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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1976
Page
2
Spanish voting proceeds peacefully despite a leftist kidnapping threat. Antonio Maria de Oriol, adviser to King Juan Carlos, was targeted with a 48 hour deadline to demand the release of 15 political prisoners.
Socialist leader Helmut Schmidt was re elected chancellor of West Germany by two votes in the Bundestag. He won 250 to 243 in a 496 member house with one abstention one invalid ballot and one ill deputy missing. The coalition of Social Democrats and Free Democrats holds a slim majority of 249 needed for election.
A month after Syrian troops occupied Beirut ending 19 months of civil war, calm returns but Lebanon’s future remains uncertain. Bloodshed has eased and order is emerging yet reconstruction and root causes remain unaddressed. Occupation fears linger as a final clash looms possible.
House Majority Leader Jim Wright has not decided whether to allow a $25,000-a-year fund donated by Texas constituents to remain. He says he never solicited money, caps donations at $100, and the Wright Congressional Club funds newsletters, publications, student outreach, and travel for colleagues. He notes the fund's reduced need and asserts members get no favors. Wright also states his wife and a daughter work on House committee staffs and quips about sex scandals.
A Utah judge set Gary Gilmore’s execution for sunrise January 17, delaying the death sentence by 30 to 60 days as required by state law. Gilmore, detained, asked for release but refused to withdraw his freedom motion despite delays and said he was ready for the sentence.
John William Ford 31, once praised for averting disaster after a bomb was found in Peabody Coal Camp No. 1 near Morganfield, is indicted on charges of planting the dynamite device and two counts of attempting to destroy property. Bond set at 50000. indictment returned by federal grand jury in Louisville.
Carter plans multiple cabinet level posts with at least two announcements and names such as Bergland Adams Blumenthal Vance and Schultze. He envisions an economic program to spur jobs and reduce taxes while delaying defense secretary decision to next week as Brown is a frontrunner.
Sen. Hubert Humphrey, called the Happy Warrior, remains the lone challenger to Sen. Robert Byrd for the Senate Democratic leadership as Ernest Hollings and Edmund Muskie exit and throw support to Humphrey. Byrd may already hold the necessary votes. leadership ballots require at least 32 votes.
Chicago AP report covers psychologists Kenneth Wessel and John Trybula who mailed Christmas cards to 470 strangers. Over 12 percent sent cards or called back, with some visits and party invites. Many cards returned due to moved addresses, yet notable engagement occurred.
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