Reagan reassures feminists on ERA and Court openness
Reagan told GOP women he would not bar a running mate for ERA support and would consider a woman on the Supreme Court. Maureen Reagan said the meeting was constructive with no platform change, and Sen. Jesse Helms pledged support regardless of the running mate.
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Detroit
UPI
Ronald Reagan
GOP
ERA
Supreme Court
Reagan
Maureen
Mary Louise Smith
Margaret Heckler
Rmass
Republican Women’s Task Force
George Bush
Howard Baker
Donald Rumsfeld
Guy Vander Jagt
Paul Laxalt
Richard Lugar
Jack Kemp
Heckler
California Supreme Court
Helms
Queen Elizabeth Declares Mother Queen for a Day
Today the Queen defies tradition by naming her mother as queen for a day amid royal ceremony. The note appears on page 6C with regional coverage.
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Elizabeth
Stinky problem grows into noisy issue in local note
A short column notes a stinky problem becoming noisy while mentioning pages 8A 1B 4B and 6A. It references Pat Koon trademarks Eastern Iowa Recipes Slim Gourmet and a Safire commentary about the Reagan convention being a wedding with uniting elements.
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Pat Koon
Iowa
William Safire
Mortgage Coverage Of Earth Surfaces Seventy Eight Percent
An observation notes that about seventy eight percent of the earth is covered by water and the remaining twenty two percent by mortgages highlighting the financial burden even in casual discourse.
Freed hostage Richard Queen diagnosed with multiple sclerosis
Richard Queen, the freed American hostage, is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis after exams in Zurich and Wiesbaden. Doctors say stress from captivity in Iran may have contributed, though the disease likely would have developed anyway. Queen plans to return to the United States and resume Foreign Service duties when able. His parents urge a low key welcome as 52 hostages remain.
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Wiesbaden
West Germany
Richard Queen
Jerome Korcak
State Department
Queen
Zurich
Air Force Hospital
Korcak
Iran
National
Bard Lindeman
Lindeman
Jeanne
Herminio Cuervo
Cuervo
Richard
Air Force
Republicans push Reagan platform at Troy caucus
At the Somerset Inn in Troy, leading Republicans outline a Reagan influenced platform to reverse domestic and military shortcomings. The caucus, headlined by Ben Fernandez and Clarence Brown, argues Reagan can restore the nation and possibly end Carter era unemployment by November.
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Troy
Mich
Ronald Reagan
Somerset Inn
Iowa
Nebraska
Ben Fernandez
United States
Soviet Union
Reagan
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Jimmy Carter
Brown
Fernandez
America
al Quie
Minnesota
Nursing home fire in Mississauga leaves 21 dead
In Mississauga Ontario a nursing home fire killed 21 residents and injured 35. The Extendicare Ltd three story building housed chronically ill patients and firefighters faced heavy heat and smoke on the third floor with many residents wheeled or bedridden.
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Mississauga
Ontario
Douglas Burrows
Extendicare Ltd
Gordon Bentley
Bentley
Dennis Timbrell
Mississauga General Hospital
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