Three More States Vote In Primaries In 1976 Sweep
Rhode Island South Dakota and Montana held primaries as Carter sought to lock up the Democratic nomination while Ford and Reagan battled for the GOP, with delegates at stake in each state. Udall Church and Brown targeted Rhode Island and South Dakota as pivotal for momentum toward Ohio California and New Jersey next week. Carter led with 883 of 1505 needed. Udall larded with 301.5. McGovern fired aides over an anti Carter effort and Curtis endorsed Reagan in Missouri.
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Dave Goldberg
Associated Press
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North Carolina Habitual Offender Rules Explained
A reader asks about habitual offender laws in North Carolina. An official defines habitual offender as a driver with three or more convictions after June 19, 1969 or 12 or more offenses reported to the DMV with potential 30 day license suspension. Convictions may arise from manslaughter, DUI, license revocation, felonies with a vehicle, failure to stop or report, or moving violations during suspension, including city, county, federal, and out-of-state offenses.
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Department of Motor Vehicles
Three Children Die As Parked Car Struck
In Asheville North Carolina three youngsters were killed and two more seriously injured when a car veered from the road and struck a parked car where children had been watching a skateboard performance. Rebecca Capps 11 Ellen Strong 7 Phillip Capps 7 died and Ronald Brown 14 in satisfactory condition Samuel Capps 9 in critical condition. Highway Patrolman Albert Allen said details were unclear whether the children jumped off the parked car before the crash.
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Asheville, N.C
Rebecca Capps
Ellen Strong
Memorial Mission Hospital
Phillip Capps
Ronald Brown
Samuel Capps
Albert Allen
American Mercenaries Face Trial in Angola
Daniel Gearhart and Gary Acker, two American mercenaries, are slated for trial in Angola by a people’s revolutionary tribunal after being captured near the Zaire border while fighting for the FNLA. The State Department says the U.S. cannot intervene, and Red Cross access remains absent. Gearhart’s wife in Maryland faced welfare needs as she awaited news of him.
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Kensington
Daniel Gearhart
Angola
Gearhart
Gary Acker
Sacramento
Calif
United States
Fancy Flying Blue Angels Demonstrate Tight Formation
Two Navy Blue Angel pilots perform precision maneuvers above observers during the annual show. One aviator flies inverted to display endurance and control, highlighting the squadron's skill and teamwork.
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Navy
Syrian Troops Cross Lebanon to Disarm Factions
About 7,000 Syrian troops with 150 tanks crossed Lebanon's eastern border and began disarming Lebanese Moslems and Palestinian guerrillas, the Palestinian command reported. Beirut papers said another force of 2,000 troops with 65 tanks invaded northern Lebanon to halt Moslem attacks on the besieged.
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Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Army
Martha Mitchell Dies in New York hospital
Martha Mitchell, estranged wife of former Attorney General John N. Mitchell, died Monday in a New York hospital of a rare bone cancer. She will be buried Thursday in Pine Bluff Arkansas, where she spent her youth as a Southern belle. Her son and daughter plan to attend the funeral. alimony actions had marked her later years and she was noted for loving the limelight and for the turbulent Washington days she endured.
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