Keystone State Describes Democratic Lead In 1976 Campaign
Mason Denison notes Pennsylvania Democrats opened their presidential campaign with Senator Mondale in Harrisburg, while Republicans press for momentum after Labor Day. He highlights Pennsylvania as a keystone state with 127 electoral votes, its past GOP stronghold, and the potential shift in 1978 federal and state offices as Ford prospects loom.
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Pennsylvania
Keystone
Penn-Harris Motor Inn
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
Gerald Ford
White House
William Penn
Commonwealth
Gopsters
Capitol Hill
House of Representatives
Penny
Religion shaping Carter through faith and politics
Jim Bishop examines religion in the 1976 campaign, arguing Carter’s devout Baptist faith shapes voters’ views. The piece cites Rabbi Tanenbaum, Moyers, and Carter’s own reflections, noting Carter’s daily prayers, Sunday school teaching, and humanitarian work in Puerto Rico and Atlanta, while addressing suspicions from diverse groups.
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Jim Bishop
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Kennedy
Texas
White House
James Earl Carter Jr
Georgia
Bill Moyers
Carter
Puerto Rico
Atlanta
America
Myman Rickover
Explosion Claims Many at Sample Run Mine Near Clymer
Yesterday afternoon a massive blast at the Sample Run mine near Clymer killed 41 to 48 miners and left an estimated 10 to 16 bodies unaccounted for. The explosion blew open doors at the main manway and ranway about a mile from the blast site.
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Sample Run
Clymer
Manway
Ranway
Grisly Roselli murder linked to mob car case ends in bay
Washington reports on the grisly death of John Roselli a Miami Florida and Las Vegas mob figure tied to Castro assassination plots. The piece outlines alleged mob ties extortion and gambling money flows with references to Santo Trafficante Tony Accardo and Sam Giancana. It also notes the suspected killers left a greasy hair pomade smear as a clue and mentions related political tidbits from the Washington Whirl column.
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Leslie Wheeler
Carter
Keeler
Abraham Ribicoff
Jack Javits
Richard Stone
Southern Baptist Convention
God
Jack Anderson
Les Witten Washington
John Roselli
Hollywood
Las Vegas
Havana
Biscayne Bay
Roselli
Plantation
Fla
Johnny Roselli
Central Intelligence Agency
Fidel Castro
CIA
William Harvey
Harvey
Rosell
Castro
Tony Accardo
Accardo
Detroit
Anthony Zerilli
Sandstone Federal Penitentiary
Sam Giancana
Santo Trafficante
Trafficante
Bo& Sen
Deadly doubt over Ringos Mill nuclear dump harms Ringos Mill cows
In Ringos Mill Kentucky Oscar Hurst reports cows dying with energy loss hair whitening and tooth grinding near the region's large private nuclear waste dump. Residents fear alpha ray poisoning and plutonium exposure while EPA and Kentucky lawmakers weigh safeguards and taxes amid rising concern.
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Tom Tiede
Ringos Mill
Oscar Hurst
Hurst
Kentucky
Ringas Mill
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Nuclear Engineering Co
Speaking Freely Problem Drinkers
The piece discusses a $797000 federal experiment in Washington DC that screens license applicants for problem drinkers. About 15 percent of those tested are flagged, with critics fearing future mandatory medical evaluation or treatment. It questions privacy and the presumption of guilt. It also includes a Chicago statistician debunking the claimed 1965 New York blackout baby boom myth.
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Don Oakley
District of Columbia
Prinley
Washington
New York City
University of Chicago
New York
Shane Severali
Sandy Zaell
Giant Strawberries Sold by the Yard In Colombia
A note states that giant strawberries are strung together by the stems in Colombia South America and sold by the yard for distribution and sale.
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Colombia
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