Relief rushed to 28,700 homeless in Mindanao
In the Philippines disaster update, the National Disaster Coordinating Center reports at least 3,103 dead 2,282 missing and 688 injured from quakes and tidal waves on Mindanao. About 28,700 people are homeless as relief efforts surge including Air Force planes delivering medicine food and aid for Cotabato City and Zamboanga.
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Manila
Philippines
National Disaster Coordinating Center
Mindanao
Philippine Air Force
Cotabato City
Ferdinand FE
Marcos
Zamboanga City
NDCC
Cotabato
Philippine Navy
Zamboanga
Long Beach City Council kills plan for full time council
In a surprise move the Long Beach City Council voted to not place a full time city council measure on the fall ballot. The decision delays the proposal to next March and comes as council members debate district elections versus at large district voting.
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Long Beach
Wallace Edgerton
Thomas J. Clark
Clark
Edgerton
Eunice Sato
Carroll
Ford may pick hard-hitter V. P. field now wide open
Ford’s vice presidential choice hinges on Tuesday night’s GOP convention battleground. Speculation centers on Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee and William Ruckleshaus as top prospects, with others like Robert Ray Rob Dole Christopher Bond and Nelson Rockefeller among possible names.
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V.P. Field
Howard Baker
Tennessee
William D. Ruckleshans
Robert Ray
Town
Rob Dole
Kansas
Christopher Bond
Missouri
Rockefeller
Reagan
Treasury
William Simon
Dax Evans
Washington
Britain
Anne Armstrong
Ruckleshaus
La Soufriere Erupts Prompting Mass Caribbean Evacuations
In Guadeloupe's Pointe-a-Pitre dispatch, La Soufriere volcano erupts with shockwaves felt up to twenty miles, forcing thousands more to flee as ash and fumes stream toward St. Claude. Sixty-seven scientists monitoring seismic activity escape aboard a French navy boat after the explosion.
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la Galion
St. Claude
Old Fort St. Charles
Bus Drivers Vote to Authorize Strike Against RTC
Late Tuesday the United Transportation Union authorized a strike by 92 percent of RTC bus drivers, representing about 4,500 workers. Negotiations on wages were far apart, with RTC offering a 6 percent increase while unions threaten strike action as layoffs and service disruptions loom.
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Southern California Rapid Transit District
Earl Clark
United Transportation Union
RTC
Clark
RTD
Los Angeles
Ford Triumphs At GOP Convention In Key Delegation Vote
Ford won a pivotal test at the Republican National Convention defeating Reagan backed efforts by a 1 180 to 1 069 vote with 10 abstaining as delegates debated naming a running mate before tonight’s balloting. The scene in Kansas City featured raucous demonstrations and sharp accusations of unfair procedures as Ford supporters press ahead toward nomination.
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New
Reagan York
AP Hieron
Kansas City
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Eagall
Fargin
Reagan
New York
White House
Ron Nelsen
Reagan Gains Morality in Foreign Policy Plank
At the Kansas City convention the Republican platform committee adopted a foreign policy plank titled Morality in Foreign Policy after Ford supporters dropped opposition for party unity. The move preserves a stance seen as critical of Ford and Kissinger while affirming abortion amendment efforts.
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Kansas City
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Republican Party
Reagan
Henry Kissinger
Tanaka freed on 700000 bail in Lockheed payoff case
Independent former Japanese prime minister Tanaka is released on $700,000 bail amid the Lockheed payoff scandal. Other brief items note a police shooting in Los Angeles, Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan in a campaign wives clash, and a West Side renewal dispute moving to court.
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Betty Ford
Nancy Reagan
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