Carter Leads Opponents in Oklahoma Kansas and Virginia
Jimmy Carter easily outdistanced rivals in Kansas and Virginia caucuses and won 12 delegates in Oklahoma where many delegates remained uncommitted. In Virginia 950 delegates backed Carter 30 percent with 97 percent counted while Kansas caucuses showed Carter with 230 of 512 counted. Ford and Reagan campaigned in Wisconsin and California respectively as Wallace began a week-long break.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Virginia
Jimmy Carter
Oklahoma City
New York
Fred Harris
Morris Udall
George Wallace
Kansas County
Henry Jackson
Udall
Harris
Wallace
Frank Church
Ford
Wisconsin
Washington Press
Ronald Reagan
California
Stadtmueller Elected To Central Committee
In Monticello the Second District Republicans elected 28 year old Diana Stadtmueller to the state central committee on the second ballot over Frances Palmer and Mary Beth Jaggard. State Rep. Tom Tauke won re election as district chairman and will also serve on the central committee. The platform backed reinstating capital punishment for certain crimes, reducing penalties for small marijuana amounts, and punishing disclosures of state secrets.
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Monticello
Dubuque
Diana Stadtmueller
Linn County
Frances Palmer
Mary Beth Jaggard
Oelwein
Tom Tauke
Stadtmueller
Charl Hegren
Jones County
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
Teamsters Strike Ends With Settlement Reached
A tentative settlement ends the three day Teamsters strike against the trucking industry. Freight-hauling to return to normal by Monday as Teamster President Frank Fitzsimmons says the strike is terminated. Economic impact includes a $1.65 hourly raise over 36 months and other benefits.
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Arlington Heights
Ill
Teamsters
Teamster
Frank Fitzsimmons
Ken Paff
Eight Years After King Death Ray Marking Time
James Earl Ray, serving a 93 year sentence for Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, marks time eight years after the crime as he fights to overturn his guilty plea. He claims he did not fire the fatal shot and awaits a federal appeals court ruling. Ray spoke from Tennessee State penitentiary in Nashville in an exclusive UPI interview.
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Martin Luther King
Memphis
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Ray
King
Nashville
UPI
Katherine Bean
Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
State Penitentiary
Justice Lawyers Stung By Late FBI Disclosure
Justice department lawyers plan to find out why FBI agents delayed disclosing files detailing 92 burglaries at the Socialist Workers Party office in New York City. The records, dating 1960 to 1966, surfaced last week under a civil suit and were provided to SWP attackers. defense counsel were not informed until just before release.
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FBI
Washington
Justice Department
New York City
Socialst Workers’ Party
Department
The
Justice
Getting Ready Sue DeSaulnier archers at Waltonian event Cedar Rapids
The Waltonian Archers show readiness with bow drawn and sights while a Cedar Rapids woman, Sue DeSaulnier, appears at right. A feature on other Waltonian archers in action appears on Page 10A.
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Sue DeSaulniers
Cedar Rapids
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