Electoral College Fate Sees Senate Committee Review
Senate Judiciary Committee weighs proposals to abolish the Electoral College in favor of direct national presidential election. Sen Birch Bayh leads a constitutional amendment while proponents and opponents present the proportional and district plan options. If no candidate clears 40 percent, an Allen amendment would throw the choice to the House.
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Cheryl Arvidson Washington
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
U.S
Birch Bayh
Dind
Judiciary Panel
Allen
Boyle goes on murder trial over Yablonski slayings in Pa
Edward J McFall reports in Media Pa that W A Tony Boyle 76 ailing ex UMW president stands trial for murder nine years after the 1969 Clarksville Pa farmhouse killings of Joseph Yablonski his wife and daughter. Jury selection expected to take days amid appeals and pretrial publicity disputes.
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Edward J. McFall
Margaret
Charlotte
Delaware County
A. Charles Peruto
Peruto
Catania
Lance defends himself before Senate panel
Bert Lance, budget director under President Carter, argued his case in a crowded Senate Governmental Affairs hearing room, refuting charges of impropriety tied to personal bank loans and checks. He said his conscience is clear and demanded a fair, just verdict from the public. The committee warned of a burden of proof on Lance as two weeks of hearings highlighted accusations of trying to whitewash his banking actions.
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Leonard Curry Washington
UPI
Bert Lance
American People
Senate
Carter
Lance
LaBelle
Georgia
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Ribicoff
Charles Percy
Illinois
William Roth
R-Del
Roth
White House
Budget Office
Senate Appropriations Committee
Dayan Rejects US Call for Palestinian Role at Geneva Talks
Israeli Foreign Minister Dayan voiced objection to a U S call for Palestinian representation at Geneva and said Israel rejects a separate Palestinian delegation. He flies to Brussels then Washington to brief President Carter and Vance on Israel’s Arab Israeli settlement plan.
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Mathis Chazanov
Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Moshe Dayan
U.S
Geneva
White House
Dyan
Palestine Liberation Organization
Dayan
Washington
Carter
Cyrus Vance
Houses of
Congress
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
New York
U.N
Golan Heights
Sinai Peninsula
West Bank
U.S. State Department
Taxi Driver Struck Robbery Attempt in Boise
An 18-year-old Boise taxi driver was knocked unconscious by a heavy set man with a ponytail who asked for directions at Fort and Fifth streets. He searched her purse but did not find the cash, which remained intact.
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Boise
UPI
Fort
Fifth Streets
Terminal cancer patient denied Laetrile treatment in Kansas
Howard Walker of Rossville, Kansas, with terminal lung cancer, was refused Laetrile by Memorial Hospital despite a court order. His physician had arranged the drug under protection of a court order, though hospital officials blocked its use. Walker emphasized not wanting to harm the doctors or their reputations and expressed hope for a court-quick resolution as time runs short.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Howard Walker
Walker
Rossville
Memorial Hospital
Sidney Cohen
Cohen
Memorial
Lava threat closes on Kilauea ranch and papaya farm
Lava from Kilauea threatens a Hawaii ranch and nearby papaya fields as eruption accelerates. A helicopter survey confirms lava spreading along the rift zone toward the ranch, with officials warning owners to move equipment and cattle.
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Hilo
Hawaii
UPI
Kilauea
Harry Kim
Civil Defense
Gordon Eaton
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Eaton
Kaimu
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James Allen
D-Ala
Jon Harper
Joe
Mike Winslow
Sandpoint
Clarksville
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Yablonski
State Supreme Court
Francis J. Catania
Pittsburgh
Boyk
Ben Gurion
Brussels
Wester Europe
Florence
Fred Phelps
Richard Rogers
Phelps
Tony Espetia
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Oaxaca
People’s Union
Carlos Gomez Guevara
Gomez Guevara
Woolworth Mexicana
Arturo Durazo Moreno
Mexico
I.U
Vitarain
Ross Rexall
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