Worried President revises strategy in bid for primaries
President Ford scrambles to revise campaign plans after facing potential losses to Reagan in Nebraska and Michigan. Aides meet as Ford adds a second Michigan day, shifting trips from Arkansas and elsewhere, while Carter, Udall, and Jackson tackle delegates in Maine and Connecticut. Reagan widens lead with 28 new delegates as Ford trails 397 to 336 with 298 uncommitted in the GOP race.
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Kansas City
Ford supporters win 5th District convention delegates
Ford backers controlled the 5th District Republican Convention in Fredonia with Bill Frederick among elected delegates to the national GOP gathering in Kansas City. Reagan strength appeared in Greenwood and Johnson County, while Don Johnson was chosen as a delegate at large and Verna Evans won a floor nomination.
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Topeka
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Paola
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Johnson County
Joe Skubitz
OPEC Ministers Meet in Paris Under Tight Security
Finance ministers from Algeria Ecuador Gabon Indonesia Iran Iraq Kuwait Libya Nigeria Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE and Venezuela convened in Paris with 2500 police to discuss aid to underdeveloped nations. They aim to fund long term no interest loans from an 800 million dollar development fund. The talks run as UNCTAD meets in Nairobi and follow a prior Paris fund plan.
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Intercepted Letter Mentions Campaign Duty
An intercepted letter refers to Cha and Gerry with a note that Gerry was not told he needed to campaign to win. The fragment implies political strategy confusion and a coaching or messaging omission affecting a campaign effort.
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Skubitz Discusses Energy at Kansas Dinner
Congressman Joe Skubitz labeled present energy legislation as OPEC relief bills during a $25 plate fundraiser at the Country Club. About 50 attendees heard him urge local oil and gas producers to visit Washington to meet Frank Zarb and address bureaucratic delays in the Federal Energy Office.
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Sheriff answers Erie charges in dispute with city police
Neosho County Sheriff David Kern refutes allegations by Erie police and mayor. He says the county provides dispatching at contract cost and accuses Erie of failing to monitor radios and misuse traffic enforcement. He notes friction intensified by the chief’s wife’s dismissal and cites multiple operational concerns between agencies.
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Court upholds Knight conviction in terroristic threat case
Kansas Supreme Court sustains Rev. Harold Knight’s conviction for communicating a terroristic threat by telephone to parishioner Anna May Walker. Knight argued the remark warned of his wife’s gun purchase, but justices found intent to terrorize amid church dispute and hospital board tensions. The sentence ranges one to five years in Lansing.
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Rockefeller urges united effort to curb Soviet expansion
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller called for a closer partnership of independent nations to block further spread of Soviet communism and its expansionist thrust. He urged free world cooperation to oppose Soviet influence and safeguard global liberty.
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