Rhode Island Primary Sees Uncommitted Vote Lead Amid Nomination Battle
AP Analysis notes Brown won in Rhode Island through uncommitted ballots as Carter gains delegate edge elsewhere. Ford carried 19 Republican votes. Reagan trailed, while Udall placed second in South Dakota. The contest leaves both parties without a clear path to the nomination ahead of next Tuesday’s primaries.
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Walter R. Mears
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Rhode Island
Ohio
New Jersey
Jimmy Carter
South Dakota
Mafia
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Ford
Udall
Ost
Jine
Carter
Brown
Ronald Reagan
Montana
Church
Reagan
Democrats See New Questions After Rhode Island Primary
Rhode Island voters gave uncommitted a 22 percent share while Carter collected 30 percent and Church 28 percent, boosting Brown as a perceived front in the race. Reagan defeated Ford in Montana and South Dakota, while Ford won Rhode Island with 2 to 1 and took all 19 delegates as Carter and Udall also scored in their contests.
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Dave Goldberg
Associated Press
Rhode Island
Jerry Brown
Jimmy Carter
Volved
Carter
Georgia
Idaho
Frank Church
Brown
California
Carlos Gets Red Carpet
King Juan Carlos I of Spain was welcomed to the White House with a 21 gun salute as the first Spanish head of state to visit the United States. President Ford greeted the 38 year old monarch on the White House lawn and praised his leadership during Spain’s transition after Franco. The king and Queen Sofia arrived for a four day visit tied to the Bicentennial and were to address Congress later.
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George Gedda
Associated Press
Washington
Juan Carlos I
Spain
White House
United States
Ford
Juan Carlos
Frantisco Franco
Congress
Queen Sofia
Answers and Inquiries From The Enterprise Action Line
A collection of reader questions and answers on postal claims emancipation and living arrangements, plus notes on Roy Rogers Sons of the Pioneers, music-address lookups for George Jones and Merle Haggard, and a complaint about handicapped parking spaces at East Green post office.
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George Jones
Merle Haggard
C.R. A. Haggard
River Road
Bakersfield
Calif
Kern Canyon
Mlubert Long Palent Agency
16Th Ave. South
Nashville
East Green
Anon
Man
Syrians seize Sidon harbor and occupy U S refinery near Beirut
Syrian troops and tanks seized the Sidon harbor south of Beirut and occupied the American oil refinery there to safeguard fuel supplies as they press toward Beirut to end Lebanon's 14 month civil war. Israel warned of action if defenses are threatened while Arab leaders urge united response.
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Beirut, Lebanon
Sidon
Beirut
Syria
Israel
Yigal Allon
Lebanon
Kamal Jumblatt
Anwar Sadat
Cairo
Meat Counter Leads Sharp Food Increase
Meat prices rise across markets with pork chops and frankfurters sharpest. AP market basket survey shows May increases averaged 4.2 percent across 13 cities, most at meat counter. Prices remain high from past shortages, with pork prices up in nine cities and broadly 30 to 30 percent.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press Weiter
Associated Press
Bank holdup ends with officer wounded and suspect dead
In Edenton an unidentified man was found shot dead after an exchange of fire with police in which Corporal William Spruill was wounded in the leg. Officers intercepted two bank robbers, one fired at a patrol car and fled into high grass where the gunman died. stash of stolen money recovered. The second suspect remained at large before a later captive was questioned and released.
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Edenton
J.D. Parrish
Parrish
People's Bank and Trust Co
Chowan
Offiers
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ASTON
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Sons of the Pioneers
Roy Rogers
Anon. A
Public Library
Take
U.S
Jerusalem
Palestine Liberation Organization
Algiers
PLO
Yasir Arafat
el Moudjahid
Middle East
Arafat
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