Primaries enter final test in three states
Voters in California Ohio and New Jersey cast the last ballots of the long presidential primary season. Ford faces Reagan in California with 167 delegates at stake while Carter fights to extend his lead over Udall and others. Ohio offers 87 Republican delegates, with Ford unopposed for 24. Polls close 11 p.m. EDT.
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Walter R. Mears
California
Ohio
New Jersey
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Reagan
Morris K. Udall
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Udall
Frank Church
Idaho
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Fred R. Harris
Okalhoma
Ellen McCormack
Action Line patient assistance and local requests
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Jamestown
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Lions
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Cold hard numbers shape the 1976 primaries
On primary night, Morris Udall claimed liberals would back his bid and dismiss Carter while Ford campaign aides pushed Reagan to drop his challenge. Humphrey said he would not run. Delegates tallies show Ford 804 GOP, Reagan 692, uncommitted 148. Carter 909 of 1505. The fight continues with Springfield stops planned and 1130 delegates needed for nomination.
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Morris Kudall
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
Ohio
New Jersey
Carter
Reagan
Humphrey
Springfield
Udail
Nuclear Question On Ballot Tests Californias Nuclear Debate
Los Angeles AP reports on Proposition 16 and Proposition 15 in California’s primary ballot testing public reaction to nuclear power safety. The articles outline potential national impact, poll confusion, and promises of stricter safety standards that could force plant shutdowns, raise costs, and remove liability caps for utilities.
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Los Angeles
California
Mervin Field
Ford shaken by flashbulb blast at Bowling Green rally
President Ford, unhurt after a flashbulb exploded near his campaign appearance at Bowling Green University field house, was grabbed and pushed to the floor by Secret Service. He stood, waved, and later joked that he looked healthy as agents reviewed the incident. The photographer was released after the accident.
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Bowling Green
Ford
White House
Williarmi Lukash
Family battles Schilders disease and loss in Kannapolis
In Kannapolis AP report, Billie Amerson travels to Bethesda Naval Hospital seeking clues as specialists study Schilders disease that claimed Jesse Amerson, 9, and threatens two other sons Wendall, 12, and Tom, 9. The family recalls a long medical journey beginning with a July incident and a diagnosis shift from encephalitis to a mysterious neurodegenerative illness.
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Kannapolis
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Amerson
Billie Amerson
Jesse
Bethesda
Wendall
Tom
Mrs. Amerson
Pud
Dividend Tax Withholding Plan Advances in Congress
Washington AP A plan to withhold income tax on interest and dividends paid to over 50 million U.S. households would curb tax cheating, IRS says. The measure could win Senate Finance Committee support to help raise federal revenues in 1977, with Long pressing for approval.
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Washington
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Senate Finance Committee
Russell Long
D-La
IRS
Donald C. Alexander
Senate
Treasury Department
Parole Granted for Caril Fugate in Starkweather Case
Caril Fugate, now 32, was granted parole by a five member Parole Board in York Nebraska after more than half her life in prison for the 1958 Starkweather murder spree that killed 10 people. The board voted 4 to 1 with a provision barring interviews without written permission. She will report to a parole officer in St. Johns Michigan and has a new identity.
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Neb
Caril Fugate
Charles Starkweather
Mass Fugate
Miss Fugale
John Greenholtz
Miss Fugate
Catherine Dahlquist
Greenholtz
St. John's
Mich
Caril
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