Republicans Nix Name Change Idea
New Orleans AP report says the GOP Rules Review Committee rejected a year long study into changing the party name to improve public image. Members argued the name is a stigma. the larger image issue is outside rules work. Some leaders push for a new label, including Ronald Reagan.
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New Orleans
Republicans’ Rules Review Committee
John East
North Carolina
William Cramer
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Chicago
Bill Brock
Rules Committee
Ronald Reagan
East
South
Richard Rosenbaum
New York
New York City
Largest suitcases promoted in Cedar Rapids display
A monster suitcase measuring four by six by two feet sits on a downtown Cedar Rapids sidewalk for promotion. Joe Enzler Sr and Jr pushed the oversized case past their store as part of a display and the maker says two other identical suitcases exist, totaling three believed to be the world's largest.
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Joe Enzler Sr
Thompson Drive SE
Joe Enzler Jr
Parkview Drive
Cedar Rapids
Singer Mary Ford Dies After Prolonged Illness
Mary Ford died in Arcadia Methodist Hospital after a 54 day stay in a diabetic coma. The 53 year old singer and guitarist, famed for duets with Les Paul, succumbed following pneumonia triggered by insulin reaction.
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Los Angeles
Mary Ford
Miss Ford
Les Paul
Marilyn Morrison
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Iowa Women warned of a right wing move at caucus
Midge Costanza told the Fifth Annual Iowa Women's Political Caucus that right wingers have advanced to disgraceful and obscene levels and warned women to be concerned. Nancy Norman-Uhl will succeed Peg Anderson as chair. Anderson resigns to run for Cedar Falls mayor. Norman-Uhl aims to recruit more women candidates and broaden party participation.
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Ames
Midge Costanza
Carter
Iowa Women’s Political Caucus
Costanza
Nancy Norman-Uhl
Des Moines
Peg Anderson
Cedar Falls
Anderson
Ku Klux Klan
Upstate
New York
Skokie
Ill
Norman Uhl
Pakistan cancels elections and extends martial law
Gen Mohammad Zia ul Haq announced the cancellation of the October 18 parliamentary vote and extended martial law indefinitely. He cited political turmoil and said elections would not occur until after accountability processes for Bhutto and aides are settled, delaying civilian power transfer.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Mohammad Zia ul-Haqq
Zia
Bhutto
Dock Workers Strike Halts Atlantic Gulf Container Courses
A selective longshoremen strike paralyzed container shipping on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts as about 50,000 dockworkers walked out at 12 01 a.m. to demand a new job security plan. Federal mediator Wayne L Horvitz recessed talks to allow parties to reappraise positions. no widespread port closures were seen in New York despite potential ripple effects.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf
Wayne L. Horvitz
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Horvitz
International Longshoremen’s Association
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Abraham D. Beame
Theodore W. Kheel
Kheel
John F. Kennedy
Thomas W
Teddy” Gleason
ILA
Strike Halts Surface Mail to Europe and Africa
Due to a longshoremen strike Postal Service embargoed surface mail destined for Europe Africa and South America starting Saturday. Mail to those regions for non air shipment not accepted at post offices. Air mail and military mail unaffected. Caribbean islands Puerto Rico also included. Canada Mexico and Cuba surface mail not affected. Greenland Iceland Middle East Soviet Union also part of embargo.
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Postal Service
Europe
Africa
South America
Soviet Union
Greenland
Iceland
Middle East
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
United States
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Miss America Rebecca King Joins Bar Examiners
Rebecca King Miss America 1974 becomes the first pageant winner to earn a law degree after passing the Colorado bar exam. She credits Miss America scholarship money for her studies at Denver Law School and says the pageant helps young women.
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Denver
UPI
Rebecca King
The
University of den
Ver Law School
South English Native Larry Evans Dies in Iowa City Area Crash
Larry Dean Evans 19 of South English was killed in a one car crash six miles south of Iowa City on Highway 1 after 2 a.m. The Iowa Highway Patrol said his car struck Old Man's Creek bridge abutment and he died at the scene. He is survived by his parents two sisters a brother and grandparents. Funeral services set for Monday at 1 30 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home South English with visitation after noon Sunday followed by burial in South English Cemetery.
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Iowa City
Larry Dean Evans
Iowa Highway Patrol
Evans
Old Man’s Creek
T.T. Bozek
Johnson County
Dean Evans
Cheryl
Carmen
Lyle
Hugh Downing
Rachel Evans
Powell
South English
Senate OKs Aid Program And Housing Grants
The Senate approved a 14.7 billion bill to extend housing and urban development programs, authorizing low income housing aid, urban support and community development grants. A new funding formula factors in housing age growth lag and poverty. The bill moves to the House for approval and the President's signature.
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Washington
Senate
House
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