Carter preps inaugural address amid final Plains plans
Jimmy Carter, three days from taking office, tightens last details for his inauguration. He names Atlanta attorney Charles J. Kirbo as trustee, places peanut farm and warehouse holdings in a blind trust, and confirms confidence in CIA director designate Theodore Sorensen amid critical hearings. Carter plans a brief inaugural address and prepares for ceremonies with Ford, Baptist services, and a preinaugural gala at the Kennedy Center.
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Plains
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Bss
Atlanta
Charles J. Kirbo
Carter
Iis Pernut
Bobby Smith
Fis Eantheies Agricultural
Washington
CIA
Theodore Sorensen
Sanday
Sorensen
Kennedy Center
Coutes
Ford
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Plains Baptist Church
Coal tie up cripples Pittsburgh steel mills coal supply
Unusually heavy ice blocks Pittsburgh rivers reducing barge traffic. Allegheny and Monongahela complete shutdowns threaten coal delivery to major steel firms Clairton Works and Jones & Loughlin in Pittsburgh. U.S. Steel reports critical coal shortage as empty barges struggle up the Monongahela to coal mines.
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Pittsburgh
Army Corps of Engineers, Co
Mex
R. Jangiro
Allegheny River
Monongahela
Ar Vo
Steel Corp
Clairton, PI
Jones & Loughlin Steel Corp
Pittaburgh
Aid Coast Guard
Andy Kincaid
Sycamore
U.S. Steel
Clairton Works
Monongahela River
Legion start drive to pay medical bills in Pennsylvania
State American Legion members vote to raise funds to cover about 50.60 in unpaid medical bills for victims of the Legionnaires Disease. The drive aims to gather contributions from 912 posts, each giving 25 to 90, as investigators study possible causes linked to the Philadelphia convention and pigeon droppings in hotel ventilation.
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Philadelphia
UPI
American Legion
State Legion
King of Prussia
Edward T. Hoak
Legion
Hoak
Legionnaires
Gary Lastimer
Allentown
Sacred Heart Hospital Center
Latimer
Peters Stratford Hetel
Bombings decline in the United States and Puerto Rico says FBI
The FBI reports fewer bombing deaths and injuries in early 1976 compared with 1975. Between January and November, 42 killed and 183 injured in 1429 incidents, against 55 deaths and 269 injuries in 1924 incidents the prior year. November shows reduced injuries with no deaths in 100 incidents, attributed to stronger law enforcement. Explosives used in 48 of 1976 bombings, with most incidents in western states and regional distribution across North Central, South, Northeast, and Puerto Rico.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
United States
Puerto Rco
Clarence Kelley
Puerta Riga
Benin thwarted dawn attack by foreign mercenaries
Benin's government said dawn assault at Cotonou airport by foreign mercenaries was put down and not a coup attempt. Spokesman in Paris said the situation is calm. Benin has faced multiple coups since independence in 1960.
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Paris
UPI
Lny
Benin
Cotonou
France
Jailed dissident ill. wife seeks hospital transfer
In Belgrade, the wife of jailed dissident Mihajlo Mihajlov appealed to Vice President Vidoje Zarkovic to move him from prison to a hospital after a hunger strike left him in dangerous condition. Milovan Djilas, another dissident, urged Yugoslav officials to take responsibility for their friend.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UFI
Mihajlo Mihajlov
Vidoje Zarkovic
Milovan Dijilas
Mihajlovs
Ambridge strike averted after tentative contract reached
Ambridge Area School District teachers evaded a strike with a three year agreement. All issues except salary were settled. salary terms will go to binding arbitration. Teachers sought a $250 annual raise per year, while the board offered $0. They paused a 26 day strike at the start of the school year.
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New Castle
Temple
Morabito
PSEA
Laurel
John Haddad
Hadad
Ambridge, Pa
API
Ambridge Area
Approval seen for Carter pick Lance to head OMB
Washington expected smooth Senate confirmation for Hert Lance, President-elect Jimmy Carter's choice to head the Office of Management and Budget. Lance, former president of the National Bank of Georgia, faced no real opposition as concerns over peanut business loans were dismissed.
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Washington
UPI
Hert Lance
Jimmy Carter
Office of Management and Budget
Senate
Lance
Plains
National Bank of Georgia
Atlanta
Carter
Senate foresees clear sailing for Andrus interior nomination
Senator Henry Jackson said Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus can expect smooth approval as Interior Secretary with hearings opening today. He noted no one has asked to testify against Andrus and predicted no trouble for the nomination.
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Washington
UPY
Idaho
Cecil Andrus
Senate
Henry Jackson
Senate Interior Committee
Andrus
Jackson
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