Philippines Earthquake Toll Tops Thousand In Mindanao
A major earthquake struck the southern Philippines killing about 1,319 people and destroying hundreds of homes. Coastal towns were engulfed by tidal waves, with Mindanao bearing the epicenter near Cotabato and Davao. Marcos declared a regional calamity as aftershocks followed.
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Manila
The
Philippines
Government
National Disaster Coordinating Center
Red Cross
China
Vicente Galvez
Mindanao
Zaraboanga
Ferdinand Marcos
Davao
Golden
Colo
Jolo
Cotabato
Wana Bay
Quirino
Pangadian
Zamboanga
Geophysical Observatory
Expansion of legionnaires outbreak fuels wider search
Harrisburg reports the 26th Legionnaire's Disease fatality as toxin experts plan to review evidence in Philadelphia sites. Milton lodge manager Harold Stump dies after hospitalization since August 2, amid ongoing investigations.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Harold Stump
Legion Club
Milton
Weather outlook and brief page teaser
The forecast calls for a chance of evening thunderstorms with temperatures dipping to the upper 60s. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and warm with highs reaching the upper 80s, while the page tabs note entertainment and notices including comics, movies, editorials and sports.
Goldwater and Rockefeller Unite in Ford Backing Display
In Kansas City at the 1976 Republican National Convention Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller appeared together in a display of unity. The elder statesmen, once rivals, both supported President Ford and kissed Mary Louise Smith in view of about 14,000 attendees.
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Kansas City
San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
Kemper Arena
Barry
Rocky
Ford
Mary Louise Smith
Des Moines
Ronald Reagan
Ford Reagan Forces Woo Iowa Delegates
At the 31st Republican national convention Ford and Reagan sent emissaries to Iowa delegates. Iowa’s 35 delegates split 18 Ford 17 Reagan, with Tom Tauke undecided but leaning Reagan if vice presidential picks shake out. Ford aides Steve Ford Earl Butz and Al Cederberg visited. Schweiker to meet Reagan at 3 PM. Butz said he must vote Reagan on first ballot but will push for Ford if nominated.
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Kansas City
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Iowa
Tom Tauke
Dubuque
Reagan
Tauke
Jimmy Carter
the Gazette
Steve
Jim Ford
Grand Rapids
Earl Butz
Michigan
al Cederberg
Pennsylvania
Richard Schweiker
Butz
Sheraton Motor Inn
Georgia
Marie Goodlow
Chicago
Ogilvie
Goodsow
Two Linn County jail escapees surrender to authorities
The last two of five escapees, Quincy Tobin and Richard Bonwell, turned themselves in Monday at the Linn County jail. Tobin, 26, of Cedar Rapids, and Bonwell, 21, of Des Moines, were brought in after two jail bars were sawed. The trio of other escapees remained at large until Cedar Rapids arrests Saturday night. Cathi Chase, 17, of Cedar Rapids, shot herself on a residence porch after the capture.
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Linn County
Linn
Walter Grant
Quincy Tobin
Cedar Rapids
Richard R. Bonwell
Des Moines
Jai Tobin
Wanda Tobin
Twentieth Avenue
Mark D. Loftus
Thomas Glaus
Roger Hartgrave
Grant
Tobin
Bonwell
Cathi Chase
Fifth Street
Sixteenth Street
Lomis
Hartgrave
Glaus
Lins County
Ford Seizes Early Lead At GOP Convention
President Ford widened his delegate lead at the Republican National Convention in Kansas City as uncommitted and state pledges boosted him beyond the 1135 needed for nomination. Reagan faced challenges including bribery accusations and a push by Mississippi to abolish unit rules that could derail Ford’s path.
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Ford
Ronald Reagan
Mississippi
Doug Shanks
UPI
West Virginia
Virginia
Delaware
Reagan
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Victo
FBI
Timothy Sheehan
Chicago
Illinois
Ogilvie
Eddie Mack Jones
Jones
Richard Schweiker
A-Pa
Clarke Reed
Betty
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Marcos
Royal Observatory
Hong Kong
Lanchow
Colorado Earthquake Center
Sze
Chuan
Peking
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Sendai
Aomori Province
Pacific
Hachinoke
Tokyo
Aomori
Miyako
Morioka
Kushiro
Francis Hoss
Estherville
First Avenue Bridge
Tim Bruner
Bobby Monahan
Lenora Drive
Cape Town
South Africa
University of the Western Cape
Belleville Court
Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
ICC
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Operations
Bureau of Enforcement
UA Marion
Goldwater
By Frank Nye
Schweiker
Alameda Plaza Hotel
Indiana
Gazette
California
Richard Oguoie
Justice Department
U.S
Ofee
God
Jack Anderson
Ilinois
John Oldham, Jr
Oldham
Peter Mack
Ford-Kissin
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