Delegates seized in Missouri GOP credential dispute
Ronald Reagan Missouri campaign head John Powell blasted a credentials challenge by Gene McNary as an attempt to deny duly elected delegates their vote at the state convention. The challenge targets 395 delegates across districts and counties as the GOP meets to seat 19 at large delegates toward Missouri's 49 member national contingent.
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Ronald Reagan
Missouri
Ford
St. Louis
Gene McNary
John Powell
Reagan
Powell
Springfield
California
McNary
GOP
State Committee
Kansas City
Phelps County
Ford Campaign
Sharing extension approved by House amid revenue sharing surge
The House approved a 3 percent four year extension of federal revenue sharing, guaranteeing 6.65 billion dollars annually to cities counties and states with limited federal controls. The 361 to 35 vote rejected four amendments on civil rights distribution formulas and local government consolidation.
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Washington
House
Federal
Treasury
John Gunther
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Senate
Barbara Jordan
D-Tex
Carter gains delegates as Brown stays in race
Jimmy Carter adds delegates toward the 1505 needed for a first ballot nomination while California Governor Jerry Brown vows to stay in. Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards endorses Brown as Ford and Reagan plan Missouri trips for 19 at small state conventions amid a GOP delegate race.
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Jimmy Carter
Carter
California
Jerry Brown
Brown
Edwin Edwards
Louisiana
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Missouri
Associated Press
Reagan
World investment shift registered
Volkswagen's plant plan in the United States signals a shift in world investment. German and US officials say European labor markets are no longer favored. German investment in the US surpassed US investment in Germany in 1975, with $299 million versus $249 million. The Mitbestimmung law sparked debate, but officials deny it drove decline in US investment, citing recession.
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Bonn
West Germany
Volkswagen
United States
Europe
Germany
U.S
Federal Republic
Antitrust compromise approved in Senate clash
The Senate passed a 65 to 19 compromise antitrust enforcement bill after a bitter fight. It allows triple damages suits by state attorneys general in price fixing and patent fraud, bars private counsel fee contracts, and keeps a 30 day merger notice for large assets. See ANTITRUST, page 7.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ford
Hugh Scott
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Roman J. Hruska
R-Neb
Justice Department
Hays Overdose In Ohio Hospital Stay Raises Questions
Rep. Wayne Hays, embroiled in a sex scandal and ethics probes, was found unconscious in Barnesville Ohio after an overdose of sleeping pills. Doctors reported he was comatose with stable vital signs and could not confirm whether the overdose was accidental or deliberate. An aide said the pills were prescribed for a stomach ailment.
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Barnesville
Ohio
Wayne Hays
Hays
Richard Phillips
Phillips
Carol Clawson
Washington
House
Miss Ray
Administration
Clawson
Carter gains two votes in Missouri delegation shift
An Associated Press tally shows Carter gaining two Missouri delegates, with seven others leaning his way but not committing. Brown seeks undecided support as Missouri Democrats prepare to choose the remaining 17 at large delegates for a 71 member delegation. the page notes ongoing efforts and scheduling issues in a closely watched contest.
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Missouri
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Associated Press
California
Edmund Brown
Brown
Atdarge
Jim Burchill
Carer
Ellen McCormack
Arizona
Morris Udall
Washington
Henry Jackson
Lee Carter
Syria pulls back guerrillas as peace force arrives
Beirut radio reports Syria agrees to withdraw 2000 Saiqa guerrillas from Beirut edges while a multinational Arab League peacekeeping force arrives with Sudanese Libyan Syrian Saudi Algerian and Palestinian units. The conflict has claimed at least 27000 lives in fourteen months as truce talks begin.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Arab League
Syria
Nicosia
Cyprus
Cairo
Tel Aviv
Israel
Mordechai Gur
Sidon
Bhamoun
Damascus-Beirut
Saiqa
Saiga
Sidon-Beirut
Mohammed Haidar
Naji Jamil
al Fatah
Salah Khalfalki
Abdul Salm Jalloud
Jalloud
Yasir Arafat
Damascus
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West Virginia
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Henry M Jackson
Frank Church
Idaho
Morris K. Udall
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Wendell Anderson
Ann Landers
Lake Area
the Morning Report
Bob Hope
Omar N. Bradley
Hope
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Los Angeles
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