Ford aides urge secrecy on VP pick before convention
Ford campaign faces pressure over running mate choices as Maine and Mississippi delegates voice concerns about John Connally and liberal Republicans. Delegates mull advance VP tests while platform debates split over Equal Rights Amendment. Reagan backs equality but opposes the ERA. Ford has broad but uncertain commitments.
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Dean Burch
Ford
Burch
Platform Committee
Reagan
Associated Press
James Baker
Hunter
Sears
Maine delegates seek Ford assurance Connally won’t be VP pick
Eight Maine GOP delegates threaten to withhold support for President Ford unless assured John Connally will not be his running mate. Maine GOP chair John Linnell said he questioned nine of the 15 Ford delegates about Doris Russell’s abstention stance and will meet with White House staff to seek a decision before Wednesday.
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Ford
White House
Clarke Reed
Mississippi
North
John Linnell
Maine
John B. Connally
Ronald
John P. Sears
Reagan
Burch
California
Sears
Richard S. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Reed
Charles H Percy
Illinois
Lowell P. Weicker
Connecticut
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Edward W
Connally
Texas
Portland
John Connally
GOP
Doris Russell
Castine
Russell
Linnell
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Tower blast at Tenneco refinery kills eleven workers
An explosion tore through a 30 story tower at the Tenneco Oil Co refinery at Chalmette Louisiana, killing eleven and injuring at least ten. Authorities feared two more dead in the wreck. The blast, linked to maintenance welding or a possible gas leak, occurred during tower repairs.
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Chalmette
Tenneco Oil Co
Tenneco
St. Bernard Parish
Sherriff
Hewitt Thian
Chalmette General Hospital
Delta Field Erection Co
Buckley Faces GOP Pressure Over Presidential Talk
In New York, Buckley, a strict conservative, weighs national runs while party leaders led by Rosenbaum and Lefkowitz pressure him to drop any presidential speculation. They warn it could cost support for his Senate race, as Rockefeller alignment fades and Buckley's national glare grows. Buckley says he will not comment and claims he is not a spoiler.
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N.Y
James L. Buckley
Kansas City
New York
Buckley
Nelson A. Rockefeller
GOP
Ford
Richard Rosenbaum
Rockefeller
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Rosenbaum
Lefkowitz
Senate
Aero
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Larry Cupit
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Paul Montelepre
Chalmette Hospital
Ricker
Bartlett Pears
Alfred
Waterboro
N.H
N.H. Highway Hotel
Concord
Practicing Real Estate Institute, Inc
Windsor, Vt
Salmon Falls School
Hollis
Asphalt Savers & Sealers CO
Water Street
Saco
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