Crockett Declares for Ford as Uncommitted Delegate
James E. Crockett, a Virginia uncommitted delegate from Wythe County, announces he will support Ford as Reagan pressures for the ticket. He met Ford in the White House and later in Kansas City, stating his aim for a Ford Reagan ticket and his plan to vote accordingly.
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Jules Loh
Associated Press
Kansas City, Mo
James E. Crockett
Wytheville
Blue Ridge Mountains
James Crockett
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Ninth District
Virginia
Crockett
Wythe County
Ford
Richmond
John Marshall Hotel
Oval
White House
Kansas City
County Board of Supervisors
Cripple Creek
Barren Springs
Fosters Falls
Max
Ford Is Seen In Control Of Convention
President Ford appears firmly in control of the 1976 Republican National Convention as delegates prepare to choose the party's nominee. A decisive 1,180 to 1,069 victory over Ronald Reagan on the opening issue solidified Ford's lead and set the stage for a potential first ballot victory.
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Kansas City
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
California
Convention Schedule at Kansas City Republican gathering
The tentative agenda lists 8 p.m. opening ceremonies and several speeches including Arch Moore and Guy Vander Jagt with Javits before the 9 p.m. nominations for president. Roll call at 9:40 p.m. and adjournment planned for 10 p.m. until Thursday morning. Ford to name running mate before balloting, with Ford's margin of victory noted as wider than expected.
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Republican Governors Association
West Virginia
Arch Moore
Guy Vander Jagt
Ford
Reagan
Associated Press
Athens woman chosen for Alexander school board seat
Marilyn Bobo, 31, of Athens Route 5, was picked Tuesday to replace Paul Metts on the Alexander School Board. Voters in Athens Hocking and Vinton counties will decide a .3 mill mental health and retardation levy on the November 2 ballot, as approved by the Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services 648 Board.
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Albany
Marilyn Bobo
Athens
Alexander School Board
Paul Metts
Hocking
Vinton
Local Heat and Party Highs Roil Kansas City
The report notes extreme heat in Kansas City and rising political tension as Athens County's Republican executive committee chairman attends the Republican National Convention as a political hobbyist rather than a delegate.
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Kansas City
Pete Couladis
Athens County
Weather Outlook: Mild Tonight and Warm Thursday
Fair tonight with lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s and sunny skies. Thursday will be warm with highs in the mid to upper 80s and a near zero percent chance of rain.
Central Ohio pharmacists launch drugstore robbery reward
A reward plan by the Academy of Pharmacy of Central Ohio offers 500 to information leading to arrests and convictions of drugstore robbers across six counties. In Akron, about 3100 students from black schools will be bused to white schools next school year per the school board decision.
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Columbus, Ohio
Central Ohio
Academy of Pharmacy of
Akron
Ohio
Conrad Ott
Ohio legislature adjourns on Medicaid deficit plan
In Columbus lawmakers adopted Democratic lines to end Rhodes Medicaid bill after a 54 to 8 House vote to adjourn the special session. Senate followed with no objection as Democrats introduced a plan claiming 116.6 million dollars in Medicaid funding without broader department cuts. House Finance Chair Myra Shoemaker condemned across-the-board cuts. Rep. Scribner Fauver and Ethel Swanbeck dissented as the committee rejected most agency cut proposals.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
House
Senate
House Finance Committee
Rhodes
House Finance
Myra H. Shoemaker
Bourneville
Shoemaker
Rep
Scribner Fauver
Elyria
Lorain County
Fauver
Ethel Swanbeck
Huron
Toll Soars After Philippine Quake and Tsunami
In the southern Philippines the official toll from the quake and tidal waves rose to over 5,300 with nearly 30,000 homeless. The NDCC reported 3,103 deaths, 2,282 missing, 688 injured and 28,716 homeless, concentrated along Mindanao’s coast around Moro Gulf. Air force deliveries reached Cotabato and Zamboanga as ships aided Zam.
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Manila
Philippines
National Disaster Coordinating Center
NDCC
Mindanao
Moro Gulf
Celebes Sea
Philippine Air Force
Cotabato
Gulf
Zamboanga
Zamboanga Peninsula
Zam
Ohioans reject measure on running mates at convention
Ohio delegates split along candidate lines in a rules vote at the Republican National Convention. The Ohio delegation backed Ford, voting 90 against a rule to force Ford to name a running mate before the nomination ballot, while 6 Reagan delegates supported the proposal. one vote came from Lois Leggat of Willoughby who later renounced her Ford pledge. The overall rule change failed 1,180 to 1,069 with 10 abstentions.
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Crockett
James Crockett
Reagan
Ford
Clayton Lake
White House
Kansas City
Ohio
Ronald Reagan
Lois Leggat
Willoughby
Jacalu H Ginnochhio
Cincinnati
Two U S Army Officers Killed in Panmunjom Attack
In Panmunjom within the DMZ, about 30 North Korean guards armed with axes and pikes killed two U S Army officers and wounded four enlisted men and five South Koreans. The U N Command labeled the officers’ deaths brutal and unprovoked during a routine tree trimming near the Bridge of No Return.
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Seoul
South Korea
United Nations Command
Korean Service Corps
Panmunjom
Truce Village
U.N
Bridge of No Return
Ford Backers Concede Point At GOP Convention
Republicans seek unity as Ford backers concede to Reagan amending the foreign policy plank. Nelson Rockefeller says he spoke with Ford by phone as the decision was made to accept the Reagan amendment. The convention also preserves language backing a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights despite Supreme Court rulings.
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Kansas City
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Crown Center
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Nelsonville
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Nelson
Ville
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Bob Wilson Jr
Clarence Miller
Sunbury
Bill
Demilitarized Zone of
Korea
U.N. Command
North
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