Liquor Question Dominates Harris Straw Poll Results
Harris newspapers survey shows liquor by the drink in restaurants winning support in most counties while attorney general race remains unsettled. After three days 3,627 voters across 46 counties participated, with nine counties approving liquor plans and three opposing.
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Ness County
Decatur
Gray
Hamilton
Jewell
Logan
Phillips
Rooks
Sheridan
Thomas
Barber
Ford
Seward
Ness
Dollar Rally Follows Carter Plan Amid Inflation Worries
The dollar rebounds on world markets after President Carter’s rescue plan, with the Labor Department reporting a 0.9 percent October rise in wholesale prices led by food costs. Inflation remains near 10 percent, while the Dow gains 35 points amid global currency moves and higher Fed rates.
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Carter
Labor Department
New York
The
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U.S
Federal Reserve Board
Hew Brain Quits In HEW Shakeup Over Welfare Reform
Washington AP reports Henry Aaron, assistant secretary for planning at HEW, leaves as part of a major department reshuffle. Aaron, a Brookings economist and key architect of Carter’s welfare reform, will likely return to Brookings. Benjamin Heineman Jr. eyed to replace him, pending White House clearance.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Eileen Shanahan
HEW
Henry Aaron
Brookings Institution
Aaron
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Carter
Congress
House
Senate
Califano
Benjamin Heineman Jr
Heineman
White House
City power plant expansion data corrected in Herald note
The Herald corrects figures on the city power plant. Actual capacity is 22,750 kilowatts after accounting for a 2,500 kilowatt turbine built in 1929. Peak 1978 load reached 20,400 kilowatts. City plans to add 9,000 kilowatts to reach 31,750 kilowatts.
Paths Won't Cross For Carter And Begin
Israeli Prime Minister Begin meets Secretary of State Vance in New York to push toward an Israeli Egyptian peace treaty as Carter campaigns in the city. Dayan says progress is made but notes no mandate to settle. talks cover U.S. aid and two new airfields to replace Sinai facilities. Begin to receive the Family of Man award before a Los Angeles stop and Canada visit.
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Menachem Begin
Cyrus Vance
Carter
Moshe Dayan
Washington
State Department
Begin
Regency
Park Avenue
U.S
Israel
George Sherman
Sinai
New York City
Los Angeles
Canada
White House
Kansas governors candidates on health care costs and death penalty
Kansas gubernatorial candidates discuss hospital cost containment with options for a state agency or voluntary budget review, and a plan for rate fixing. They also address reinstating the death penalty and mandatory sentencing, with Bennett backing broader penalties and Carlin pledging to sign any constitutional death penalty bill.
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Cindy Schwartz
Kansas
Topeka
HNS
Kansas Corporation Commission
John Carlin
Carlin
Legislative Health Care Cost Commission Committee
Robert Bennett
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Bennett
Commissioner of Insurance
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Jay Bemis
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