Plains to brief President-elect Carter on international relations as part of a string of talks with Ford officials before Carter takes office. Mondale and Bush also participate in the briefing, with Carter planning a White House meeting with Ford.
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Plains
Henry A. Kissinger
Jimmy Carter
U.S
Carter
Kissinger
George Bush
CIA
Walter F. Mondale
Bush
Georgia
Organization of American States
Atlanta
Hearst Freed on 15 Million Bail in Bank Robbery Case
Patricia Hearst, freed on a 15 million bail and confined under court restrictions, moves to an Nob Hill apartment under armed guard. The 22 year old ex kidnap victim, convicted in a bank robbery case and facing state charges, awaits January trial dates while living with her parents in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Nob Hill
Miss Hearst
Federal Building
Catherine
San Francisco Examiner
Randolph A. Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
California
San Fancisco
Orrick
Record turnout for Missouri conservation tax vote sets state mark
Missouri’s official canvass shows a record nearly 1.8 million votes on the conservation sales tax amendment, beating 1972’s 1.6 million. The ban on charging for unfinished power plants passed 1,132,664 to 663,486, while the food and drug sales tax exemption failed 970,560 to 742,627.
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Jefferson City
Conservation Department
James C. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Missouri
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John Cottey
West Boulevard
Charles E. Stuart
S. Olive
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Augusta
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Labor Department
Jody Powell
Powell
Ford Administration
Lone Ranger
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Patty
Charles Addison Barker
Marvin Barker
Yale
Audrain Medical Center
Barker
A.P. Green Refractories Co
William H. Orrick
Hearsts
Los Angeles
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