Carters Visit Athens Ahead of Election Campaign Tour
Jeff and Annette Carter, son and daughter in law of Jimmy Carter, stopped in Athens to urge Ohio University students to register before the deadline. They opened Carter headquarters, discussed campus apathy, and expressed hopes for the Wednesday foreign policy debate.
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George McGovern
White House
Butz Seeks Farm Belt Campaign After Resignation
Earl L. Butz says he will campaign for President Ford in the farm belt despite resigning as agriculture secretary over a racial slur. Ford aides weigh his role while farm leaders call him not racist and a source suggests he may work with the Ford Campaign Committee's Farm Division.
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Sonny Bono
Rolling Stone
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Taft Tackles Metzenbaum on Defense in Athens Rally
Sen. Robert Taft Jr. toured Athens with a brief stop at Ohio University where about two dozen attended. He blasted Metzenbaum as ultra liberal on defense and accused him of shifting defense budget cuts from 15 to 19.3 billion dollars. Taft urged specific pledges and criticized Metzenbaum for voting against defense projects while labeling his plan a disaster. He also called for Earl Butz to resign over a racial slur, saying it makes him a political liability to Ford.
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Stricter liquor enforcement and student conduct education urged
A special committee appointed in the summer released a report Monday urging tighter liquor law enforcement and enhanced student conduct education. The document highlights two main recommendations viewed as key reforms.
Weather outlook showers and cooler by Wednesday
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions with showers or thundershowers later tonight and again Wednesday. Lows will be in the upper 50s with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. Rain chances run around 60 percent tonight and 50 percent Wednesday.
Toledo School District Authorized to Close Dec 3
Columbus AP reports state education chief Martin W Essex approved a year end shutdown for the Toledo City School District after a fiscal review by Auditor Thomas E Ferguson showed funds would run out by December 6. Humphrey to undergo cancer bladder surgery in New York.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Hurricane Liza death toll rises to 423 in Baja Sur
Searchers found 16 additional hurricane victims inside a building buried by a wall of water and mud after the dam breach near La Paz. Governor Cezar Mendoza announced the new total of 423 dead.
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Baja California Sur
New Economic Report May Be Disappointing
Washington AP reports economists expect third quarter GNP growth near four percent signaling a sluggish economy. If confirmed the figure could bolster Carter’s campaign against Ford as unemployment stays around 7.9 percent. The Commerce Department releases the data two weeks before the November 2 election.
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Candidates Prepare for Second Round of Foreign Affairs Debate
Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford stay in San Francisco ahead of Wednesday's Palace of Fine Arts debate on foreign policy. Carter criticizes Ford over the Earl Butz affair and nuclear arms strategy. Ford plans study and quiet campaigning as Mondale and Dole prepare for a Houston VP debate on Oct. 15.
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Bob Dole
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Palace of Fine Arts
Ford's Nuclear Policy Seeks Global Fuel Control
Ford plans new measures to restrain nuclear weapon spread including international control of spent fuel and sanctions on violators. The plan resembles ideas voiced by Democratic rival Carter, who called Ford’s move a rushed cover for leadership failure. Officials say the US may buy spent reactor fuel to keep it from foreign circulation, since such fuel can yield plutonium for weapons.
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San Diego
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Annual yard sale success and nuclear policy notes
The page blends a local yard sale report for Jerry L. Dowler of Chauncey with a broader discussion of U S and world tensions over nuclear fuel and weapons controls. It cites Carter and Ford proposals on nonproliferation, international moratoriums, and safeguards amid reports of nuclear aid to India and facility sales.
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