Battle over delegate apportionment looms at GOP convention
The 1976 GOP convention faces a floor clash as Southern and small state conservatives push a new delegate apportionment plan. Moderates led by Michigan chairman William McLaughlin seek to keep Nixon renomination on track while Agnew and Percy vie for influence amid a unified but tense party.
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William McLaughlin
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Illinois
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Maryland
New Mexico
Paul N. McCloskey
California
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
George McGovern
McGovern
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Tex
Lbj Ranch
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Robert Dole
Kansas
John A. Volpe
McChoskey
Cole
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Anne Armstrong
Texas
Richard G. Lugar
Indianapolis
Brooke
Vietnam
China
Soviet Union
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GOP
Lugar
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Miami_ International Airport
Whiite House
Florida
City to map cab zones and clarify fares in policy move
Following a public hearing, the council ordered a published map of city cab zones to help drivers and riders determine fares. The ordinance sets minimum rates and increases for extra passengers and cross zone trips. A driver admitted overcharging Mrs. Johnson by 10 cents amid a price-war claim.
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Pioneer
Leon
Pinky
Edward C. Hurst
Minnesota Cab Company
Johnson
Hurst
Glen Davis
Paul Bunyan Cab Company
al Solseth
Crookston Council Considers Sewage Study and Armory Land Sale
City Manager John Lloyd will invite Dick Widseth of Webster Foster and Weston to discuss a proposed sewage disposal system with Crookston council. The council also moves to appraise nine acres on Highway 2 West for sale as an armory site and approves new police and city contracts with salary increases effective Jan 1.
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Elizabeth Moore
John Lloyd
Dick Widseth
Webster
Foster
Crookston
Herb Whiting
Leon
Pinky
Johnson
Whiting
PCA
Highway 2
Explosion at Newry customs post claims six lives
In Newry an explosion at a border customs post killed six people, with two likely guerrillas among the dead. Two others were seriously hurt. In Reykjavik, Bobby Fischer threatened to forfeit game 17 over audience noise, asking for a private room but was refused.
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Belfast
Newry
Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Fischer
Lothar Schmid
Schmid
Weather Update: Northern Clouds Thinning as Southern Drizzle Continues
Decreasing cloudiness in the northern counties while the south remains mostly cloudy with a slight chance of occasional drizzle. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Continued cool today with a cooler night and cooler Wednesday.
Variances Considered by Beltrami County Adjustment Board
At Beltrami County Board of Adjustment meeting five variance requests were reviewed. Two were tabled, two approved, one under review. Tabled: Delbert Lindseth Movil Lake garage on substandard lot and Burnett Carrow Gull Lake boathouse setback. Approved: Francis Mikkelson Lake Bemidji home setback on a substandard lot, and Eunice Karvonen Movil Lake seasonal cabin on a substandard lot with a land-acquisition recommendation to meet 40 000 square feet. Batesole Hodnefield Little Lost Lake setback and moving requests were also discussed.
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Beltrami County
Eunice L. Karvonen
Movil Lake
Harold Batesole
Wayne Hodnefield
Little Lost Lake
Welfare Board meets today in Beltrami County
At today's Beltrami County Welfare Board session reports will address services to the unmarried mother income verification and summer camping. The agenda includes a review of a senior citizens facilities task force and related reports to be published later. The July 28 note on Elmer Kahlstorf’s Lake Andrusia channel permit is clarified and tabled pending DN R information. Next meeting set for Sept 25 at 9 30 am in the courthouse.
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Beltrami County Welfare Board
Welfare Board
Pioneer
Pioneers
Elmer Kahlstorf
Lake Andrusia
Department of Natural Resources
Bemidji Primary Election Registration Deadline
Registration ends tonight at 9 p.m. Citizens 18 or older by Sept. 12 must register if not pre registered or if names or addresses changed. City Clerk’s Office at Bemidji City Hall will be open for late registration until closing.
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Bemidji
District 31 Board Meeting To Discuss Staffing
District 31 school board greets overcrowding concerns and plans to add a fourth and sixth grade section. They will hire teachers and library staff for Gilfillan Center, assign aides, and review custodial contracts and wage scales. A Bemidji Regional Interdistrict Council representative will be named and meal policy, activity fee, bus routes, and a BSC lab school tuition agreement will be on the agenda.
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District 31
Gilfillan Center
Bemidji
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Robert Sheran
Governor's Crime Commission
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Mike Ekre
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Doug Peterson
Ouradnik
Warren Gameson
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B.J. Miller
Don Marchildon
Stewart and Walker
Ted Neville
Ginny
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