Carter shakeup widens as Jordan becomes chief of staff
Washington reports President Carter accepts HEW Secretary Joseph A Califano Jr resigning and names Patricia Harris to head the Education and Urban Development Department. Jordan promoted to chief of staff, signaling a push toward a stronger White House. The president weighs resignations from 34 cabinet members and aides with Powell saying decisions should come within days.
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Washington
Hamilton Jordan
White House
Carter
Jordan
HEW
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Califano
Housing and Urban Development
Patricia R. Harris
Carl Perkins
D-Ky
House Education and Labor Committee
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Jody Powell
Cbs-Tv
Morning News
Powell
Patricia Roberts Harris
Health, Education and Welfare
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Energy
James R. Schlesinger
Transportation
Brockams
Adams
Blumenthal
Harris
Schlesinger
Associated Press Radio
Richard M. Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
Mr. Jordan
Angriest Town Citizens Dine at Editor’s Letters Banquet
Danville Illinois reports a 16th annual Letters-to-the-Editor banquet hosted by Ron Dillman, editor of the Commercial News. About 100 outspoken locals gather without a fist fight as table reporters listen to reader feedback and discuss what the paper does right or wrong.
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Danville
Ill
Ron Dillman
Dillman
Bob Wright
Arthur Ade
Wade
Marmaduke
Major Hoople
Embassy Siege At Pome Chancery Reported By AP
An unidentified group seized the Pome chancery early today and barricaded inside. A Secret Service Uniformed Division officer suffered a lacerated hand in a clash outside and was hospitalized. One unidentified person was arrested. By midmorning, officials said everything is under control as reinforcements surrounded the scene.
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Washington
Chancery
Rvice
Secret Service
Embassy Seizure In Managua With Officer Down
An unknown woman said dissidents were taking control of the Nicaraguan embassy in Washington. Spokesman Jim Boyle reported an officer down and unclear injuries or shots. The Nicaraguan ambassador Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, longtime dean of the Washington diplomatic corps, was relieved of duties earlier in the week and his whereabouts remain unknown.
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Chancery
Jim Boyle
Associated Press
Wne
Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa
Washington
Sandinistas move toward Managua amid guerrilla advance
In Managua gunfire erupts as Sandinistas near the capital after Somoza’s overthrow earlier in the week. Guardsmen desert uniforms yield to surrender efforts while junta members fly from Costa Rica and Arturo Robelo declares Leon provisional capital.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Somoza
Francisco Urcuyo
Anastasio Somoza
Guatemala
Leon
Alfonso Robelo
Costa Rica
Winchester to house dialysis station gains approval in Virginia
The Virginia Health Coordinating Council unanimously approves a six unit dialysis station for Winchester after pressure from local doctors and opposition from West Virginia Congressman Harley Staggars. Pending state health commissioner approval due by August 2, the project could open April 1980 upon certificate of need.
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Star
West Virginia
Harley Staggars
Charles Town
Winchester
Virginia Health Coordinating Council
Richmond
Jeffrey Harris
Vicken Kalbian
South
Loudoun St
J.B. Kenley
Health Coordinating Council
Harris
Staggars
Panhandle
Martinsburg
Robert Renga
International Health Company
Prop 13 Doomsday Chickens California Strikes Loom
AP reports California faces growing labor action as Proposition 13 revenue cuts hit local governments. Brown and the Legislature clash over funds while unions from officers to teachers threaten strikes and slowdowns, with Riverside and San Bernardino County workers already taking action.
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Los Angeles
California
al Mie
Afl-Cio
Los County Federation
Edmund Brown Jr
Riverside
Sheriff's Deputies
San Bernardino County
Monterey County
Connin Chapman Unable to Provide Clear Testimony
Fragmentary notes suggest Connin Chapman cannot be fully compelled to testify in wis ters with details unclear and uncertain.
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Connin Chapman
Wisters
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Joseph A. Califano
Tomas Borge
Sandanista National Liberation Front
Dan Brown
Dan
Sandra Purdy
Ms. Purdy
Arcuyo
Junta
Intercontinental Hotel
Miguel Obando Y Bravo
Red Cross
George M. Stoddart
John
Brown
Theislature
Angeles County
Sheriff's
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