Nevada Democrats wrestle with delegate rules for 1976 convention
In Tonopah Nevada leaders debate how 16 delegates from a 11 vote pool will be chosen for the July 1976 Democratic National Convention. Proportional primary results and two ballot pledges complicate selection and national party approval.
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Tonopah
UPI
Nevada
State
Democratic Central Committee
New York City
Grant Sawyer
National Democratic
National Democratic Party
Washington, D. C
New York
Clark
Washoe
Lamboley
Lambole
Portugal Farmers Rally Against Land Reform in Center of Portugal
Ten of thousands gathered in Rio Maior to denounce Portugal’s land reform act and demand return of seized farms. They called for larger holdings under a point system while blaming Communists for overseas meddling. troops were placed on standby and a cabinet plan offered limited autonomy for Madeira and the Azores under a new constitution.
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Rio Maior
Portugal
UPI
Lisbon
Antonio Lopes Cardoso
Latin America
Alentejo
Ribatejo
National Radio
Santarem
Communist Party
Ral
Madeira
Azores
Judge warns he may take over Jefferson County schools
Federal judge James Gordon lectured the Jefferson County Kentucky school board on infighting damaging public confidence and warned he could assume control as Garrity did in Boston. A 2000-strong march protested court ordered busing, with one arrest for racial taunts after the event.
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Louisville
UPI
Boston
U.S. District Court
James Gordon
Gordon
Judge
Arthur) Garrity
Jean Ruffin
Carolyn Hutto
Jim Luckett Reco
International Union of Electrical Workers
Jefferson County
Luckett
Paper Airplane Contest Slated in Dayton
Dayton to host a Great Paper Airplane Contest at the convention center next Wednesday as part of Wright Brothers centennial salute. More than 20 adults compete to see whose color strategy yields the longest flight using varied color repulsion theory.
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Paul Wick
Dayton- Montgomery County
Wick
Ron Bates
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Submarine Haddock Leaks During Deep Dive Death Trap Claim
UPI reports sailors aboard the nuclear submarine Haddock branded the vessel a death trap after a December 6 leak during a deep dive. Navy says a one inch plug failed feeding flood valves. incident minor and fixed during postmaintenance procedures. crew protested prior to return to sea duty.
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Honolulu
UPI
Navy
Haddock
Two Killed Three Hurt in Jacksonville Heist
In a dawn break in at Bethesda Center, two women staffers were killed and three others injured. A resident girl and a staff member were beaten. a husband was shot while a blind resident and another man were assaulted as the intruder looted rooms before fleeing. Police report one or possibly two assailants.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
Bethesda Center
J W Wynn
Bethesda
Thelma Eloise Lehman
Delta Post Bemis
University Hospital
Joseph Thomas Bemis
Joy Denise Castlen
Gary Jackson Reach
J.L. Suber
Suber
Kunstler reports hidden homing device found on car
William Kunstler held a news conference in Greenwich Village to claim an electronic homing device was found taped under the car of Judy Gumbo and Stewart Albert after they visited him for the weekend. The activists said they noticed three cars following them and believed government surveillance on their telephone may be occurring.
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New York
UPI
William Kunstler
Greenwich Village
Grove St
Kunstler
Judy Gumbo
Stewart Albert
Upstate New York
Albert
Youth International Party
Yippiees
Chicago
Tal
Ms. Gumbo
13Th Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenue
Gumbo
Mass Pilgrim Fire in Mecca Kills 138 Moslems
A tent city near Mecca suffered a major fire during Id Al Adha, killing 138 pilgrims and injuring 151 as gas explosions ignited tents. About 52,000 pilgrims were present in Majzara when the blaze broke out. Saudi relief aid is being sent.
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Saudi Arabia
API
Holy
Mecca
Majzara
Abraham
Mt. Arafat
Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania
Aboud Jumbo
Rashidi Kawawa
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Las Vegas
Joe Cordova
Pat Potter
Carson City
Potter
National Committee
Washington
Agriculture Ministry
Union Labor Against
Dayton, Ohio
UPS
Dayton
City Beautiful Council
Reach
Miss Castlen
Bemis
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