Ford Reviews Strategy After Four Primary Losses
President Ford said he is reviewing his campaign approach after losing to Ronald Reagan in Indiana Georgia Alabama and Texas. He vowed to press on aiming to win delegates and keep his convention bid alive amid calls for changes in schedule messaging and forums.
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Ronald Reagan
Reagan
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Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Kansas City
White
Rogers Morton
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Michigan
Nelsen
Rose Garden
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Hugh Scott
GOP
Robert Griffin
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George Wallace
Wallace
New York
Pennsylvania
Ford faces choice on bill releasing funds for challengers
In Washington Ford must decide to sign a bill releasing federal money to challengers for his job or veto it triggering public uproar. Also in North Brunswick the Boy Scouts pursue clues in the Howard Hughes mystery asking if he was a scout, with details on page 8A.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
North Brunswick
N.J
Boy Scouts of America
Howard Hughes
Beirut Cease Fire Holds as Civil War Persists in Mountains
Beirut residents reported a new cease-fire taking hold on Wednesday while fighting continued in the mountain regions east of the city. Police noted the 13 month civil conflict persisted despite the apparent truce.
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Beirut
Lebanon
AIM Leader Russell Means Shot During Election
American Indian Movement leader Russell Means and a companion were shot and wounded early Wednesday during AIM elections in Wagner South Dakota. Details on page 13A.
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Wagner
S.D
UPI
American Indian Movement
Russell Means
AIM
South Dakota
Auto Sales Boom Lifts Detroit Market in April
Domestic car sales rose 52 percent from a year ago to a 29 month high in April led by strong performances from Detroit's Big Three. Details on page 5A.
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Detroit
FBI coin terpro program targets U S groups report
FBI headquarters approved more than 2300 actions in a rough campaign to disrupt and discredit U S organizations from the Black Panthers to Antioch college, according to a new report on the bureau’s Coin terpro program. Details on page 14A.
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FBI
U.S
Black Panthers
Antioch College
Bureau
Cointerpro
Iowa Senate Keeps Marijuana Penalties Amid Driving Law Debate
The Iowa senate voted 23 to 19 to keep a seven day jail sentence for high blood alcohol levels at .10, with proponents arguing for a per se standard and critics warning against selective enforcement. The body also rejected a House plan to make marijuana possession a simple misdemeanor, preserving fines up to $1,000 and jail up to six months.
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Senate
William Plymar
Urbandale
Plymar
House
Minnesota
France
England
Ontario
Canada
Switzerland
Russia
Gene Glenn
D-Ottumwa
Glenn
Roger Shaff
Comanche
Sen. Plymat
Car Tractor Collision Kills Linn Youth Near Central City
Kevin Henderson aged 17 of Central City died Tuesday night when his northbound car hit a southbound tractor making a left into a farm driveway on a Linn county road. The tractor driver Melvin Carl 61 of Anamosa was cited for failure to yield and a lighting violation. he had minor injuries. Henderson was a junior at Central City Community School. Services set 1:30 p.m. Friday at United Church of Christ Central City. Burial Mt Clark cemetery. Memorial fund established. Friends may call at Murdoch chapel after 1 p.m. Thursday. casket will not be opened.
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Kevin Henderson
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Anamosa
Central City
Cedar Rapids
Wallace Henderson
Gene Carlton
Deborah Taber
Baton Rouge
Pamela Henderson
Marion
Lloyd Henderson
Della Mortice
Volga
S.D
United Church of Christ
Glenn Hunt
Mt Clark Cemetery
Murdoch
Education is what you get from reading the fine print
The quote contrasts education gained from careful reading with experience that comes from not reading, noting the value and risk of the fine print in ownership and copyright matters.
Stomach Cancer Breakthrough Reported by Georgetown Team
Georgetown University researchers announced a drug combination markedly extending survival in advanced stomach cancer. In 21 patients, about half responded, with some living more than three times longer than with conventional therapy. The regimen uses adriamycin, 5-fluorouracil, and mitomycin over an eight week cycle.
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Washington
Georgetown University
John Macdonald
Macdonald
Jury Selection Concludes in Kandee Jacoby Murder Trial
The Linn district court completed jury selection for Kandee Jacoby on Wednesday with eight women and four men chosen and one male and one female as alternates. Opening statements set for Thursday at 9 a.m. Jacoby, 25, is charged with murdering her husband at their home after he was shot twice in the head and once in the chest. The defense may argue self defense citing the couple’s history and the defendant’s poor reputation referenced in court motions.
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Linn District Court
Jacoby
Dering
N Street
Cedar Rapids
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Panama Canal
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