Mercenary Daniel Gearhart Executed in Angola Firing Squad
The 34 year old Daniel Gearhart of Kensington Maryland was executed by a firing squad in Angola after signing on as a mercenary for UNITA. He gambled to help his family with $300 weekly pay and $30,000 medical debt, but received only a plane ticket and bullets. U S officials condemned the act as unjustified and hostile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Gearhart
Kensington
UNITA
Angola
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Charles McC. Mathias
Maryland
Agostinho Neto
Ford
Mr. Kissinger
United States
U.S. State Department
Africa
Budget optimism and deficit danger in the 1980 outlook
Congressional leaders predict a balanced budget by 1980 amid a new budget process. Rep. Brock Adams and Sens. Muskie and Bellman note spending discipline, though the government ran a 71.3 billion deficit despite underspending targets. The piece cautions political maneuvering and calls for self discipline and vigilance in fiscal policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brock Adams
D-Wash
House Budget Committee
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Henry P. Bellman
Okla
Senate Budget Committee
Congress
Sen. Muskie
Washington
Curbing Of Power In the National Emergency System
A Senate column argues to end emergency powers, noting four active states since 1933 to 1971. It warns of presidential reach into military, communications, and domestic controls and calls for the repeal bill supported by bipartisan sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Richard Nixon
Government Operations Committee
Special Committee
House
Carter
Reagan
Ford
Howell Visit Illuminates Dilemma for Democrats
Henry Howell's Winchester visit highlighted internal rifts as local Democrats largely stayed away from a Carter for President event at the Holiday Inn. Carter delegates and uncommitted delegates from Frederick and Shenandoah counties illustrated split loyalties, with questions about Carter's pull for Virginia in the governor race next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Howell
Winchester
Holiday Inn
South
Howell
Paul Manchey
Manchey
Shenandoah County
Carter
Lin Cosby
Frederick County
Robert Hodgson
Richard Dick
Virginia
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Andrew Miller
Lloyd Bentsen
Carter Jackson ticket deemed unacceptable to liberal Democrats
Jimmy Carter’s interview with Henry M. Jackson shows liberals would revolt if Jackson joined the ticket. Liberals fear a Carter Jackson pairing could revive factional clashes seen in 1968 and 1972, and polls suggesting McCarthy as an independent left candidate cemented Jackson’s impractical prospects.
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Jackson
Carter
Scoop Jackson
Madison Square Garden
Atlanta
Charles Kirbo
Charley
Jimmy
Louis Harris
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Strauss
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Adams
The
Star
Handley Library
Sam Cravetta
Susan. G. Teets
Charlottesville, Va
BY James J. Kilpatrick
Republic
Elmo Zumwalt
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Scoop
Liberal
New York
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Robert Strauss
New York Times
Times
Kirbo
George Wallace
Wisconsin
Michigan
New Jersey
California
Walter Mondale
Frank Church
Edmund Muskie
John Glenn
Evans — Novak
Winchester Evening Star
Thomas T
Lewis H. Ebert
Douglas B. O'Connell
Eugene P. Miller
Byrd
Vinchester Vo
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
N. Kent Street
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