Ford Plans to Enter All Primaries in 1976 Campaign
President Ford indicates he will compete in every primary including Massachusetts New Hampshire Florida and the Kansas City convention as he seeks broad voter reach while challenging Ronald Reagan. He likens his effort to a 100 yard run, notes support from Boston receptions, and defends his strategy against Reagan who may yet formally announce.
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Ronald Reagan
California
Ford
Reagan
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Florida
Kansas City
Gerald Ford
Boston
New England Society of Newspaper’ Editors
Springfield
North Carolina
Jim Holfhouser
George Wallace
Terry Sanford
Sanford
Wallace
New York
Durham
North Carolina Central University
Ed Brooke
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Nurse’s brave stop saves life on Overseas Highway trial
Betty Fisher a Florida nurse stopped to aid Oscar Snyder slumped beside a car on Overseas Highway 30 miles south of Miami. Robbers stole from Snyder while she called for help, then returned to steal his watch. Fisher’s prompt ambulance call saved his life and drew praise as the Good Samaritan act. Braves announce using a chimpanzee in 1976 games to amuse fans, prompting skepticism about box office appeal.
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Betty Fisher
Miami
Florida
Dolores” Williams
Oscar
Snyder
Hollywood
Don Quixote of Ocean Winds Aims to Power New York
James Monroe, adviser to New York State on energy policy, envisions windmills on sea foundations near Lake Ontario and Long Island boosting clean power for New York at under two cents per kilowatt hour within a decade. He also promotes forest waste fuels and total energy systems, but faces ecological opposition and practical hurdles including costs, storage, and offshore platforms.
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Don Quixote
James Monroe
New York State Legislative Commission
Lake Ontario
Long Island
New York State
Monroe
New York
Ters
Adirondack
Nebraska
Mr. Monroe
Sierra Club
Woodlands
Alabama
Daniel Boone
Tam
Dr. Teller
Atlantic
Texas
Texas Towers
Welfare for Strikers Sparks Federal Debate Across States
Senate discussion centers on whether striking workers should receive unemployment or food stamp benefits as walkouts grow. A Hawaii federal court barred unemployment payments to strikers against a local phone company, citing conflict with federal labor law. Health and Welfare studies consider denying food stamps to strikers, drawing opposition from labor leaders who argue taxpayers fund prolonged strikes.
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Hawaii
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Arafat’s PLO Wages Civil War in Lebanon
Ralph de TOlEdano argues that Yasir Arafat and his PLO have militarized Lebanon, threatening Christians, Jordan, and regional stability. He claims Arafat aims to conquer Lebanon and later Jordan, warns of oil-rich states facing a broader Arab upheaval, and labels liberation movements as communist tools manipulating Palestinians for a wider drive.
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Arafat
PLO
Lebanon
Washington
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasir Arafat
Israel
Middle East
Hussein
Jordan
Thit
Ilegally
Palestine Mandate
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Indochina
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Comeback Of The $2 Bill In 1976 Circulation Boost
The two dollar bill, last issued widely in 1966, will be reissued next April 13 to save printing costs. Treasury plans 225 million in circulation to cut one dollar demand, while the note honors Jefferson on his birth anniversary and the Declaration of Independence on its reverse in a Bicentennial motif.
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Treasury
Thomas Jefferson
3 Million Year Old Human Remains Found in Tanzania
National Geographic reports fossils dated 3.5 to 3.75 million years old from Laetolis Tanzania, including jaws and teeth of at least 11 individuals. Dr Mary Leakey says they likely belong to genus Homo, not Australopithecus, with dating by potassium argon from deposits known since 1935. The finds align with Skull 1470 and ongoing East Rudolf discoveries.
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Washington
Tanzania
East Africa
Mary Lakey
Laetolis
Olduvai Gorge
National Geographic Society
Leakey
Louis S. B. Leakey
Rudolf
Kenya
Richard Leakey
Louis
Mary Leakey
Garniss H. Curtiss
University of California At Berkeley
Letter to the Editor on UN Zionism Racism Resolution
Rabbi Norman L. Awerback condemns the UN General Assembly vote equating Zionism with racism. He argues the resolution undermines the UN’s purpose, recalls Jewish suffering under persecution, and asserts Israel as a democratic state facing internal and regional challenges, urging rejection of one sided measures and warning of infamy on November 10, 1975.
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General Assembly of the
United Nations
Israel
Russia
Europe
Mediterranean
U.N
Isreal
Egypt
Hitler
Germany
Norman L. Awerback
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Ralph de Toledano
Gaza Strip
D.C
Leitner, Morain, Hinderer
New York City
Istic
Newport News Daily Press
National Geographic
U.N. Resolve
Danville
the Register Publishing Co., Inc
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