Ray’s prison term extended to at least 100 years
James Earl Ray received an additional one to two year sentence for a June prison escape, bringing his total imprisonment to no less than 100 years. Circuit Judge Lee Asbury declared Ray indigent, noting no money or property and no future prospects. Ray plans to appeal the escape conviction at state expense.
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Wartburg, Tenn
UPI
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Martin Luther King Jr
Lee Asbury
Ray
Tennessee
Asbury
Elderly Lifeline Provision Dropped From Energy Bill
UPI reports House and Senate conferees dropped the mandatory lifeline plan in the energy bill that would guarantee low cost electricity for the elderly. The move comes as non tax utilities provisions near completion with natural gas talks to begin Friday. An option remains to revisit the issue if tax conferees reject a proposed 75 dollar credit for elderly electricity users.
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Washington
UPI
House- Senate
Carter
Senate
Mudslide wipes out 40 homes in Gothenburg area
A massive mudslide in Gothenburg's Hisingen suburb destroyed about 40 villas and family homes, gouging a 3000 foot crevice and causing at least four deaths. Rescue crews fear more bodies remain buried as heavy rains loosened the earth.
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Stockholm
Sweden
UPI
Gothenburg
Bengt Sjostrand
Hisingen
Northwestern California Weather Shifts to Mostly Fair
The Northwestern California area remains mostly fair through Friday with morning tides bringing roughly 10 gigawatts of wind along the coast.
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California
House stalls on removing Social Security earnings ceiling
Negotiators clash as the House defeats a bid to require sticking with a plan to lift the 65–71 earnings limit. The issue shapes payroll tax hikes and funding of Social Security for 1982 and beyond, with the House proposing higher caps than the Senate.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Social Security Disability Fund
Retirement Fund
al Ullman
Dore
Egypt Delays Sadat Mideast Conference to December
Egypt postpones President Sadat's Cairo peace conference to mid December hoping hardliners will soften their boycott. In Tripoli a counter conference is organized by Iraq the PLO Syria Algeria and South Yemen while the United States and Israel seek to keep Washington in the mediation effort.
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United Press International
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Cairo
Tripoli
Libya
Sadat
Carter
United States
Middle East
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Israel
Soviet Union
Syria
U.N
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Iraq
Palestine Liberation Organization
Algeria
South Yemen
Baghdad
PLO
Baker, GOP back Carter tax cut plan in 1978 proposal
Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker pledged solid GOP support for President Carter's proposed large 1978 tax cut. Carter said Democratic leaders promise quick action, with about 20 to 22 billion dollars in relief, mainly for individuals. He warned major reform may wait until 1979.
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Washington
UPD
Senate
Howard Baker
Carter
Congress
Baker
Amnesty for illegal lot splits backed by board of supervisors
The board approved a subdivision ordinance offering certificates of compliance to owners of illegally created lots dating before March 4 1972 and filed before November 29 1977. The plan requires minimum lot sizes 6000 to 40000 square feet and a 16 foot access road plus a 40 foot easement. The ordinance takes effect in 60 days.
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Board of Supervisors
Planning Department
Rick Henderson
Henderson
Mitchell Creek Drive
Fort Bragg
John Cimolino
Mitchell Creek
Gambling initiative explained to skeptical Lakeport audience
Lakeport residents heard Adelanto officials explain a proposed gambling initiative. Mayor Hastell Hollis stressed the talk was informational not pro gambling. Adelanto already operates a card room adding funds to the city budget without higher taxes.
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Charles Keene
Adelanto
Hastell Hollis
Supervisors Chambers
Keene
Supervisors
Hollis
Gambling Initiative
Robert Wilson
California
Ballot Journal
Linda Hedstrom
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