Waldheim Wins Second Security Council Vote for U.N. Secretary General
The Security Council recommended Kurt Waldheim for a second five year term after a China veto in round one. The decisive vote was 14 to 0 with one abstention, paving the way for General Assembly approval for the Austrian diplomat who has led the U.N. since 1971.
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Kurt Waldheim
U.N
Security Council
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General Assembly
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Waldheim
Luis Echeverria
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Panama
Echeverria
U.N. Post
Carter weighs full disclosure rules for appointees
President elect Jimmy Carter considers strict guidelines to require public disclosure of financial assets business involvements and tax returns for executive branch appointees. Advisers say nominees like Bert Lance Cyrus Vance will agree and Carter may mandate ongoing disclosures divestiture blind trusts and exhaustive financial questionnaires.
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N.Y
Carter
Jordan
Bert Lance
Cyrus R. Vance
Lipchutz
John Moore
Atlanta
BIA studies potential transfer of land for Sierra Blanca expansion
The Bureau of Indian Affairs in Albuquerque begins an environmental impact study on transferring about 2,200 acres in Lincoln National Forest from the Forest Service to the Bureau of Land Management for Mescalero Apache Tribe use. The move could expand the Sierra Blanca Ski Area, with decisions dependent on Congress, the Interior and Agriculture departments, and upcoming administrations.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs Office
Albuquerque
Congress
Sierra Blanca
Bureau of Land Management Organic Act
Lincoln National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Ford
Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior
Thomas Oxendine
BIA
Washington, D.C
Oxendine
Dan Rathbun
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Department On the Interior
New Mexico Supreme CourtAffirms Valenzuela Conviction
The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld Chaves County farm worker Felipe Grado Valenzuela’s first degree murder conviction for the March 27, 1975, death of his wife Christy. The court reversed the death penalty and remanded for life sentence under Rondeau precedent, rejecting defense claims of improper jury selection and rights advisement.
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New Mexico Supreme Court
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District Court
Felipe Grado Valenzuela
Christy
Chaves County
Lake Arthur
Valenzuela
Rondeau
Albuquerque
Supreme Court
Mistrial in Mandel corruption trial sparks publicity dispute
A mistrial was declared in Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel's political corruption case after judges ruled that publicity affected sequestered jurors amid alleged tampering. Judge Pratt noted inadequate protection by officials and rejected a new-trial request, while Mandel lamented the setback as he prepares the budget.
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Maryland
Marvin Mandel
U.S. Dist
John H. Pratt
Federal
Mandel
Pratt
Arnold Weiner
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