Ford cites over regulation critique and Panama Canal pact stance
Former president Ford argues against over regulation and urges a permanent regulatory reform task force with a fulltime staff and strong executive leadership. He notes public support for the Panama Canal treaty is growing and could pass the Senate next year, joining Kissinger and others in backing ratification as in the national interest. Byrd expects debate to begin late January or February.
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Panama Canal
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Robert C. Byrd
L.A. police deny claim strangler of 11 is cop
Los Angeles police reject a claim that the suspect in the 11 year old girl strangling is a police officer. A library witness reported a limping man near a phone booth around the time the call to an outcall massage service was placed. Tamarind Terrace notices described a clean‑cut man, with investigators listing multiple descriptions as the task force compiles about six leads. The department has more tips but has yet to confirm any as the primary suspect.
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Tamarind Terrace
Task Force
George Dewitt
Dewitt
Martin
Pigeon aids rescue as mystery killer haunts city
In a bizarre tale, Officer Debbie Schwartz recovers a pet pigeon named Pidge found starving after a summer wander. The Almhjell family plans to keep Pidge at night as a curious link to a homicide investigation. Police announce expanded efforts and a self defense seminar as they probe a spree of strangulations that have unsettled Northern California. The victim Miss Martin, a young woman who endured abuse and crime, died at 17 in a Hollywood apartment.
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Whitey
Barb Almhjell
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Barb
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Almbijell
Fidward M. Davis
Miss Martin
Hollywood
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Amarillo
Texas
Skintook
Okla
Betty Drewry
Three killed as United cargo jet crashes near Salt Lake City
United Airlines DC-4F cargo jet with three crew left a holding pattern near Salt Lake City Airport and crashed into snow packed mountains. Rescue teams recovered wreckage in deep snow with no survivors. NTSB to investigate cockpit recorder and cause, plane had three crew from Chicago.
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Phillip Modesitl
Steve Simpson
Chicago
William Lovett
Air Route Traffic Control Center
Begin and Sadat Offer Palestinian Autonomy Plan
Begin and Sadat outlined a plan granting civil autonomy for West Bank and Gaza Palestinians while preserving Israeli military occupation and Jerusalem control. Saudi and Syrian outlets criticized the proposal, and an Egyptian embassy bombing was foiled in Beirut as talks continued in Washington with Carter and Waldheim nearby. Begin travels to New York and London, with Carter viewing the plan as a fair peace basis.
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Sadat
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Kurt Waldheim
London
James Callaghan
Steel price rise dampens Carter plan aid effect
Two large steel firms raise prices which reduces the impact of the Carter administration and Congress relief plan. Bethlehem Steel notes details undisclosed and a six month window to gauge effectiveness as it reports a record third quarter loss. Wheeling-Pittsburgh warns higher prices are needed to cover rising energy, labor and material costs.
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