Polls Show Race Too Close To Call In Closest Presidential Race
Ford and Carter run neck and neck in several crucial states with polls showing only one to two points apart. Times CBS national survey marks first time contest is too close to declare a winner while ABC News Harris poll has Carter up by one. Analysts call the race knife edge and uncertain.
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New York
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
New York Times
CBS News
Louis Harris
ABC News
Carter
Robert Strauss
Times-Cbs News
Michigan
Benjamin Harrison
James Blaine
the Times
Secret Korea probe requested last year
The State Department secretly asked the Justice Department to investigate Park Tong Sun, a South Korean businessman, after a Senate subcommittee explored the matter last year. Diplomatic sources say Philip Habib sought records on Park amid Gulf Oil connections and political contributions between 1966 and 1970. Subpoenas reportedly issued to Park associates as investigators questioned social acquaintances.
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Washington
State Department
Justice Department
Park Tong Sun
Senate
Capitol Hill
Philip Habib
Park
Jack Blum
Tongsun Park
Jerome Levinson
Gulf Oil Corp
South Korea
Blum
Levinson
Bob Dorsey
Gulf
Democratic Republican Party
Habib
United States
Linn County Registers Best in Nation Claim
Linn County Auditor Merle Kopel says 95 percent of eligible residents are registered, with 99 365 registered by Oct 23. Democrats 33 118 Republicans 21 118 and 44 273 others. Eligible count 104 610. 1976 totals exceed 94 000 in 1972. Absentee ballots may be requested by Monday.
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Linn County
Merle Kopel
Kopel
Linn
See It All In East Iowa Election Coverage And Weather
Readers get candidate sketches and statements across pages 1B 3 4B 5 6 7 11B. a feature on Riley and Blouin campaigns on 23A. polls places on 11A. and a note on metrics on 4A. Also travel for a Coe College student and a fair weather preview with highs in the 40s and 50s.
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East Iowa
Linn County
Frank Nye
Riley
Blouin
Vinton
Coe College
Hunter Drowns in Cedar River Near Otis Road
Mi chael Dean Dundee 18 of Cedar Rapids drowned in the Cedar river Saturday after wading after a duck. His body was recovered five hours after leaving his wife Kris tina 17 at the family pickup on Otis road SE near the animal shelter. Dundee was employed by Hawkeye Pumping and is survived by his wife and two children. Funeral plans are pending.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Otis Road
Michael Dean Dundee
Dundee
Kristina
Sheriff's Deputies
Debbie
Sharon
Hawkeye Pumping Company
Cedar Memorial
Robert Dundee
Michael D. Dundee
Route 1
Beverly Road
John Kuhn
Many Uncertain Voters Loom Over 1976 election
In a Dee Cornell survey last week a fifth of those polled in presidential and Second district contests remained undecided. Respondents like Pauline Langlas of Marengo cited lack of clear answers and deep scrutiny of campaigns. Edith Doss echoed voter ambivalence yet confirmed she would vote, calling the election more crucial than recent ones.
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Dee-Cornell
Pauline Langlas
Marengo
the Gazette
Ford
Carter
Edith Doss
Fruitland Boulevard
Jimmy Carter
Remember to Turn Clocks Back for Standard Time
Washington reports that clocks must be set back one hour at 2 am to revert from Daylight Saving Time. Standard time lasts until April 24, 1977, per the 1966 Uniform Time Act. The slogan advises: Spring forward, Fall backward.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Transportation
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Nicholas M. Horrock
New York Times Service
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U.S
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Iowa
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Mrs. Langlas
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