Missouri GOP delegates at stake at state convention
Ford and Reagan campaign for Missouri's final 19 delegates as each seeks uncommitted support. Carter aides project a comfortable path to the 1 505 Democratic nominating votes with meetings ahead for him with Wallace and Udall. An AP count shows Carter with 1 269.5 committed delegates and Udall next with 329.
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Associated Press
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Jimmy Carter
Georgia
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Ala
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Morris Udall
New York
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Udall
John Sears
Sears
Dover
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Delaware
New York City
OPEC cuts lift some oil prices after Bali meeting
Oil producing nations in the OPEC cartel lowered some crude prices this past week after their Bali meeting in Indonesia. Libyan light crude rose about 10 cents a barrel while Saudi Arabia Kuwait and Iran cut heavy crude by roughly seven cents. Exxon USA also trimmed some fuel prices up to 40 cents a barrel not tied to OPEC changes.
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Terry Kirkpatrick
NEW York (Ap
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Bali
Indonesia
United States
Libya
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Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Iran
U.S
M.A. Adelman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Exxon USA
OPEC
Consumae
Anthony Copp
Salomon Bro’ Ers
New York
Abductions of refugees plague Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires armed men abducted 25 refugees including 24 men and 2 teenagers from two refugee hotels. The raid used Ford Falcons linked to right wing death squads amid a wave of abductions and murders of foreigners seeking asylum. Local UN officials condemned the incident as authorities investigate potential police involvement.
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Mort Rosenblum
Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Maria
Tuna
U.N
Falcons
United Nations High Commission For Refugees
Milita
Isabel Peron
Juan Jose Torres
Fiction is harder for author than nonfiction
Barbara Hewar discusses the craft of fiction versus nonfiction in a New York interview. She explains fiction requires creating motivated characters and plots from imagination, while nonfiction stems from personal experiences and recalled facts.
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Joy Stilley
New York
Cargill Denies Pressuring Grain Inspectors in Louisiana
Cargill says allegations of pressuring Louisiana grain inspectors are untrue after five inspectors pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Grain Standards Act in Baton Rouge. FBI testimony cited threats to job security, but Cargill notes inspectors were employed by the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission and that only their employers and government regulated them. The company says it cooperated with the FBI and launched a voluntary effort to restore public confidence following grain export scandals.
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Roy Wallace
Cargill
U.S. District Court
Baton Rouge
FBI
Robert Isakson
Greater Baton Rouge Port
United States Leads in Curtis Cup Opener at Lytham
At Royal Lytham and St Annes the U S amateur women lead Britain 6 2 2 after Friday play as Nancy Lopez and Barbara Barrows were chosen for the day’s four-somes. Non playing captain Barbara McIntire plans to give all eight players turns in foursomes and singles.
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United States
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St. Annes
Nancy Lopez
Roswell
N.M
Barbara Barrow
Chula Vista
Calif
Iss McIntire
Colorado Springs
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