This Day In 1970's History: Monday December 18, 1978
- Layoffs in Cleveland on Jan. 2, totaling 20 percent of the city's employees, were announced by Mayor Dennis Kucinich to conserve cash needed to lift the city out of default. The city's police, fire and laborers' unions vowed that the dismissal of even one union member would shut down Cleveland in a general walkout.
Cleveland's fiscal crisis can be solved "on the state and local level" and federal aid "is not needed," a Carter administration official said. There is division between Washington and Cleveland over handling of the problem by Mayor Kucinich. [New York Times]
- Senator Herman Talmadge faces a trial-like hearing to determine whether the Georgia Democrat misused office and campaign funds. The hearing will be before the Senate ethics committee, which approved it under a recommendation by a committee investigator who spent several months scrutinizing Mr. Talmadge's finances. [New York Times]
- A lawsuit stemming from Kent State University shootings of students by National Guardsmen in 1970 was the subject of negotiations aimed at reaching an out-of court settlement, which apparently failed, setting the stage for a civil trial to begin tomorrow. The Ohio authorities rejected a proposal that would have awarded the plaintiffs $625,000. However, the state legislature may take up the issue. [New York Times]
- A request for extradition of a fugitive from one state to another may not ordinarily be blocked by the "asylum" state's conducting its own investigation into the basis for the request, the Supreme Court held unanimously. The decision reversed a ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court, which had barred the extradition of a fugitive to Arizona on the ground that Arizona's request had not contained sufficient evidence for believing that the man had committed a crime. [New York Times]
- Autopsy reports said that the Rev. Jim Jones and Anne Elizabeth Moore, a nurse in his cult, had died of gunshot wounds in the head and that their deaths could have resulted from suicide or murder. [New York Times]
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