Electors faith in Carter tempered by calls to abolish Electoral College
Reports note a Washington elector voted for Ronald Reagan not on the ballot as Carter was confirmed. Also covered are rising coffee prices urging substitutes, EPA air plan costing $130 million, a Garden City police ticket, and other nationwide items from Texas vapor plans to IRA actions in Belfast.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Houston
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Texas Industries
Supreme Court setback sparks renewed push for ERA rights
Feminists say two rulings curb gains for women and may reverse a court trend favoring the movement. They urge renewed efforts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment as supporters lament the justices' decisions on social security benefits for divorced women and husbands’ names on licenses. The ERA is urged as a new constitutional standard amidst calls to mobilize for change.
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Richard Carelli
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Supreme Court
The
Kentucky
Judy Lichtman
Women’s Legal Defense Fund
Gilmore ends hunger strike as Supreme Court lifts stay
Gary Gilmore halted a 25 day hunger strike after the Supreme Court lifted its stay and returned the case to Provo. His lawyer planned further action while Gilmore, 36, sought freedom on a 60 day execution limit. He had eaten lightly but had not seen girlfriend Nicole Barrett.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
U.S. Supreme Court
Ronald Stanger
Utah
Gilmore
Nicole Barrett
Supreme Court
4Th District Court
Provo
High Court
Mexico City
Antonio Sanchez Galindo
Sergio H. Santibanez
Reclusorio Norte
Santa Marta Men’s
Chile
Peru
Paraguay
Argentina
Central America
Violent Jamaican campaign ends with meeting ban
The Jamaica government banned election eve meetings as violence rose with a candidate shot and a mob attack. Prime Minister Manley praised wounded candidates and urged voters to avoid fear while authorities extend the ban to marches and political gatherings.
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Edith M. Lederer
Associated Press
Kingston
Jamaica
Michael Manley
People’s National Party
PNP
Ferdie Neita
Spanish Town
Jamaica Labor Party
JLP
Edward Seaga
Colin Williamson
Williamson
Manley
British Commonwealth
Caribbean
Seaga
Southwestern Bell faces wiretap charge after two counts dropped
In San Antonio, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company faces a single wiretap charge in a $4 million invasion of privacy suit filed by a fired executive, as Judge Franklin S. Spears dismissed two conspiracy and record-use counts related to Ashley. The case ties to a separate $29.2 million libel suit still pending in federal court.
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Associated Press
San Antonio, Tex
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Franklin S. Spears
James Ashley
Ashley
Spears
Southwestern Bell
T.O. Gravitt
Dallas
Gravitt
Cide
San Antonio
Texas
Long-range forecaster Geise seeks big pay for forecasts
CORONADO Calif AP Harry Geise a 57 year old private meteorologist says he has completed long range forecasts through 1978 in 11 states for a major food company and is now working on 1979 and 1980 He claims 75 to 80 percent accuracy and has earned more than 300000 annually from growers industries and media. He cites a Delano California wheat grower who planted 1500 acres to leverage his predictions and notes forecasting five days ahead is easier than tomorrow night.
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Coronado
Calif
Harry Geise
Geise
Delano
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