Mansfield ends long Senate career in farewell
Mike Mansfield, 73, retires after 44 years in public office and more than three decades in Congress. He plans a Capitol tour and a China trip with Sen. John Glenn before campaigning for Carter in Montana. Fellow leaders laud his integrity and principled leadership through four presidencies and major national events.
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Mike Mansfield
Senate
Mansfield
Montana
United States Senate
Griffin
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
House
Mike
Jackson
Congress
Capitol
John Glenn
Ohio
China
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Rizzo recall bid gains ballot spot vote ruling
A Philadelphia judge overruled the city election board and ordered the Nov 2 ballot to include the question of Mayor Frank Rizzo recall. The ruling hinges on petition validity but may be stalled by appeals and ballot printing deadlines. Rizzo called the judge biased and said the public knows where it stands.
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Philadelphia
City Election Board
Frank Rizzo
David Savitt
Common Pleas Court
Riz
Rizzo
Rizo
Savitt
State Supreme Court
High Court
Pittsburgh
Savill
Snow delays Everest team amid heavy Nepal snowstorm
Five days of steady snow halt the American Bicentennial Everest Expedition. From base camp in Nepal, spokesman Phil Trimble reports about five feet of snow by Wednesday and avalanches that erase the trail between Camps 1 and 3. The 11 climbers at Camps 1 and 3 remain pinned as weather delays planned progress toward Camp 4 at 24,000 feet and the summit by October 2.
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Nepal
Phil Trimble
Washington
Khumbu
House Okays Budget Limit To $413 Billion
The House approved 231 to 143 a budget resolution setting a $413.1 billion spending ceiling and $362.5 billion revenue floor for the new fiscal year. It would require no presidential signature and envisions a $50.6 billion deficit, higher than Ford's updated estimate, offset by tax revision gains.
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Walsington
House
Ford
Senate
Congress
Washington
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Riots in Cape Town and global political clashes unfold
Rioters in Cape Town torch and loot amid darkness, two killed by police fire as attacks coincide with Henry Kissinger visit. In Johannesburg militants toss bombs at a downtown store. Meanwhile US Mexican talks aim for a prisoner exchange pact by November to move Americans jailed in Mexico and Mexicans in the United States.
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Johannesburg
Henry A. Nissinger
Mexico City
U.S
Mexico
Xico
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Patrileia
John D. Erb
Mennonite
Fres
Erb
North America
Patrick Egan
Cordoba
Egan
Montonero
Ford
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
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