Kosygin resigns as Soviet premier amid health concerns
Premier Alexei Kosygin, 76, resigns on health grounds after 16 years leading the Soviet government. Nikolai Tikhonov, 75, deputy prime minister, named successor. Kosygin had heart issues and had not appeared publicly since August. Brezhnev accepts the retirement request as the Supreme Soviet begins its fall session.
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Reagan assails Carter at St Petersburg rally
Ronald Reagan charged President Carter with a record of misery and despair and a trail of broken promises. He spoke at Williams Park in St Petersburg on the last day of southern campaigning before the Cleveland debate. Former Senator Eugene McCarthy said he will vote for Reagan over nuclear disarmament and tax positions.
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Campaign schedules and polling in race to the 1980 election
Carter plans stops in Camden New Jersey and Grand Rapids Michigan while Reagan campaigns at home in Middleburg Virginia and Anderson tours Buffalo Springfield Boston Hartford. Carter deflects polls and talks economy as hostage crisis looms. Reagan accuses Carter of mismanagement and dismisses debates while Anderson cuts paid workers’ final checks in Toledo Ohio.
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Levee Breach Destroys Locomotives on Delta Rail Embankment
A 100-foot levee segment failed on a Sacramento Delta rail line at 2:15 a.m. sending two Santa Fe locomotives into flood waters. No injuries reported as four island families were evacuated and more than a third of 6,000 acres flooded. Helicopters aided salvage of farm equipment.
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Bomb defused at Birmingham church rekindles 1960s memories
Explosives wired to the door of a black Baptist church were defused by Birmingham bomb squad. The device, a three-stick binary explosive linked to a car battery and alarm clock, prompted memories of the city once labeled Bombingham. Reverend J A Howard expressed shock at the incident.
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Faberge Eggs Among $1 Million Theft at Osckosh Museum
The Paine Art Center & Arboretum in Oshkosh reports a theft of more than $1 million in antique art objects. Director Ralph Bufano says the burglars knew exactly what they were after and that nine items were taken, including three jeweled Faberge eggs made for the Russian imperial court by Peter Carl Faberge.
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Study shows toxic shock nearly as common as measles
DETROIT UPI A CDC epidemiologist says toxic shock syndrome TSS is occurring at rates close to measles in Utah Wisconsin data show 15 per 100 000 menstruating women with 10 percent fatalities. The illness linked to tampons and triggered by a common staphylococcus aureus strain.
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Radio City Music Hall's Grand Scale Spotlighted
The piece notes New York City’s Radio City Music Hall as one of the world’s largest indoor theaters with seating for 6 000 and a stage 144 feet wide by 67 feet deep, underscoring its architectural grandeur.
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