Ford Carter Spar In Debate On Philadelphia Stage
In the first 1976 presidential debate Ford and Carter study briefing books amid high stakes. Carter leads in polls while both campaigns anticipate a 90 minute exchange with a fixed set of questions and strict rules.
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Associated Press
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Jimmy Carter
Philadelphia
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Patrick Caddell
William Greener
Greener
Gallup
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Caddell
Ron Nessen
White House
Don Penny
Nessen
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U.S. Naval Academ
Walnut Street Theater
James P. Gannon
The
Wall Street Journal
Elizabeth Drew
New Yorker Magazine
Frank Reynolds
ABC
Edwin Newman
NBC
Senate Finance Panel Backs Coal Tax For Black Lung Aid
The Senate Finance Committee voted to impose a 10 to 15 cent per ton coal tax to fund liberalized black lung benefits. The plan shifts tax burden toward coal users and electricity buyers, with opposition from Ford aides and committee members over pension-like provisions and physician conclusions on X rays. The measure faces a tough Senate floor fight.
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D-La
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Long
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Maine
Water ice on Mars polar cap fuels past life theories
NASA scientists report Viking 2 data show Mars northern polar cap is mainly water ice and hints of surface water flows in ancient rivers. Heavy gases detected suggest substantial historical water. scientists caution this does not prove past or present life existence.
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Calif
Viking 2
Mars
Red Planet
Crofton B. Farmer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Farmer
Ford Signs Record Defense Bill
President Ford signed a record 104.3 billion defense appropriation bill allowing the next president to decide on full production of the B1 bomber. Congress delayed full B1 production to Feb 1, with limited October starts at 87 million annually and a cap near 108 billion overall.
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Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
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Rhodesia braces for black rule plan amid cabinet vote
Prime Minister Ian Smith faces a caucus vote on a British plan for black majority rule within two years. Kissinger has courted African leaders as Smith weighs the policy while a Rhodesian bishop admits failing to report guerrillas threatening missions.
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Rhodesia
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U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Smith
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Zaire
Kinshasa
Nairobi
Kenya
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South Africa
United States
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Donal Lamont
Avila
de Gree Y Sing Pa
Lamont
Bluefield Sees $2 Million Goal For New Community Hospital
Bluefield campaign officials report $1,343,836 raised toward a $2 million local fund to build a 250 bed hospital on Cherry Street and Stadium Drive. The plan includes purchasing Bluefield Sanitarium for $1.25 million and operating as Bluefield Community Hospital pending the new facility.
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Ned Shott
Cherry Street
Stadium Drive
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bluefield Community Hospital
Bicentennial Parade Set for Princeton October 12
A major Bicentennial parade with three days of events is planned in Princeton for October 12. The schedule appears in today’s Telegraph with coverage on the events and local celebration plans.
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Princeton
GOP Unites For Tour In Mercer County Campaign Push
Republican candidates for county and state offices plan a coordinated tour as a team to reach voters. John Frazier Princeton attorney and prosecuting attorney nominee says appearances at shopping centers and other public spots are welcome, with others including Reginald Harris Mary Eleanor Blue Jerome Katz Jack Scott Ed Gilger Stanley Anderson and P D Williams listed as participants.
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Frazier
Princeton
Reginald Harris
Hinton
State
Senate
Mercer
Summers
Monroe
Mary Eleanor Blue
Bluefield
House of Delegates
Jerome Katz
Jack Scott
Moscow Restaurants Ban Smoking At Tables
Moscow imposes a rule banning smoking at all tables in 120 restaurants with exceptions only for rest rooms and designated foyers. Fourty eateries already enforce the ban as health officials back the measure and promises to enforce it by denying service to violators.
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Soviet Union
Black Sea
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Yalta
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