Nebraska GOP delegates weigh Ford Reagan ticket
Nebraska delegates to the GOP convention express mixed views on a Ford Reagan ticket with some favoring Ford as running mate for unity while others prefer Reagan as presidential nominee. Several see Reagan or Connally as potential second choices and urge careful vetting and party unity.
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Lincoln
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Washington
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William Ruckelshaus
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Bush
Betty Abbott
Omaha
Europe rains arrive too late to save drought hit Europe
European drought climaxed with storms across Italy and France and rain in Britain. In southern Germany 12 000 cattle slaughtered as fodder ran out. Wales faced water cuts. Italy saw tornadoes and hail damaging vineyards while Friuli flooded refugee camps. experts warn harvests may be worst in decades. France relief from fires arrived as coordination efforts begin.
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UPI
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Verona
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Assassins Disguised as Repairmen Linked to Ewart-Biggs Killing
Dublin police say British Ambassador Christopher Ewart-Biggs was targeted by assailants posing as Electricity Board workers. The bomb plan involved 200 yards of wire and a remote mine, set near Glencairn House. no group claimed responsibility though the Provisional IRA is suspected. Security forces wide search with thousands deployed. reward offered.
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UPI
Christopher Ewart-Biggs
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Ewart-Bigg
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Engineers reject dam plan for Papillion Creek flood control
A four member Engineering Review Board in Omaha finds neither the Army Corps of Engineers dam reservoir concept nor widening the Papio channel solves Papillion Creek floods. They endorse flood plain management as a less costly approach to reduce damage and loss of life. The report notes the Papio Valley Preservation Association opposes the dam and channel widening. The article also mentions the oldest U.S. Catholic college, Georgetown University, founded in 1791 in Washington D.C.
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UPI
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Papillion Creek
Papio Valley
Petula Clark Denies Pregnancy Rumors After Photo Sparks Talk
Las Vegas report says singer Petula Clark fends off pregnancy rumors citing a four year old photo and her weight of 94 pounds. Clark insists she is not pregnant and notes her Riviera show as evidence against the claim.
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UPI
Petula Clark
Riviera Hotel
Miss Clark
Court delays death sentence executions through October
Justice Powell, at the request of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ordered a delay in the mandating of death sentences for 166 prisoners in Florida Georgia and Texas. Executions cannot proceed before the court reconsiders its July 2 rulings. the three states hold 71 39 and 39 death row inmates respectively.
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UPI
United States
Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Florida
Georgia
Texas
LDF
Powell
High Court
Professor's Bridge Play and Soviet Nuclear Blast Report
In a bridge column, The Professor leads a slam with seven spades and a tactical defense discussion. Separately, UPI reports a 5.2 magnitude underground Soviet nuclear test at Semipalatinsk, detected by the Uppsala Seismological Institute.
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Sweden
UPI
Soviet Union
Siberian
Semipalatinsk
Uppsala Seismological Institute
Bellwood Auxiliary ends July meetings
Bellwood American Legion Auxiliary Post 327, led by President Mrs. Audrey Kreizinger, decides not to hold July meetings after this year. Dues set at 3.50. Mrs. James Cockson reports new by-law books for all members. Lynn McCawley presents Girls State report. Refreshments by Mrs. Les Stack and Mrs. Jerome Beringer. August hostesses named Mrs. Martha Makovicka and Mrs. Ed Hobza.
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Audrey Kreizinger
American Legion Auxiliary
LaVerne Schmit
James Cockson
Lynn McCawley
Les Stack
Jerome Beringer
Martha Makovicka
Ed Hobza
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