Senate weighs taxes crime and air rules in week ahead
Washington AP reports Senate leaders push to finish business as House tackles mine safety and open meetings. LEAA expansion faces critique after 4 billion spent since 1969 while crime remains rising. Amendments to Clean Air Act hinge on stricter emissions and a 1979 deadline. A postal service study commission is proposed.
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Reagan picks Schweiker as running mate in bid for nomination
Ronald Reagan announced U S Senator Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania as his vice presidential choice if he wins the Republican nomination. The move breaks tradition by naming a VP before the convention, with Schweiker described as compatible with Reagan’s beliefs. Delegates in Pennsylvania remain contested as Ford and Reagan vie for the needed 1,130 delegates.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
U.S
Richard 5. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
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Ford
Associated Press
Viking 1 prepares to search Mars for life signs
In Pasadena, Viking 1 unjammed its soil sampling arm and plans to collect 50 cubic centimeters of Martian soil on Wednesday for life and planetary evolution analysis. Seismometer remains nonfunctional as scientists push ahead with the eighth-day mission amid cautious optimism about nitrogen findings.
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Mars
Viking
James Martin
Martin
Community help for teen summer jobs and modeling info
Readers seek teen work in Thomasville and modeling opportunities in the region. The Enterprise reports local options including Community Action Agency at 13 Trade Street and Employment Manpower Training in Lexington with counselor George Reudelhuber. Also lists modeling schools in Greensboro Raleigh Charlotte and Atlanta plus tips on getting catalog work through agencies.
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Community Action Agency
Trade Street
Davidson County
Lexington
George Reudelhuber
North Carolina
Triad
Penney’s
Sears
C.W. A
Greensboro
P.O. Box 9502
Kathleen Brockman
Raleigh
John Robert Powers
Six Forks Rd
Charlotte
Libby Stone
N. Myers
Troyanne Ross
Chicago
New York City
Two-Car Wreck Fatal To Six Near Dover NC
A Sunday evening crash on Highway 70 three miles east of Dover killed six people. An eastbound car carrying five collided with a westbound station wagon, injuring others. The five in the eastbound car died. one injured in the station wagon died later. Names withheld pending kin notification. victims ranged from 2 to 28 years old. Police reported heavy westbound backup for about three miles.
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J. W. Brown
Morehead City
New Bern
Kinston
Brown
Roger Allen Smith
Emily
Roger Allen Smith Jr
Anthony Paul Avery
William Lee Avery
Lenoir County Hospital
Pitt Memorial Hospital
Greenville
White House Guard Fires Fatal Shot at Intruder
President Ford says the guard acted to protect the White House as intruder Chester Plummer, 30, a Washington cab driver, was shot on the White House lawn after ignoring orders to halt. Pvt. Charles Garland fired once, striking Plummer in the chest near the eight foot fence. Plummer died at George Washington Hospital.
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Ford
White House
Ron Nelsen
Chester M. Plummer
Plummer
Executive Protective Service
Charles A. Garland
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lewis McClain
Secret Service
McClain
Jack Warner
Susan Ford
Red Top Cab Co
Arlington
George Washington Hospital
Tragic Baltimore Shooting Involving 3 Year Olds
Nine year old Marie Barcroft watched in horror as a visiting three year old aimed a pistol at her and her father and killed Jeffrey Krausch, a seven year old, with a single chest shot. The incident occurred on a South Baltimore porch as two younger boys retrieved a gun from a kitchen table. No charges will be filed against the gun owner, a visiting child.
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Marie Barcroft
Jeffrey
Jeffrey Krausch
South Baltimore General Hospital
Marie
George Barcroft
Krausch
Barcroft
Jeff
Carter Leads Ford by 66 to 27 in Harris Survey
The Harris Poll shows Carter at 66 percent to Ford 27 percent with Reagan 26 percent, a 39 point edge over Ford, amid Democratic unity and GOP dissent. McCarthy potential third party adds 5 percent, possibly curbing Carter slightly in the final race. The study of 1451 voters notes limited solid backing and warns McCarthy’s impact depends on ballot access and future race tightening.
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