Ford Heads For State After Calm 3rd Debate
Ford and Carter ended their final debate with a near draw and campaigned separately. Ford planned stops in Richmond Raleigh and Columbia before California while Carter headed to Alexandria New Jersey and Plains Georgia. AP poll showed Ford ahead among viewers though margin of error and sampling limits temper certainty. Mondale and Dole offered sharp post debate judgments amid focus on economy and qualifications.
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Williamsburg
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Associated Press
Phi Beta Kappa Hall
College of Wiblara and Mary
Ford
Richmond
Raleigh
North Carolina
Columbia
South Carolina
California
White House
Carter
Alexandria
New Jersey
Plains
Illinois
Chilton Research
Radnor
Public Broadcasting Service
Burns Roper
Bob Dole
Len Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Washington
Mondale
Sen. Dole
Ireland Begins Search For A New President
Ireland faces a presidential vacancy after Cearbhall O Dalaigh’s resignation over anti terror bill disputes. Premier Cosgrave maintains the government will not dissolve parliament. a three man commission will run powers until a new election within 60 days. Potential candidates are being considered for the figurehead post.
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Dublin
Ireland
Cearbhall O'Dalaigh
Liam Cosgrave
O'Dalaigh
Irish Republican Army
Tom O'Higgins
Sean Tracey
Dail
James Dooge
Senate
O’dalaigh
Hams and CBs Build Global Link via Repeaters
A High Point Enterprise column recalls 146 MHz ham radio repeaters linking 2000 stations across 30 countries, enabling long distance chats with low noise and self policing. It notes CBs may imitate this system, the costs, and FCC rules on advertising. The piece also covers larceny trends, CB radio theft spikes, and origins of CB radio credit to Al Gross and Nathan B. Stubblefield.
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E, Z. Strange
Cbers
FBI
Cbs
Atlanta
FCC
Ray Spence
Commission
Dick Tracy
Tracy
Chester Gould
Gould
al Gross
Cleveland
Ohio
Nathan B. Stubblefield
Murray By
Stubblefield
Gross
High Point Enterprise
High Point
N.C
Distortion in the Fall Campaign Weighs on Debate Tone
In Williamsburg, AP reports that Ford and Carter show little new ground in debates amid heavy distortion of each other’s positions. Voters are turned off by personal attacks and blunders, while both candidates promise to focus on jobs inflation housing education taxation and government reform in the final stretch toward the November election.
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Walter R. Mears
Williamsburg
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Europe
Robert C. Maynard
The
Washington Post
Playboy
Rhodesia Talks Standoff Over Kissinger Plan Rules
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith met British envoy Ivor Richard in Geneva to discuss ground rules for next week's conference. Smith insisted the Kissinger plan remains non negotiable though black leaders demand immediate power transfer. Richard will chair the talks and separate meetings with Smith and black delegation chiefs precede the conference.
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Switzerland
Ian Smith
Ivor Richard
Rhodesia
Smith
Kissinger
Richard
United Nations
Dr. Kissinger
Square One
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Hua Kuo-feng to Speak Sunday From Beijing Square
Hua Kuo-feng, newly named Chinese Communist party chairman, will address China Sunday from Tiananmen Square, his first public speech since election. Reports say the address could reveal details of an alleged coup plot by radical leaders and follow days of mass rallies in Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin with millions participating.
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Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Hua Kuo-feng
Tienan Men Square
Peking
Tanjug
Hua
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