Primaries reshuffle race as Jackson leads in Florida
In Florida primary campaigning resumes after Massachusetts and Vermont results. Henry M. Jackson gains momentum with a broad coalition, while George Wallace and Jimmy Carter trail, and Ford and Reagan clash on the Republican side. Analysts foresee a possible convention deadlock and a shifting front-runner landscape.
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Henry M. Jackson
Washinglton
Massachusetts
Florida
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Vermont
Carter
Rea~ah
Jackson
Syith
Wallace
Udall
Shriver
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
Milton J. Shapp
Pennsylvania
Ellen McCormack
Reagan
William Ezekiel
Boston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard Jr. Nixon
North Carolina
New York
Washington
Robert Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Strauss
Walace
Infant death trigger leads to jail blast in West Virginia
In Letart near Point Pleasant infant Davi Sisk was found battered and buried. Her teen father Brie Sisk blew up Mason County Jail after taking his wife Harriet Sisk into custody, killing two Sisk family members and Sheriff Wedge and injuring eleven others. The blast used about two dozen sticks of dynamite. authorities are unsure how it was detonated.
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Point Pleasant
W.va
Davi Sisk
Harriet Sisk
Sisk
Letart
Here
Anson
Elvin
Pete” Wedge
Kenneth Love
Love
Sisks
Muntington
Koerner
Mason County
Ile
Knétner
Cold Weather Storm Hits California and Pasadena Strike
Predawn hail in Lakewood and Long Beach Airport reports. Temperatures fell to 44 in Long Beach and 38 in Los Angeles with warnings for frost and freezes in agricultural zones. Snow and ice blanketed mountains, closures on I-18, searches for missing boys in San Jacinto, and Pasadena school bus strike escalates with drivers warned to return to work or face unsatisfactory conduct.
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Hall
Lakewood
Cypress
Sheriff's Deputies
Long Beach
Los Angeles
German
San Joaquin Valley
Beaumont
Palm Springs
Running Springs
Mojave
Desert
Cajon Pass
San Jacinto Mountains
Tahquilz Peak
Pasadena
Pasadena Board of Eiducdtion
Boar
Dorothy Fagan
Hearst Trial Ruling Details FBI Search Evidence
A federal judge ruled an FBI search of Patricia Hearst’s hideout admissible in the Harrises kidnapping assault and robbery trial. Prosecutors argued the arrest aimed to avert another Los Angeles gun battle, while Bailey challenged the government’s handling of the seized material. Witnesses described surveillance, identification doubts, and a dramatic court scene as Hearst’s case moved forward.
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Harrises
FBI
Miss Hearst
Los Angeles
SLA
Bailey
Atty
James L. Browning
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