Reagan names Schweiker as running mate choice shocks party factions
Reagan selects liberal Pennsylvania Senator Richard Schweiker as his running mate, a move that unsettles many Republicans. Only Schweiker appears firmly switched to Reagan while others ponder the impact ahead of Ford's Thursday meeting. Carter and Mondale advance campaign briefings in Georgia as reactions range from disbelief to cautious optimism. Ford calls the ticket a mismatch and questions the delegate exchange.
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Ronald Reagan
Pennsylvania
Richard Schweiker
UPI
Reagan
Schweiker
Ford
James Stein
Plains
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
Washington
Rogers C.B. Morton
Vermont Works To Spend 15 Million From Federal Jobs Bill
Vermont officials scramble to allocate a minimum 15 million dollars from a federal jobs bill to state public works and municipal projects. Local governments may gain 3.3 million for job creation while the state could tap 1.8 million, with a guaranteed floor of 10 million for construction. Projects include sewage treatment, roads, city buildings, water lines, and rail facilities.
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Vermont
Congress
Ford
Paul
Patrick Leahy
James Sanderson
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Sanderson
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Wilson
Justice Department weighs not prosecuting CIA mail program
Justice Department lawyers examining the CIA HT Lingual mail openings from 1953 to 1973 recommended against criminal prosecutions of agency officials, citing a continuum of presidential authority that allegedly made the actions legal. They contend presidential knowledge was shown, though the Senate committee found no documentary evidence of authorizing presidents, with Nixon denying knowledge.
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John M. Crewdson
N.Y. Times News Service
Washington — Justice Department
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Edward H. Levi
Justice Department
CIA
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San Francisco
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Richard M. Nixon
Senate Committee
Nixon
Senate
Inside Mars water nitrogen excite scientists and more
A roundup notes findings on water and nitrogen on Mars thrilling scientists. It also mentions a bizarre California kidnapping case, Beirut evacuation wrap, and regional briefs on advertising law effects, a MAU marching band August schedule, and editorials on Reagan related topics.
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Beirut
MAU
Tom Wicker
Reagan
Vermont
New Hampshire
Safire
Ronald Reagan
Shaftsbury
Manchester
Dorset
Sunderland
Hoosick Falls
Schweiker Aligns With Reagan On Ticket Bid
Senator Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania, a liberal Republican, drew praise from AFL CIO and Farmer unions for a 100 percent liberal voting record while conservatives rated him low. Reagan said Schweiker could be his running mate, signaling a rare coalition of conservatives and moderates despite Schwei ker’s antiwar stance and opposition to Nixon’s picks.
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M.horrock
N.Y. Times New Service
Washington
Americans For Democratic Action
Congress
Richard Schultz Schweiker
A.D.A
Walter F. Mondale
Committee On Poltical Education
American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Indutrial Organization
Schweiker
Senate
National Farmer’s Union
Americans For Constitutional Action
United States Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Angola
United States
Lee Schweiker
Carter Mondale begin national security briefings
Carter and Mondale opened a series of defense policy briefings in Plains with eight experts, discussing arms talks prospects and U S and Soviet strategic parity. The session at Carter’s mother’s pond house featured a heated start, with future topics slated for Wednesday including civilian control of defense and defense expenditures.
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Jimmy Carter
Walter F. Mondale
Defense
Pentagon
Atlanta
Carter
United States
Soviet Union
Central Intelligence
George Bush
Defense Department
Bennington Leads Vermont Aerial Tax Map Rollout
Bennington joins Vermont towns in receiving orthophoto tax maps. Emerson Baker explains the system aims to simplify land parcels for tax and transaction purposes as maps expand statewide. Local officials outline plotting duties, funded by capital gains tax on land sales, with first stage covering Bennington Brattleboro Windsor Springfield and Bellows Falls.
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John Leaning
Bennington
Vermont
Emerson Baker
Louis C. Savelas
Emerson
Brattleboro
Windsor
Springfield
Bellows Falls
Grand jury to investigate White House slaying
A grand jury probes the shooting of Chester Plummer Jr. by an Executive Protective Service guard near the White House after Plummer, 30, scaled the fence with a pipe. Pvt. Charles A. Garland is under review as investigators seek justification for the fatal shot that occurred about 60 feet onto the grounds. President Ford was in the White House at the time.
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UPI
Chester Plummer Jr
White House
Ron Nelsen
Ford
Executive Protective Service
Plummer
Secret Service
Pvt
Charles A. Garland
Garland
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