Rhodes Orders 2% Cut in State Spending
Gov. Rhodes ordered a 2 percent reduction across executive, administrative, and most departments to save about 53 million dollars and balance the budget for the 1977 fiscal year. The move targets a projected 58.3 million shortfall without cuts, with opposition from Legislative Democrats.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
William W. Wilkins
Office of Budget and Management
General Assembly
Wilkins
GOP
Corrections Department
Pat Nixon Paralyzed By Stroke Faces Serious But Stable Condition
Former First Lady Pat Nixon remains in Memorial Hospital Medical Center after suffering a right cerebral infarct. Doctors say she has moderate left side paralysis and slurred speech but she is resting comfortably with family by her side. A 10 day hospitalization is expected as neurologists monitor potential changes.
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Long Beach
Calif
Pat Nixon
Nixon
John Mosier
Mosier
Richard M. Nixon
Memorial Hospital Medical Center
San Clemente
Ford
Ronald Reagan
White House
Israel could repeat Entebbe rescue if needed says chief of staff
Israel’s Lt. Gen. Mordechai Gur reviewed the Entebbe operation in which 102 hostages were freed, saying plans were made and rehearsed and that a fourth plane may have flown as a flying hospital. He noted troops landed seven hours after takeoff amid changing weather and that two Ugandan guards were shot as commandos moved to free the hostages.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Uganda
Entebbe
Mordechai Gur
Gur
Kenya
Nairobi
Africa
Yonatan Netanyahu
Netanyahu
One Hostage Still Missing at Entebbe Raid
The Foreign Office denied US reports that Dora Bloch, the Air France hijack hostage, was killed by Ugandan police. British officials say Mrs Bloch, holder of Israeli and British citizenship, was left behind during the Entebbe rescue.
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London
Foreign Office
United States
Dora Bloch
Entebbe
Bloch
James Hennessy
Idi Amin
Kampala
Air France
Uganda
Ilan Hartuv
CBS News
Amin
Israel
Hartuv
Compromise Offers Limited Move for Athens Center
The Athens Mental Health and Retardation Center may avoid an immediate full relocation as a compromise capital improvement plan is proposed on Wednesday. The plan would keep parts of the center at the current site while addressing needed upgrades.
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Timothy Moritz
Athens
Obituaries and Sports News Snippet
Weather reads partly cloudy tonight with mid 60s lows and warm highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Chance of showers or thundershowers 10 percent tonight and 30 percent Saturday.
Wholesale prices rise in June driven by steel and fuel costs
Wholesale prices jumped four tenths of a percent in June as steel and gasoline costs surged. May had shown a three tenth percent increase. Farm and food prices slowed, but industrial price gains mainly fueled the overall rise, per Labor Department data.
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Washington
Labor Department
Democrats Run TV Fundraiser Spots Before Convention
The Democratic National Committee plans eight TV ads on two networks Monday and Wednesday nights to urge small contributions from a Democratic audience. S. Lee Kling calls the campaign a direct appeal for funds as the party merges fundraising with television messaging. The box number for donations is 1976, though that year was already claimed.
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New York
Democratic National Committee
Carter Glenn open to VP choice after meetings in Plains
In Plains Georgia Jimmy Carter weighs several vice presidential options after meetings with Senators Mondale Glenn and Muskie and a planned New York interview with Henry Jackson He notes he will interview multiple candidates and will wait before making a decision while praising the visitors and recounting a visit to local peanut fields.
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Edmund Muskie
Maine
Carter
Sen
Henry Jackson
Washington
New York
Rep
Peter Rodino
New Jersey
Frank Church
Idaho
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Glenn
Georgia
Mondale
Plains
Reagan Loss Pushes Ford Ahead
Reagan suffered a campaign setback as Ford gained 24 delegates on Thursday and Reagan added three. The GOP field includes North Dakota losses and uncommitted delegates in six states with Ford at 1,028 of 1,130 needed for the nomination. Reagan aims for a first ballot win but faces second ballot risks. He met Indiana delegates and planned Colorado talks to shore up support.
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Ronald Reagan
Colorado
Ford
Reagan
North Dakota
Deleses
Kansas City
Indiana
California
Jim Lake
Illinois
Missouri
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Meigs County
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