Ford and Reagan Both Claim Delegates Lead in GOP Race
Both candidates assert enough committed delegates to win the GOP nomination with Mississippi's 30 uncommitted votes seen as pivotal. Ford cites 1,135 delegates. Reagan 1,140 per campaign counts, while AP tallies show Ford 1,096 and Reagan 1,024 with 138 uncommitted.
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Jonathan Wolman
Associated Press
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Mississippi
Ford
Hunter
Reagan
John Sears
Hawaii
Jim Lake
Jackson
House
GOP
John Rhodes
Kansas City
Rhodes
Amish Exempted From Sign Display In Hardin County
U S District Court Judge Nicholas Walinski blocked law enforcement from arresting fining or imprisoning Amish in Hardin County Ohio who refuse to display slow moving signs on horse drawn vehicles The temporary order was issued Friday and a further hearing is set for August 3 by attorneys filing the suit.
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Toledo, Ohio
Hardin County
U.S. District Court
Nicholas Walinski
Turkey Greece clash looms as seismic ship sails toward Aegean
Turkey dispatches the Seismic 1 toward the Aegean to study the seabed, sparking Greek threats to stop any intrusions. Officials say the mission aims at seismic research in open seas while NATO urges restraint.
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Ankara
Turkey
Greece
Aegean Sea
Dardanelles Strait
Aegean
Truce Talks Progress Amid Nabaa Fighting in Lebanon
Christians say they overran much of the Nabaa slum after heavy shelling as the Arab League reports another tentative cease fire in Lebanon's civil war. In Beirut front lines and mountain resorts fighting continues with over 170 killed and 235 wounded since Friday night, lifting total casualties to about 33,000. Fires burn near Nabaa and Tal Zaatar as both sides report clashes and bombardment and guerrilla positions are said to be breached.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Nabaa
Arab League
Viking 1 repair plan tests to free jammed arm
Pasadena engineers tested a method to free Viking 1’s jammed soil scooping arm on a duplicate lander. If successful, instructions will be input tonight with results due Sunday. the arm is key to Martian soil sampling for life searches.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking 1
Mars
Viking
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Tom Young
Earth
Patrol Pilot Sgt Edward Gene Moore Dies In Crash
Mount Vernon Ohio Highway Patrol confirms the death of Sgt Edward Gene Moore 34 of Columbus after a Cessna 172 crash in a thunderstorm near Route 13 at 4 10 p.m. Moore a 1969 academy graduate had four years as a patrol pilot and was on routine duty until 8 p.m. The crash left the plane demolished with Moore aboard alone.
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
Highway Patrol
Edward Gene Moore
Columbus
Here
Moore
Route 13
Middleport
Highway Patrol Academy
FBI Joins Hunt For Kidnappers In Chowchilla Case
The FBI joined a national dragnet for two men linked to the Chowchilla school bus kidnapping of 26 children and a driver. Richard Schoenfeld surrendered in Oakland. his brother James and Frederick Woods IV are wanted on 27 counts of holding against will and 16 of armed robbery with bail set at 1 million each.
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Chowchilla
Calif
FBI
Richard Allen Schoenfeld
Oakland
Alameda County
Schoenfeld
James L
Frederick N. Woods IV
San Francisco
Woods
Madera
Ed Bates
Richard Schoenfeld
Edward Merrill
Symbionese Liberation Army
Joseph Remiro
Atherton
Oakland Tribune
Fresno Bee
Portola Valley
Frederick N. Woods III
San Jose
Young Woods
Jack Baugh
Ed Ray
Heavy Rains Trigger Flooding In The Hocking Valley
Heavy rains sent the Hocking River and its tributaries over banks, flooding low-lying areas. The river crested around 4 p.m. Friday and had receded about a foot by noon today. Ohio 664N near Bremen remained closed, and Old Bremen Rd and Hide A Way Hills Rd were impassable. Sunny skies expected Sunday with highs in the 80s and near 60 overnight, followed by a slight shower chance Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Hocking
Hocking River
Ohio
Bremen
Hide-A-Way Hills
Political Parties and Candidates File Financial Statements
By 4 p.m. Friday the Hocking County election board received statements from the Hocking County Democratic Campaign Committee treasurer James Frey showing $622.36 brought forward, $175 in contributions, $145.27 in expenditures and $652.09 on hand. Democratic funds go to party interests. The Hocking County Republican Executive Committee treasurer Donald P. Wood reported $740.32 brought forward, $1,363.35 in contributions, $1,239.36 in expenditures, and $864.30 on hand. contributions include $300 from the Women’s Club and $949.59 from the Ohio Republican Finance Committee. Expenditures covered advertising, supplies and normal campaign costs with $250 paid to the Ohio Republican State Committee. Candidate David Mingus of Rockbridge Route 1, Republican for county commissioner, filed five minutes before the deadline, listing no contributors and one expenditure.
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Hocking County Election Board
Hocking County Democratic Campaign Committee
James Frey
Hocking County
Republican Executive Committee
Donald P. Wood
Republican Women’s Club
Ohio Republican Finance Committee
Norma
Ohio Republican State Committee
David Mingus
Rockbridge Rt. 1
Collection Of Cliches Bolt From The Blue
Providence Rhode Island AP reports Lawrence Paros collected 50000 cliches finishing The Great American Cliche after quitting a federal learning program and starting to listen to everyday speech. He argues cliches are American like apple pie yet lose meaning through overuse while offering several familiar lines as examples. Paros notes Nixon Ford and Carter era phrases reflecting on fame and honesty.
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Providence
R.I
Lawrence Paros
Paros
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Ronald Ziegler
President Ford
Ford
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Jimmy Carter
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Kemper Arena
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Brussles
Ahmet Nisanci
Tal Zaatar
Hunt
Logan Area
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