Polls conflict on Schweiker pick hurting Reagan
Washington UPI reports two major polls differ on the impact of Ronald Reagan choosing Sen. Richard Schweiker as running mate. Harris says Reagan lost ground with Republicans and independents, Ford leading 63 to 31 percent, while Gallup finds no clear effect with margins roughly stable.
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UPI
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George Gallup
Ronald Reagan
Richard Schweicker
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Reagan
Ford
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Ford signs swine flu insurance bill and orders vaccines
President Ford signed the federal swine flu insurance measure and ordered vaccinations to begin as soon as possible. The law makes the federal government liable for lawsuits from the program and lets it recover costs by suing manufacturers doctors or hospitals. Private insurers declined to cover the program fearing nuisance suits. Scientific and medical evidence supports a national influenza immunization program.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Rumsfeld Undergoes Thyroid Biopsy At Bethesda
Secretary of Defense Ronald Rumsfeld, 44, entered Bethesda Naval Hospital after an annual physical found a lump on his thyroid. Doctors planned a biopsy to check for cancer. Rumsfeld has been discussed as a potential Ford running mate if Ford is nominated.
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Washington
UPI
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Ronald Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
Ford
Explosion at Chalmette refinery leaves 12 dead in tower blast
An explosion ripped through a 20 story Tenneco Oil Refinery tower near the Mississippi River in Chalmette Louisiana. Twelve workers were killed and seven injured as flash fire and debris trapped men inside. Rescue crews expected to take days to recover bodies.
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UPI
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Mississippi River
Ralph Carrera
St. Bernard
New Orleans
Toll in Big Thompson flood hits ninety eight
The Big Thompson Canyon flood death toll reaches 98 with more bodies likely. Debris removal continues after an organized search ends, as Red Cross lists over 200 missing and officials cite a possible final tally near 150. Six victims identified, including Greg Harmon, 18, of Keokuk Iowa.
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Ohio
UPI
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Red Cross
Larimer County
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Richard Lamm
Ford
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Pueblo
Weld
San Quentin Six trial ends with three guilty verdicts
California's longest jury trial concludes in San Rafael as Judge Henry Broderick reads verdicts. Three defendants Spain Pinell and Johnson convicted of murder and assault. three others Tate Talamantes and Drumgo acquitted. Tate the only defendant not shackled, salutes in court.
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San Rafael
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UPI
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Brown pledges full support for Carter in campaign
California Governor Edmund G Brown Jr says he will give Jimmy Carter all out help in the fall race and questions the idea that Ronald Reagan strengthens California politics. Brown flew to Plains to meet Carter and told reporters he will back Carter as the nation faces a crossroads.
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Carter
Plains
UPI
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Jimmy Carter
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Bush
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Food prices to rise a shade as drought hits corn crop
Washington reported drought trimmed this year's corn crop by about 36 million bushels, but Agriculture Department chief economist Don Paarlberg said the 6.187 billion bushel forecast remains ample to meet domestic and export needs. He projected 1976 retail food prices to rise 3 to 4 percent, with a subdued pace in 1977, noting corn’s key role in feed for cattle hogs and poultry.
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Washington
UPI
Don Paarlberg
Agriculture Department
Paarlberg
Dome to shield 200 million year tracks at state park
In Rocky Hill Connecticut a $300,000 geodesic dome will cover the Dinosaur State Park tracks to stop erosion from rain and temperature changes. Gov. Grasso said construction starts this winter and completes next year. Additional patches of tracks will be protected with plastic-like coverings. The site hosts over 1,000 tracks from Eubrontes Grallator and Dilophosaurus.
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Rocky Hill, Conn
Upi
Ella T. Grasso
Dinosaur State Park
Eubrontes
Grallator
Dilophosaurus
Cape Town riots kill 29 as police seal three townships
South African police reinforcements from Johannesburg sealed off three black townships after two days of antigovernment rioting that left 29 dead. Rioting damaged beer halls offices and centers, with estimates at $747,500 in damage. more than 100 black wounded and about 150 armed whites arrested.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Johannesburg
Pretoria
17 toxins ruled out in Pa
Medical detectives narrowed suspects to nickel and lead poisons in the Philadelphia legionnaires case, ruling out 17 metals. CDC ruled out metals like cadmium and zinc, while Allegheny County coroner Wecht pursued glycol evidence in two Pittsburgh victims and noted a third showed no glycol crystals. Researchers found nickel carbonyl potential but inconclusive. experts cited cigarette smoke generating the toxin.
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UPI
American Legion
Pennsylvania Health Department
Center For Disease Control
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Allegheny County
Cyril Wecht
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Area
Institute of Clinical Sciences
Hahnemann Medical College
University of Connecticut Medical Schools
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Earth a fragile small dot from space says Pollack
Dr James Pollack of the Viking 2 lander imaging team urges focusing Viking 2 cameras on Earth to show how fragile our planet appears from Mars. He notes Earth would be a tiny colored speck, a light in the vast solar system, and that a camera view may be impossible until Viking 2 is parked on Mars.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Viking 2
Earth
James Pollack
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