Florida test marks Carter Kennedy clash for 1980 race
President Carter appears to lead in Florida county delegates to the Democratic convention with 518 to Kennedy’s 291 based on county canvasses. Both camps claim victory as the state plans a November 18 straw vote in St. Petersburg. no official statewide tally yet, with results uncertain in Dade County.
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Miami
UPI
Carter
Florida
Edward Kennedy
Dade County
Kennedy
Dade
St. Petersburg
Orioles Press Pirates Near Defeat on Page 1B
The Baltimore Orioles put pressure on the Pittsburgh Pirates as coverage notes a tense moment on page 1B. Additional items highlight The LeFebvre Corp and a new JCPenney store making news on pages 10 and 11B.
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Baltimore Orioles
Pittsburgh Pirates
LeFebvre Corp
Jcpenney
Ames fund raiser showcases GOP peso for 1980 race
Two top GOP contenders for the 1980 nomination addressed a Hilton Coliseum crowd in Ames, while Sen. Edward Kennedy loomed as the Democratic likely candidate. Speakers included Bob Dole, John Connally, John Anderson, Phil Crane, George Bush, Howard Baker, Harold Stassen, Ben Fernandez and Larry Pressler, urging Republicans to unite to defeat Kennedy or Carter. The event featured an Iowa Daily Press Association straw poll with results to be released the next day.
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Ames
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
California
Ronald Reagan
Iowa
Iowa Daily Press Association
GOP
Mary Louise Smith
Republican National Committee
John McDonald
Texas
John Connally
Sen. Kennedy
Sen
Ted Kennedy
Dole
White House
Connally
Carter
Ken
John Anderson
Phil Crane
Illinois
U.N
George Bush
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Minnesota
Harold Stassen
Ben Fernandez
Larry Pressler
South Dakota
Cambodia OKs huge food airlift
Cambodia grants permission for a large international airlift of food and medical supplies to feed hundreds of thousands near death from famine. An RAF C 130 will deliver 15 tons daily, with 700 tons daily needed to stabilize conditions. UNICEF UNICEF and the Red Cross coordinate with Thai authorities.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Royal Air Force
U.S. State Department
Congress
Jacques Danois
U.N. Children’s Emergency Fund
Unicef
International Red Cross
Danois
Soviets Lead in Military Spending in 1977
A U S government report shows the Soviet Union spent 140 billion on armed forces in 1977, about a third of global military outlays, with the United States at 101 billion. U.S. spending fell in constant dollars from 1973 to 1977 while Soviet spending rose about 3 percent annually.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
United States
U.S
China
West Germany
France
Imminent hazard from chemical wastes alarm Congress
A congressional subcommittee says millions of tons of dangerous chemicals pose an imminent hazard to people and the environment at hundreds possibly thousands of waste sites. The Love Canal case and widespread pollution are cited amid a call for stricter disposal controls and broader regulatory action by federal and state agencies.
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Washington
House Commerce Subcommittee On Investigations
Robert A. Roland
Chemical Manufacturers Association
Roland
Environmental Protection Agency
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Rep. Anderson
Jimmy Carter
Hercules
U.N. World Food Program
Pol Pot
Joan Baez
Indochina
Soviets
Love Canal
Niagara Falls
N.Y
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