Philippines hit by devastating quakes. 811 dead reported
AP reports two major quakes strike the southern Philippines overnight and today. At least 811 dead, 249 missing, 251 injured. Mindanao hardest hit with 315 buildings and homes destroyed. 1,290 families homeless. 33-year-old Australian among foreign casualties.
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Manila
Philippines
National Disaster Coordinating Center
U.S
National Earthquake Information Center
Golden
Colo
Tangshan
China
Central China
Hsinhua
Chinese Seismological Department
Szechwan Provincial Party Committee
Mindanao
Government Geophysical Observatory
Moro Gulf
Philippine News Agency
Roger Hubbinka
Pagadian City
Kansu
Szechwan
Peking
Raney Drugs Prescription Ad Sparks Sunshine Fever
Prescription advertisement for Raney Drugs appears on page 18 highlighting sunny, hot conditions. Promotes medication use amid summer heat.
Ford and Reagan vie for delegates at first 1976 GOP test
In Kansas City Ford and Reagan battle for delegate strength one day before the presidential ballot. Ford’s total nears 1130 needed for nomination as Reagan seeks a procedural win to sway delegates while both campaigns tour caucus sites and discuss the vice presidency.
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Kansas City
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
Ford gains delegates as AP survey shows overnomination edge
Ford reaches 1131 bound and committed delegates in the AP survey, one more than the convention threshold. Reagan is listed at 1036 with 96 uncommitted, while Baker cites 1142 for Ford and Reagan aides push 1140. Milliken aide says Ford seeks nomination speech, Goldwater to second. Roll call votes in Kansas City loom as verdict on buttoned up race.
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Lawrence
Kansas City, Mo
Ford
Associated Press
Reagan
James A. Baker III
Hunter
California
Baker
William Milliken
Michigan
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Kansas City
Battle over 16C tensions tests GOP unity at convention
At the Republican National Convention in Kansas City the looming 16C rule fight pits Ford supporters against Reagan backers over whether a vice presidential pick must be named before nomination ballots. Ford allies warn of hard clashes while aiming for unity.
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Reagan
Ford
Kansas City
Goldwater
Kansas delegates feud over platform and running mate
Susan Ford and Earl Butz led a Kansas mission at the Republican National Convention in Kansas City to win support for Gerald Ford while one attendee, Marynell Reece, left for tongue cancer treatment. Carlos Cooper will replace her. Dwight Sutherland predicted debate on equal rights, anti abortion, and national defense could split delegations with crossover voting.
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Kansas City
Susan Ford
Earl Butz
Kansas
Gerald Ford
Marynell Reece
Scandia
Carlos Cooper
Bonner Springs
Ford
Dwight Sutherland
Reagan
Lawrence
National Defense
Sutherland
Ron Smith
Holiday Inn Trade Mart
Mobil ad targets Lawrence over reg laws in goofy book
Mobil Oil takes its case to the public over a claimed Lawrence ordinance about bees in hats as part of a national over regulation broadside. The Journal-World confirms no such law exists in current city code and notes difficulty locating the book in Lawrence.
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Pecos
Lawrence
Kansas
Mobil Oil Co
Mobil
Dick Hyman
Stephen Greene Press
Brattleboro
Vermont
Quitman
Fountain Inn, S.C
Mobil Oil
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Journal-World
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Raney
Seren Ereneen
Tobe Ba
Caereee Eee
Emer Etvereteeee
Lieneere Women’s News
Bulletin
By Dolph C. Simons JR
GOP
Adam Ambrose J
Lee Kansans
Ronald Reagan Jr
Nancy
Allen Torrey
Gosh
Sunflower
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