Ford Carter say election too close to call
President Ford and Jimmy Carter say the race is a dead heat as polls show a tight contest. Carter argues the election is up for grabs amid calls for leadership. Ford stays in Washington while supporters insist the race remains undecided.
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Associated Press
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Jimmy Carter
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Washington
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George S. Brown
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Israel
United States
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Ford awards National Medal of Science to 15 laureates
President Ford granted the National Medal of Science to 15 scientists in the East Room ceremony, including John W. Backus for programming languages and Hans Bethe for solar origin explanations. Other honorees span MIT, Cornell, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Washington University, and Penn. The late Paul Gyorgy was honored posthumously with his widow Margaret Ann accepting.
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Shiing-Shen Chern
University of California At Berkeley
George B. Dantzig
Stanford University
Hallowell Davis
Washington University
Paul Gyorgy
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine
Margaret Ann
Hitchhiking couple circumnavigates world urged by boredom relief
Retired mapmaker Joop Wouters and his wife Toos have hitchhiked about 132,400 miles through 75 countries and all U S states since after World War II. They say driving rules and police help kept them safe and refuse rides from drunks or strangers, living in Hollywood as naturalized citizens. In separate items Kennebunk Baptist Church holds a rummage sale on Friday at 9:30 a.m. with coffee served earlier. The York County Salon Eight and Forty meets Thursday at 8 p.m. at Evelyn Metayer’s home.
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Toos
Holland
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Europe
United States
Hollywood
Vest worn by accused in Bolles murder trial
In Phoenix the man charged with killing investigative reporter Don Bolles appeared at opening of his trial wearing a bulletproof vest. Judge Heineman ordered press and public barred on the seventh floor while 12 jurors and eight alternates were seated and sequestered, as security concerns and threats surrounding the case prompted moves and delays.
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Don Bolles
John Harvey Adamson
Superior Court
Frederick Heineman
Bolles
The
Arizona Republic
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John Adamson
Heineman
Maricopa County
Donald Harris
Sheriff's Department
Adamson
Associated Press
Kitchens in high risk food poisoning zones
A government survey finds 63 percent of American home kitchens were high risk for food poisoning from improper handling and storage. Younger cooks with higher income and education showed more risk, with issues from undercooking to faulty refrigeration and overreliance on inspection.
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Brian B. King
Associated Press
Washington
Judith L. Jones
Jon P. Weimer
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
McIntyre faults FEA over probe into price gouging
Senator Thomas McIntyre accuses the Federal Energy Administration of mismanaging an inquiry into alleged price gouging by Sprague & Sons and other oil suppliers. He calls for a controller general investigation, seeks Zarb’s resignation, and cites audits suggesting possible violations while noting no prejudgment of suppliers.
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FEA
Washington
Thomas J. McIntyre
Federal Energy Administration
New England
cIntyre
Sprague
New Hampshire Democrat
U.S
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Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
McDonalds Run Cafeteria At Benton High School
Benton Arkansas students embrace a new fast food cafeteria as McDonald’s opens a lunch program. Principal Butler notes rising profits while district officials question nutritional value and the Education Department surveys the arrangement.
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Benton, Ark
McDonald's
Vicki Harris
Benton High School
Miss Harris
Benton
Gary Rutherford
John Butler
Butler
Rutherford
State Education Department
James A. Niven
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