Record corn harvest seen at 6.55 billion bushels in 1976
The Agriculture Department forecasts a 1976 U.S. corn crop exceeding 6.55 billion bushels up 14 percent from 1975, with yields around 90.5 bushels per acre and conditions crucial through August. Wheat production is also expected to reach about 2.04 billion bushels, the second largest on record.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Department
Crop Reporting Board
U.S
Soviet Union
Don Paarlberg
Paarlberg
Democrats open national convention with unity call and Glenn keynote
At Madison Square Garden the Democrats launched their 37th convention with Sen. John Glenn urging an end to divisiveness and despair. Barbara Jordan and Glenn spoke on national unity, pledging renewed citizen-government partnership as Carter weighs six senator vice presidential contenders including Glenn and Muskie.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
John Glenn
Carter
Madison Square Garden
Glenn
Ohio
Muskie
Maine
Barbara Jordan
Texas
Jordan
Rise of Coliseums and Political Arenas Across America
A colloquial reflection traces the growth of large venues from Chicago to Denver to New York, noting show barns like Will Rogers Coliseum and Madison Square Garden, and recalling historic conventions and figures like Billy Sunday and Jimmy Carter as examples of public arena use and political theater.
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Midwest
Rocky Mountain
International Arena
Chicago
Denver
San Francisco
Cow Palace
Fort Worth
New York
Coliseum
Madison Square Garden
Billy Sunday
Jimmy Carter
Plains,Ga
Rodino Withdraws From Veep Bid as Carter Moves On
Rep. Peter Rodino of New Jersey quits the race for the Democratic vice presidential nomination and backs placing Jimmy Carter's name in nomination. Carter had met with Sen. Adlai Stevenson and others remaining in contention include Frank Church Walter Mondale Henry Jackson Edmund Muskie and John Glenn.
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New York
UPI
Peter Rodino
New Jersey
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Frank Church
Idaho
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Henry Jackson
Washington
Edmund Muskie
Maine
John Glenn
Ohio
Kennedy
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Israel Uganda raid hailed as guts and brains by Scranton
UN debate over the Entebbe rescue frames the operation as a bold act of daring and planning. Ambassador Scranton calls the raid a rare blend of courage and brains while Britain and the United States push a draft condemning hijacking and seeking aviation safety. Nonaligned members contend Israel violated Uganda's sovereignty, threatening a council clash.
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United Nations, N.Y
William M. Scranton
Israel
Uganda
Air France
Scranton
U.N. Security Council
Ivor Richard
Kampala
Richard
Council
Britain
Dora Bloch
Entebbe
Bloch
United States
California State University Library Shooting Leaves Seven Dead
A janitor described as a loner opened fire in the Fullerton campus library, killing seven and wounding two others before police captured him. Edward Allaway, 37, called himself the shooter from a hotel and surrendered to authorities with a rifle in his car.
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Fullerton
Calif
UPI
California State University
Edward Charles Allaway
Hilton
Amos Navarro
Anaheim
Allaway
Deborah Paulsen
Donald F. Karges
Santa Fe Springs
Seth Fessenden
Bruce A. Jacobson
Paul Herzberg
Pomona
Stephen Becker
St. Jude Hospital
Maynard Hoffman
Donald Karon
Frank Teplansky
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Dan Ie
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Jenny Galvan
Bilingual Education Department
Debbie
Paulsen
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