Moving City Rally Draws Airstream Enthusiasts to Comanche County
More than 150 silver Airstream trailers converge on Comanche County Fairgrounds for the first Great Plains Airstream Rally. Attendees come from Oklahoma and as far as Alaska, with registrations expected to reach 200. Organizers note rallys occur twice yearly for the Oklahoma unit, led by Clovis Gee, with Wally Byam Caravan Club International membership required.
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Wichita Wildlife Refuge
Illinois
Kansas
Arkansas
South Dakota
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Wally Byam Caravan Club International
International Club
Wally Byam
Lawton
Oklahoma Great Plains
Fort Sills
Mondale Dole ready for Houston debate showdown
In Houston two U S senators Walter Mondale and Bob Dole prepare for a 75 minute vice presidential debate at Alley Theater. Mondale seeks focus on unemployment inflation and economy while Dole jokes about lines and may skip for a football game.
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Houston
U.S. Senate
Texas
Walter Mondale
Bob Dole
Alley
Dole
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Mondale
Cole
Dale
Ford To Sign Measure Later Today
Ford plans to sign a two year extension of federally guaranteed emergency loans to livestock raisers at Iowa State University. The move follows recent farm friendly bills and comes as Carter weighs a televised response time to Ford’s criticisms. The Agriculture Department also loosened disaster loan rules as Ford campaigns in the Midwest.
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Ford
Midwest
Iowa State University
Iowa
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Jimmy Carter
Carter
Washington
Personal income climbs 0.5 percent in September
Americans saw a 0.5 percent rise in personal income in September driven by payroll gains in commodity producing industries. The Commerce Department reported a $6.8 billion month gain, seasonally adjusted to about $1.39 trillion annualized, versus August's $4.6 billion and July's $10.4 billion increase.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Commerce
Department
Cold Front Triggers Showers Across Southwest Oklahoma
A cold front moved through Oklahoma bringing scattered light showers and cooler air in Southwest Oklahoma. Downtown Lawton recorded 0.07 inch, fire stations saw light rain, lakes reported no rainfall by noon, and the extended forecast calls for mostly 40s nights and 60s days with continued clouds through Sunday.
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Lake Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Southwest
Syrians push to crush Palestinian mountaintop strongholds near Beirut
Syrian troops and tanks attack the guerrilla held Aley resort and claim to wipe out resistance in Bhamdoun while fighting continues house to house. Arab leaders meet in Riyadh to seek peace in Lebanon as MIG jets fly over the region.
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Hafez Assad
Syria
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Elias Sarkis
King Khaled
Sheik Sabah al-Sabah
Kuwait
Saudi Radio
Middle East
Bhamdoun
Nobel Peace Prize Not Awarded in 1976 by Norwegian Panel
The Nobel committee of the Norwegian Storting decided not to award the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize. The $160,000 prize money is reserved for 1977 and may be awarded next year or kept for 1978. The panel cited failure to meet Nobel criteria for brotherhood and disarmament.
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Ireland
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North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
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Tim Greve
Alfred Nobel
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