League of Women Voters to sponsor presidential debates
Federal election officials appear ready to approve debates under the League of Women Voters amid funding questions. Attorneys say league sponsorship poses no legal conflict, but the plan to underwrite a roughly 150000 dollar cost with corporate and union money faces scrutiny.
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League of Women Voters
League
Federal Election Commission
FEC
Eugene McCarthy
Lester Maddox
American Independent Party
Ford
Jimmy Carter
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
The
Election Commission
Mondale Gains Ground On National Stage As VP Candidate
A cautious Mondale tours key states as he grows into the vice presidential role. He frames Ford as failing on jobs housing health care and education and hails Daley as a top mayor while staff critique and polish his campaign persona and jokes.
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San Francisco
Walter Frederick Mondale
Jimmy Carter
Mondale
Ford
Minnesota
Morton Grove
Ill
Richard Moe
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Daley
Washington
Harrises Seek New Trial Delay Ahead of Sentencing
William and Patricia Harris seek a new trial to delay sentencing on kidnaping and robbery convictions. The defense cites jury conduct concerns and a smuggled newspaper in the jury room. Judge Brandler will decide if sentences run concurrent or consecutive, with potential terms from five years to life.
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Los Angeles
William and
Me Harris
Mark Rosenbaum
Harrises
Superior Court
Mark Brandler
Rosenbaum
Dennis Banowetz
Harris
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
San Francisco
Pene
Congress near verdict on North Carolina New River hydro案
Congress moves toward final passage of a bill to protect a 26.5 mile segment of the New River in North Carolina, potentially overturning a FPC license for Appalachian Power Co. The measure has wide Senate backing and Ford administration endorsement, while environmentalists seek to block dam construction on one of the region’s oldest river basins.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Federal Power Commission
Appalachian Power Co
American Electric Power Co
Tailor-made missionary work urged
Third World delegates at the 13th World Methodist Conference urge a modern approach to missionary work in Asia Africa and Latin America. They warn from potential regional splits if the Anglo American majority does not adapt its policies and priorities. The assembly adopts a resolution condemning apartheid in South Africa and calls for global sanctions until ending racial segregation.
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Ireland
Asia
Africa
Latin America
United States
Britain
John Wesley
Cornish Rogers
New York
Christian Century Magazine
Fredericks da Silva
Sri Lanka
Lawimathiu
Kenya
Conerence
South Africa
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Sis
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Rapid City
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James B. Allen
D-Ala
Senate House
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Watermelon Growers & Distributors Association
North Carolina Mountains
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LeClair’s Oil Service
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