Reagan to challenge Ford for 1976 GOP nomination
Ronald Reagan plans a campaign bid to challenge President Ford for the 1976 Republican nomination. The Miami Herald cites Knight Newspapers that Reagan will form a presidential committee to organize and fundraise, with Lyn Nofziger arriving in Washington to assemble the effort.
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Ronald Reagan
California
Ford
Miami Herald
Washington
Knight Newspapers
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The
Herald
Lyn C. Nofziger
Nofziger
Weight of history will help Ford
Washington notes Ford enters 1976 with history on his side as incumbent seeking a full four year term. Eleven of thirteen 20th century presidents won new terms, including all four who inherited the presidency after being elected vice president. Ford is unique as a former VP who became president without a prior election to the No. 2 post.
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Mich
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Woodrow Wilson
Taft
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Planted farm acreage up in Arkansas
Arkansas farmers reported record planting of rice and soybeans with increases in corn and sorghum and reduced cotton. Rice acreage rose 20 percent from last year and more than double 1972. cotton fell to a new low since 1872. By July 1, over 90 percent planted as weather stayed favorable for germination.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Public Hearing on Alley Closure Petition in Hope Arkansas
Hope City Board schedules July 22 1975 public hearing at Hope City Hall to consider Joe Porterfields petition to close and abandon an alley through Magnolia Addition Hempstead County Arkansas Objections may be voiced at the hearing Dated June 23 1979 Sally Andrews Hope Arkansas July 18 1979 Web of Marriage Spiders in an extravagant 1870 Louisiana double wedding described with spider arches and silver dust under trees planned by planter Charles Durand.
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Hope
Arkansas
Sally Andrews Hope
Louisiana
Charles Durand
Durand
Vietnamese cameramen among refugees find new start in America
Vo Huynh and Vo Suu, longtime NBC videographers born in North Vietnam and Saigon, fled to the United States after NBC evacuated 12 Vietnamese staff and families from Saigon before its fall. Now based in the Bronx, with weekends in Annapolis, they resumed NBC work as assistant cameraman and soundman covering peacetime life in America while their families live in Maryland to ease costs and adjust to life among their own people.
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Vo Suu
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Saigon
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Sun
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Vo Huvnh
America
George Polk
Ron Nessen
White House
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
South Vietnam
Prices Rise for Livestock. Crops Slip in Arkansas June 1975
Arkansas farmers saw higher prices for most livestock products while crop prices fell in the month ending June 15, 1975. The Farm Products Index stood at 412, down 1 point from May, with hay and sweet potatoes up. The Livestock and Products index rose to 427, led by beef, broilers, hogs, and turkeys, offset by declines in calves, eggs, and milk cows.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Arkansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Skid row blaze kills eight men in Portland hotel
A fire at the Pomoria Hotel on Burnside Street near the Burnside Bridge killed eight men and injured twenty six others, with eight in critical condition. Fire officials termed the blaze arson incinerary in origin, while three firemen sustained noncritical injuries. none of the victims were identified.
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Blaze
Portland, Orc
Les Pratt
Portland Fire Bureau
Soviets reported seeking large grain purchases from North America
London papers say the Soviet Union is negotiating to buy up to three million metric tons from Canada and up to seven million from the United States with third parties and chartered ships. Agriculture officials caution they cannot confirm the deals while noting drought affects Soviet spring wheat and a strong U.S. crop is forecast.
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Canada
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Agriculture Department
U.S
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Financial Times
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Paris
Richard E. Bell
North America
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Black Sea
Bell
Cargill
Cook Industries
Moscow
Russia
Harrington seeks hearing on secrets clash with duty
Rep. Michael Harrington of Massachusetts says Democrats should address a conflict between secrecy pledges and exposing unlawful actions after being denied access to secret CIA testimony. He asks Speaker Albert to convene a leadership meeting and caucus to debate the issue, citing grotesque violations of law and democracy.
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Michael J. Harrington
Harrington
Massachusetts
House Armed Services Committee
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U.S
Albert
Phillip Burton
Dcalif
House Democrats
Mayors face inflation as transit costs rise
Transportation Secretary Coleman told the U S Conference of Mayors that local governments must cover inflationary increases in mass transit projects as federal aid cannot fund all costs. He warned that if funds fall short, states and locals must bridge the gap, signaling the end of open-ended federal giveaways.
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Boston
William T. Coleman Jr
Ford Administration
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Coleman
Youths Receive 5000 Reward For Valor In Crime Fight
In Chicago two Rockford youths earned the Carl Loeb Award for valor. Henry Gregg Jr 17 was posthumously honored. Michael Conk 15 received the award from Governor Daniel Walker. Gregg was killed pursuing a thief. Cook helped capture the assailant who robbed a food store.
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Rockford
Carl Loeb
Henry Gregg
Daniel Walker
Gregg
Michael Conk
National Council On Crime and Delinquency
Michael Cook
Cook
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