Ford weighs running mate options amid 1976 bid
President Ford remains undecided about his vice presidential choice, aiming to secure the nomination first. He lists possible names including Elliot Richardson Howard Baker Edward Brooke Charles Percy William Brock Donald Rumsfeld and John Connally with Nelson Rockefeller ruled out. Some Texas pundits claim Connally sought a deal, while Ford hints a nationally known, strong figure will be chosen to bolster the ticket.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Atlantic City
N.J
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Commerce
Elliot Richardson
Sens
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Tenn
Edward M. Brooke
Mass
Charles E. Percy
Ill
William Brock
Donald Rumsfeld
Texas
John B. Connally
Carlo Hills
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Connally
First Battle of the Revolution Debate in Fort Wayne Legend
In Pt Pleasant West Virginia a debate rages over whether a forest clash between settlers and Indians near Ft Randolph marks the first Revolutionary War battle. Local attorney Jack Burdett argues Congress and a 1908 act back the Fort Randolph claim as part of America's bicentennial observance and a British conspiracy theory in a frontier skirmish that echoes Lexington in name but predates it in tradition.
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Andrew Lewis
Cornstalk
Boston
Lord Dunmore
Virginia
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Daniel Boone
George Washington
Kanawha
Ohio
Washington
Mason County
Boyle to begin serving time for Yablonski killings
W A Tony Boyle, former United Mine Workers president, starts three consecutive life terms for murder in the Yablonski slayings at Western Penitentiary this weekend. Special prosecutor Richard A. Sprague says Boyle’s Corrupt Practices Act sentence for illegal 1968 campaign contributions ends Friday. Boyle will be flown from Springfield, Missouri, to Pittsburgh the following day.
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UPI
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W.A
Tony” Boyle
Western Penitentiary
Yablonski
Boyle
Federal
Springfield
UMW
Missouri
Sprague
Public aid reaches nearly half of California Indochinese refugees
California Health and Welfare Agency reports 22,651 Indochinese refugees in mid March receiving welfare. Of these 10,600 draw AFDC checks, 2,500 get food stamps, 264 use social services, and 9,282 receive Medi Cal benefits. Federal reimbursement estimated at 26 million dollars for the current fiscal year.
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Sacramento
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UPI
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Mario Obledo
Bennington Lions Auction Opens at Armory Today
John Morrison and Charles Watson help Raymond Bolton unload an electric water heater donated for the annual Bennington Lions Auction at 10 a.m. at the Bennington Armory. Proceeds fund civic projects.
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John Morrison
Charles Watson
Raymond Bolton
Bennington
Bennington Armory
Lions
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