Labor Day Parades Mark End Of Summer With Hostage Ties
Across the nation Labor Day celebrations included parades and political events while memories of workers in Poland and the Iran hostage crisis loomed. Omaha honored Air Force Captain Paul Needham as grand marshal with ribbons and a baton gift from the Army Golden Knights. Teamsters chief Fitzsimmons urged freedom for hostages and ongoing union rights.
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Reagan Rebukes Carter Over Klan City Campaign
Ronald Reagan condemned Jimmy Carter for starting his re election drive in the South near a site tied to the Ku Klux Klan. He spoke at the Michigan State Fair while a Carter mask appeared in the crowd, contrasting economic issues with the Klan taint. Senator Paul Laxalt labeled Reagan incapable of ties to the Klan.
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Detroit
Alabama
Carter Denounces Klan at Alabama Labor Day Picnic
The Nation notes Carter's Labor Day visit to a Tuscumbia picnic in a city familiar with racial violence. A peaceful downtown march by about 40 Klansmen preceded his appearance. He condemned the group and invoked Christian love over hatred in his remarks.
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Carter Casts Self As Truman Inspired Underdog In Campaign
President Carter likens his 1976 bid to Harry S. Truman’s, citing tough decisions and poll battles. He visits Truman’s hometown Independence to honor the former president’s legacy and rallies a crowd of tens of thousands at a Tuscumbia Alabama Labor Day event.
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Reagan Pushes Tax Cuts to Aid Auto Jobs in Detroit
Ronald Reagan urged fewer government regulations and lower taxes to help American industry compete with West German and Japanese factories. He planned talks with Chrysler Ford and General Motors executives and toured the assembly line for the new K car while criticizing Carter's aid measures and promising to create jobs through American-made autos.
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Syria and Libya agree to merge for defense alliance
Damascus reports President Hafez Assad accepted Libyan Col Muammar Khadafy's call to merge Syria and Libya as a united Arab defense line against Israel. Khadafy announced the plan in Tripoli marking the revolution anniversary and Assad telegraphed his approval minutes after the proposal.
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Miners Strike Persists As Government Negotiators Move Toward Deal
In southwest Poland ten mines stayed idle while officials signaled readiness to seal terms with the strike committee. Upper Silesia demanded safety guarantees and shorter shifts with union rights, amid reports of a fatal accident near Katowice and prior agency claims of a tentative settlement.
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Muskie presses Iran for early release of hostages
Secretary of State Muskie appeals to Iran's new prime minister Mohammad Ali Rejai for the immediate and safe freeing the 52 American hostages held in Tehran. Pars reports Rejai will address the request in his next public interview with no timetable given.
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