Ferry disaster aftermath as crane rights ship and searches resume
In LOLING Louisiana the 664 foot tanker Frosta struck the George Prince ferry causing 80 foot water with 82 feared dead. A large crane righted the overturned craft as divers searched the mud for bodies and authorities investigated the collision. Eighteen survived. total aboard likely over 100.
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Carter and Ford Avoid Each Other at Al Smith Dinner
Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon? No, Gerald Ford attend the Al Smith dinner in New York City with schedules arranged to avoid a meeting. Ford arrives at 7 p.m. and leaves at 8 30 p.m. Carter comes at 9 p.m. and stays about an hour. The nonpartisan event honors Alfred E. Smith and is key in Catholic voters. Ford and Carter shift positions on abortion while Mondale and Dole campaign for Friday's Williamsburg debate.
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Conflict Potential Looms Between World Series and Presidential Debate
AP reports a fourth game in the World Series could clash with the presidential debate. President Ford reassured baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn that no conflict exists. The Cincinnati Reds schedule an 8:30 p.m. EDT start as the debate time is set for 6:98 p.m. ST at the White House briefing.
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Levi Will Not Examine Ford's Watergate Role
Washington AP Ford asks Bank and Currency Committee to halt 1972 Watergate probe. Attorney General Edward Levi declines any new inquiry saying no credible evidence justifies opening investigations. Ford said his actions were at the request of responsible committee members.
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Reagan Campaign Rally Draws Strong Ohio Audience
Ronald Reagan spoke at a Middletown fund raising luncheon for State Sen. Donald E. Lukens, drawing about 500 Republicans who cheered him and shifted focus to contrasts with Democrats. He predicted a close race but momentum for Ford among undecided voters and independent voters.
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Jordan urges OSU students to back Carter in apathy talk
Rep Barbara Jordan told about 1100 Ohio State students in Columbus that they face a choice between Carter and Ford. She blamed housing arms and farm policy on Ford and urged support for Carter Mondale as a team offering solutions to unemployment and apathy among graduates.
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Overall Prices Rise But Grocery Costs Fall
The government reports September consumer prices rose four-tenths of a percent while grocery costs declined for the first time in six months. The annual inflation rate is about 4.9 percent, matching the basic underlying rate, with September following three months of higher gains.
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Bellow Wins Nobel Prize In Literature
Saul Bellow, 61, born in Canada and raised in Chicago, wins the Nobel Prize in Literature in a sweep by American winners this year. The Chicago professor is praised for humane action and analysis of contemporary culture and is the seventh American laureate in literature.
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Pearl Buck
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Gas price hike rollback by Federal Power Commission
The Federal Power Commission rescinds part of a July approved natural gas price increase after weighing consumer impact. Separately, the Federal Trade Commission approves an order barring Sears Roebuck from bait and switch tactics in selling major home appliances.
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Weather outlook Mostly cloudy and cooler with possible flurries tonight
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures with a chance of light snow flurries tonight. Lows will be in the upper 20s to low 30s, with partial clearing Friday and little temperature change, highs in the upper 40s and a 30 percent chance of precip tonight, 20 percent Friday.
Shaky Beirut Cease Fire Amid Gunfire News
The latest Lebanon cease fire opens with explosions and machine-gun fire in Beirut. A right wing Christian spokesman accuses radical Palestinian groups of sabotaging the truce. In Ohio, a kidnapped businessman’s family appeals for Venezuelan help to attend his father’s funeral. Detroit hosts a pet rock cemetery with epitaphs on white tombstones.
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