Carter rejects debate as Anderson bid stirs tension
President Carter’s campaign chief says Carter refuses a Baltimore debate format claiming selfish reasons while Reagan and Anderson push for including Anderson. Strauss accuses Reagan of selfish motives and warns a two-on-one debate would ruin a one-on-one later. The League of Women Voters bars Carter from the first event, drawing White House skepticism over how the televised exchanges will unfold.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Ronald Reagan
John Anderson
Reagan
Robert Strauss
Anderson
League of Women Voters
Baltimore
White House
Strauss
NBC
Today
ABC
Network
CBS
Illinois
Jody Powell
League
Grain move difficulties loom in Iowa fall harvest
Iowa faces severe grain transport challenges this fall with old and new crop competing for limited services. Ray Kassel of the Iowa Department of Transportation notes reduced railroad capacity, embargoed bridges, and a near-absence of Rock Island Lines and Milwaukee Road operations. He cites a plan with the Federal Railroad Administration for temporary service on select tracks as farmers dump corn to cope.
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Iowa
Ray Kassel
Kassel
Cedar Rapids
IDOT
Rock Island Lines
Milwaukee Road
Rock
Milwaukee
Federal Railway Administration
Grain
Car Crash Kills Paths of Diaz in Two Homes
Rescue workers tend to Lorenzo A. Diaz 20 of 1239 Fifth Ave SE after his car rammed into two houses on Sixth Ave SE Tuesday. Diaz allegedly drove westbound at high speed through an alley then struck a porch at 1220 Sixth Ave SE and the house at 1214 Sixth Ave SE, collapsing an outside stair. He exited the vehicle and collapsed nearby before being treated and released from StLuke's Hospital. Diaz faced a charge of driving with license suspended.
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Lorenzo A. Diaz
Fifth Ave
Diaz
14Th Street
Sixth Ave
Sixth Ave. SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Iowa football fans cautioned by coach Hayden Fry
Coach Hayden Fry tempering optimism for Iowa football with cautious talk as season chatter grows. Item notes fans should temper expectations ahead of Northeast Louisiana opener and mentions page references for full coverage.
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Hayden Fry
Iowa
Iowa State
Northeast Louisiana
Pacific
Road system in Iowa would cost 140 million annually
A reader note cites an estimate that Iowa would need about 140 million dollars per year for a road system comparable to today’s in ten years. The item references the page 16A note and mentions a separate judge ruling about Air Force discharge of a homosexual Vietnam veteran on page 19A.
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Air Force
Chuckle Success in Names Everywhere
A light humorous note suggests achieving fame by being named in many contexts, extending even beyond phone book listings. The quip plays on notoriety and ubiquity in media and everyday references.
Iran holds firm on hostages as talks hinge on U S confession
Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Rajai told Secretary Muskie he will engage with the United States only if Washington repents and confesses for past actions. He demanded unfreezing Iranian assets, restoration of the shah’s wealth, and an end to what he called barbaric tortures of Iranian students in the United States. The stance comes as the 52 hostages mark day 312 in captivity in Tehran radio remarks following Muskie’s letter urging release.
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Iran
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Edmund S. Muskie
United States
Carter
Rajai
Qom
Tehran
Muskie
D’Amato Upsets Javits for New York Republican Nomination
In a major 13 state primary surprise Alfonso D Amato, long shot from Hempstead, defeated incumbent Jacob Javits for the New York Republican Senate nomination and will face Elizabeth Holtzman in November. Javits will run under the Liberal banner amid his health issues.
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Alfonso D’amato
Long Island
New York
Jacob Javits
D’amato
Hempstead
Elizabeth Holtzman
Bess Myerson
New York City
John Lindsay
Buckley Wins Connecticut Senate Bid Amid Primary Results
Buckley, after losing a 1976 New York race, captured the Republican nomination for senator in Connecticut and will challenge Democratic Rep Christopher Dodd in November for the Ribicoff seat. Meildrim Thomson, former New Hampshire governor and ex John Birch Society director, won the Republican nod for his former post. In Democratic primaries, Gov Hugh Gallen defeated minor opposition in a rematch from 1978. Please turn to page 2A: Primaries.
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James Buckley
Senate
New York
Richard Kelly
Florida
John Murphy
Lindsay
Buckley
Connecticut
Christopher Dodd
Abraham Ribicoff
Meildrim Thomson
New Hampshire
John Birch Society
Hugh Gallen
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State News
George Bush
Page Lia
Northeast Iowa Vocational Technical Institute
Marion
Dr. Block
Russell Baker
U.S
Tose Legals
Associated Press
Javits
Richard Stone
John Durkin
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
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