Nobel Peace Prize withheld for 1976 by Norwegian committee
The Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament announced that no peace prize will be awarded this year and the prize money will be reserved for 1977. The decision leaves open the possibility of two prizes next year and notes past withholding instances.
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Oslo
Norway
UPI
Nobel Committee
Storting
Nobel Institute
Nobel Foundation
Luis Echeverria
Teresa Boyaxhiu
Calcutta
Belfast
Mairead Corrigan
Betty Williams
Northern Ireland
States resume swine flu inoculations amid deaths
Health officials in 11 states order resumption of swine flu shots as concern over elderly deaths recedes. President Ford and family were inoculated at the White House to show support for a $135 million national immunization drive. CDC confirms 14 deaths within two days of vaccination, while analysts say mortality is not linked to the vaccine.
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United Press International
Ford
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Maine
White House
Center For Disease Control
CDC
J. Donald Millar
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Kansas
Washington State
Alabama
Florida
Massachusetts
Montana
Colorado
Louisiana
California
Maryland
Alaska
New Mexico
Vermont
Illinois
Virginia
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
New Mexico State
Jonathan Mann
Fratus Duff
Texas Department of Health Resources
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Carter accuses GOP over crime control failure in Detroit speech
In Detroit Jimmy Carter blasted Republicans for no crime program saying crime rose 27 percent since Ford left office and accusing officials in Washington of setting a terrible example. He cited two former attorneys general convicted of crimes as part of his critique.
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Carter
Gop
Detroit
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Washington
Ford
Richard Nixon
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Mondale and Dole meet in first ever vice presidential debate
The 75 minute nationwide VP debate features Walter Mondale and Bob Dole in Houston Alley Theater with Dole opening and Mondale closing. Dole expressed nervousness while Mondale projected confidence as they field questions on crime and leadership amid campaign events in New York and Detroit.
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Houston
UPI
Walter Mondale
Robert Dole
Senate Gallery
Dole
Mondale
Kansas
GOP
Alley Theater
Chicago
Joliet, Ill
Robert A. Dole
Jimmy Carter
Lompoc City Council Delays Regular Meeting Schedule
The Lompoc City Council will be absent due to a League of California Cities meeting in San Diego causing a delayed regular session. Eleven officials including council members Ward Valencia Benton Lefkowitz and Wahlers attend the League event while an adjourned session on Oct 27 will cover Parks and Recreation topics and a racquetball facility contract at Ryan Park.
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Lompoc
League of California
San Diego
Chuck Ward
Joe Valencia
Charlotte Benton
Elinor Lefkowitz
Planning Commission
Robert Swarner
William Fick
Gene L. Wahlers
Wilma Thomas
Alan Davidson
Stella Reed
Barry Gustafson
Parks and Recreation Commission
Royal Coach
Wahlers
Ryan Park
Channel Counties
Veterans Memorial Building
Lou Garcia
League of California Cities
Cuba Cancels Hijack Return Pact Amid CIA Criticism
Fidel Castro announced Cuba would cancel the 1973 hijack return agreement with the United States, effective April 15, 1977, while keeping pacts with Canada Mexico Colombia and Venezuela. He linked recent regional bombings and kidnappings to CIA actions and criticized U.S. policy during funeral services in Havana.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Castro
Havana
CIA
Latin America
Ford Opens Three State Midwest Campaign Tour
President Ford launches a two day trip through Iowa Illinois and Missouri to shore up farm vote amid linage with Carter. He tours Iowa State University King Farm Joliet and Chicago while Gallup shows Carter ahead by six points.
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Des Moines
Ford
Iowa
Iowa State University
King Farm
Boone
Carter
Searchg for missing 16 year old Matthew Smith expands team
In Lassen National Park a nearly 200 strong search effort enters its fifth day for Matthew Smith a visually handicapped 16 year old from Freemont. Specialists in wilderness search from Grand Canyon National Park Yosemite National Park and Whiskeytown Recreational Area join the operation to reach lava flows and forest areas where he was last seen.
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Lassen National Park
Upi
Grand Canyon National Park
Arizona
California
Yosemite National Park
Whiskeytown
Matthew Smith
Freemont
Hearing set on pollutant discharges by Lom poc Utility Services
The Regional Water Quality Control Board schedules a November 5 hearing in Lom poc to determine if Lom poc Utility Services Co. violated state discharge rules at its sewer facilities. If found guilty on all counts, fines could reach 25 000 per day, though final amounts require court action.
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Vaughn Proctor
Regional Water Quality Control Board
Lompoc
Lompoc Utility Services Co
Cypress Ave
Mission Hills
la Purisima Mission
Rucker Road
Santa Ynez
City of
California
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Stockholm
Milton Friedman
University of Chicago
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Baruch Blumberg
Institute For Cancer Research
Philadelphia
Carleton Gajdusek
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
Karolinska Institute
Lompockets
Frank Cline
County Health Department
Santa Ynez Valley Hospital
Nixon
Richard Kleindienst
John Mitchell
New York State
Liberal Party
Georgia
New York
Rochester
Syracuse
Hubert H. Humphrey
Queens
City Council
Canada
Mexico
Colombia
Venezuela
Barbados
Central Intelligence Agency
Missouri
Harry Truman
Watergate
Robert D. Ray
Ron Nessen
Fords
Martha Graham
Mrs. Ford
Joliet
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Ynez River
Floradale Bridge
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