Supreme Court weighs death for rape in near final session
The Supreme Court decides if states may impose the death penalty for rape. The case of Ehrlich Coker, a Georgia rapist, could influence future capital punishment rulings. Florida and Georgia currently have such laws. other states offer no condemned rapists. No execution for rape has occurred since 1964.
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Richard Carelli
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Ehrhich Anthony Coker
Coker
Waycross
Florida
House backs B1 bomber in defense bill amid Carter choice
The House voted 243 to 178 to keep the B1 bomber in production as Carter prepares a Thursday news conference to announce his decision. Critics call the plane a costly white elephant while supporters see it as leverage in arms talks with the Soviet Union. The defense bill totals 110.6 billion, including 35.1 for personnel and retirement and 30.6 for procurement.
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Washington
House of Representatives
U.S
Carter
Air Force
White House
House
Congress
Gerald R Ford
George H. Mahon
Dtex
House Appropriations Committee
Thomas P. O'Neill
D-Mass
Joseph Addabbo
Dn.y
Addabbo
CIA
Cpy
Laos
Angola
Carter’s Papers Likely to Follow Nixon in Future
President Carter’s lawyer says he is not concerned about a Supreme Court ruling on Nixon’s papers affecting Carter. Lipshutz asserted Carter supports open access, possibly donating his papers to the government with national security and privacy safeguards, and noted talk of a presidential library funded by royalties. The high court urged permanent legislation to govern presidential documents.
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Washington
Carter
Supreme Court
Richard M. Nixon
Robert Lipshutz
Nixon
Lipshulz
Thebrary
Lipshutz
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
National Archives
John F. Kennedy
Gerald Pord
University of Michigan
University of Southern California
William H. Reh
Nquist
High Court
Congress
George Washington
William J. Brennan Jr
James Rhodes
United States
William H. Rehnquist
Warren EB. Burger
Mffiqre Congress
John Paul Stevens
Rehnquist
Stevens
Hugo Zacchini
Nixon tapes kept from public eye by 1974 law ruling
The Supreme Court on a 7-2 vote upheld a 1974 law giving the government control of Richard Nixon’s 880 tape recordings and 42 million pages of documents. The decision preserves executive-branch privacy while allowing archivists to screen materials for national security and historic value.
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Richard Carelli
Associated Press
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Supreme Court
Congress
Nixon
High Court
General Services Administration
New Mexico Receives £210,000 EDA Grant
U S Sen Pete Domenici announced that New Mexico will get a £210,000 grant from the Economic Development Administration. The funds will support planning for long range economic growth in the state.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Economic Development Administration
U.S
Pete Domenici
Eddy County Assessor Grebe Wins Sex Bias Pay Claim
New Mexico Human Rights Commission ruled Eddy County Assessor Juanita S. Grebe entitled to extra pay for appraisal certifications, ordering $1,000 in damages and an end to compensation discrimination based on sex. She argued her $13,200 salary should rise with four certifications, while her deputy Jim Witt holds similar qualifications and earns $15,500.
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Santa FE
Human Rights Commission
Eddy County
Juanita S. Grebe
Eddy County Commission
Mr. Grube
Witt
HRC
County Commission
Grube
Albuquerque approves 52.5 million hospital bond plan
Albuquerque City Council approved a plan to issue 52.5 million in industrial revenue bonds to fund expansion and debt refinancing at St. Josephs Hospital Presbyterian Hospital Center and University Heights Hospital. The plan would not cost the city and includes a handicap greens fee reduction.
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Albuquerque
St. Joseph's Hospital
Presbyterian Hospital Center
University Heights Hospital
University Heights
Presbyterian
Anna Kaseman
St. Joseph's
Senate committee boosts Los Alamos funding amid dispute
The Energy and Natural Resources Committee rejected cutting the Tatense Mentcon Source Facility funding and instead set the Los Alamos laboratory budget at 23.3 million dollars, up from 22.1 million in 1976. The panel also backed a bill to grant the ERDA director power to continue community aid to Los Alamos County and its public schools.
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Albuquerque
Senate
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories
U.S
Pete Domenici
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Energy Research and Development Administration
Los Alamos County
Los Alamos
Census review questions Navajo population counts
A Census Bureau tally of three Navajo reservation chapters Red Rock Lukachukai and Tuba City found 5216 residents versus 11086 on BIA census tapes. Mel Wise chief statistician cautioned results cannot be applied to the entire reservation and noted locations' school and commerce biases. The study aimed to test BIA estimates and improve future methods.
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Gallup
US Census Bureau
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Census Bureau
BIA
Laws
Eg Pocarigy
Mel Wise
Red Rock
Lukachukai
Tuba City
Grant Awarded to Siete Del Norte in New Mexico
The Community Services Administration awarded a 2 million dollar grant to Siete Del Norte Community Development Corporation. Serving San Miguel Guadalupe Sardoval Mara Taos Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties, the funds test a community owned development concept. Domenici says the program aims to provide resources to address unemployment dependency tensions and outmigration.
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Albuquerque
Community Services Administration
Siete del Norte
Domenici
Laplata Youth Killed In Colorado Car Crash
A 17 year old Laplata New Mexico youth named Frank L Elliott died when the car he rode in veered off a county road near Durango Colorado and rolled. The driver William Kolz aged 16 from Bayfield lost control at a curve and the vehicle ran off the road.
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Durango
Colo
Laplata
N.M
Colorado State Patrol
Frank L. Elliott
William Kolz
Bayfield
Obituary: Paula M. Juarez 69 in El Paso Death
Paula M. Juarez, 69, of Solomon Arizona, died Monday afternoon at Doctors Hospital in El Paso. She leaves three sons Juan Madrid Cruz Ponce Simion Ponce two daughters Manuela Chavez Esperanza Holguin and 26 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Rosary Thursday 7 p.m. at Curtis-Bright Funeral Chapel. Funeral Mass Friday 10:30 a.m. Infant Jesus Catholic Church Hurley. Interment Hurley Cemetery. pallbearers Louie R. Martinez Arnold M. Chavez John J. Madrid Virgil M. Chavez Rodolfo M. Chavez Inocente M. Holguin.
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Paula M. Juarez
Doctors Hospital
el Paso
Solomon
Arizona
Juan Madrid
Cruz Ponce
Silver City
Simion Ponce
Los Angeles
Calif
Manuela Chavez
Esperanza Holguin
Safford
Ariz
Curtis-Bright
Infant Jesus Catholic
Hurley
Monsignor
Delfin Thomas
Louie R. Martinez
Arnold M. Chavez
John J. Madrid
Virgil M. Chavez
Rodolfo M. Chavez
Inocente M. Holguin
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