Ford plans Nevada campaign stop and ad blitz
President Ford will spend 100000 in Nevada advertising and visit late in the campaign. Betty Ford and Sen. Robert Dole may appear. Sen. Paul Laxalt and former Las Vegas mayor Oran Gragson cochair the Ford Nevada committee. Nevada AG Robert List named liaison with the national Ford group.
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UPI
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Nevada
Betty
Sen
Robert Dole
Paul Laxalt
R-Nev
Ronald Reagan
President Ford
Las Vegas
Oran Gragson
Grayson
Robert List
National
Ford Committee
Reese Taylor
Reagan
Washoe County
Carson City
Republican Central Committee
Nora Haerly
Western
Maddox AIP Picks William Dyke as VP Candidate
Former Madison mayor William Dyke won the American Independent Party vice presidential nomination after endorsement by Lester Maddox. Eileen Shearer withdrew. Hansen and Sloan trailed. The party adopted a platform opposing abortion, the ERA, and federal income tax, and urged withdrawal from the United Nations while backing Taiwan, South Africa, and Rhodesia.
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William Dyke
Chicago
UPI
American Independent Party
Lester Maddox
Sloan
Wenonah
N.J
Maddox
Madison
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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California
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ERA
United Nations
Panama Canal
Taiwan
South Africa
Rhodesia
Ent
Women and Children Demand End to Violence in Irish Protests
About 50,000 women and children joined marches in Dublin and Belfast calling for peace after seven years of Northern Ireland violence. Protesters carried banners reading Peace as Catholic and Protestant factions met along the Peace Line, with nuns receiving warm welcomes from cross-community marchers led by Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan. An organizer said the demonstrations surpassed expectations.
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United Press International
Dublin
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Frank Johnston
Agin
S. Peace
Ieater
Seeman Eeetia
Bolad Arch
Shankill Road
Betty Wiliams
Mairead Corrigan
Maguire
Donal O’higgens
Stetchers
Bookie's Son KO'd By Cop After Bizarre Chase
Albert Mangarelli Jr., son of Rose Bowl Race and Sports Book owners, is jailed on battery on a police officer and resisting arrest charges after a confrontation with a visiting Las Vegas police sergeant. He fled, burst into a second floor apartment, and was subdued after a violent struggle. Police had been seeking him since a prior incident on Valley View Boulevard.
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SUN
Albert Mangarelli, Jr
Metro
Mangarelli
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Las Vegas
Robert Murray
Ivision
Murray
Spanish Oaks
Valley View Blvd
Richard Hutchinson
Reese West
Valley View Boulevard
Richard Dugan
Dugan
Wesley Ave
Three Shot By Sniper in Alberta Town Dies
In Grande Prairie Alberta a troubled lover’s quarrel led to a sniper shooting. Rosalre Armand Holmes 27 killed. a 69 year old man died. A woman tied to Holmes wounded. victim Russell Melvin Steward died after parking near Holmes the same night. Joan Melba Stewart survived with superficial injuries.
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Alta
Canada
UPI
Alberta
Rosalre Armand Holmes
RCMP
Rick Somerville
Peace River
Somerville
Holmes
Friday
Russell Melvin Steward
Joan Melba Stewart
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Dick Sander
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