Ford seeks running mate after GOP convention to unite ticket
President Ford aims to name a vice presidential pick after the Kansas City convention. He broadened his consultation list to include 50 GOP mayors and officials, delegates, and lawmakers, while Reagan and Schweiker campaign in Pennsylvania hoping to gain delegates.
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Reagan Targets Delegates in Schweiker's Pennsylvania
Ronald Reagan campaigns in Pennsylvania with Richard Schweiker seeking to win uncommitted delegates. The push aims to shift lawmakers from Ford to Reagan, aided by Schweiker’s influence. After meetings in New York and New Jersey, Reagan holds 1,085 committed delegates, 95 short of the nomination, with 124 uncommitted.
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Mrs Litton shielded girl in death crash in Missouri
In Chillicothe Missouri AP report, Congressmen Jerry Litton his son Scott and pilot Paul Rupp III died when a six passenger plane crashed. Mrs Litton reportedly sheltered 13 year old Linda as the pilot struggled with controls. Firefighters described a gruesome scene with bodies burned in wreckage.
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Cape Music Camp Draws 23 Mexican Students to SEMO
Twenty three instrumental music students from Mexican public schools will attend a music camp at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau next week. Accompanying them are John Willer and Robert Murta from Mexico as camp band directors, with a list of attendees and their family background. The group departs by bus from Presser Hall Saturday at noon. Ryan Leroy Sobba was born Thursday at 8:45 p.m. at Audrain Medical Center to Mr and Mrs Donald G Sobba of Auxvasse weighing seven pounds nine ounces with two older brothers and grandparents named in the report.
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Robert Graf
Richard Shamblin
Donald Haya
Matt Lawrence
Philip Murta
Pam Tolson
Sue Lawrence
Tracy Woodruff
Lorrie Delong
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Nancy Nielsen
Greg Irvin
Scott Wells
Geoff Gantt
Chris Love
Mary George
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Donald G. Sobba
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Pearl Motor Co
Newcomers to Missouri legislature gain edge in elections
Unofficial primary returns show nine House members and two senators defeated by intra party rivals, pushing at least 41 House members and 10 of 34 senators to be freshmen nextJanuary. Several incumbents face general election challenges as parties brace for a shifted balance.
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Kansas City
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Dexter
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St. Louis County
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Kay Steinmetz
Florissant Valley
Winnie Weber
House Springs
Downing
Robert McIntyre
Cedar Hill
Disappearance and murder linked in Fairbanks Teamsters case
Alaska Teamster leader says Local 959 will aid police in a double case. Jack Paul Red Martin, 45, found shot in a shallow grave north of Fairbanks after disappearing July 18. Harold G. Pettus, 47, vanished July 27. investigators say he may have met the same fate. Both men were long-time Fairbanks residents and top officials at H&S Earthmovers in the North Star Terminal warehouse. Carr notes the board will discuss Pettus disappearance as state and city police probe. Martin was last seen entering a dark vehicle. leads are being pursued.
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Red” Martin
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Roger McCoy
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Freedom Medal To Jesse Owens
President Ford awarded Olympic hero Jesse Owens the Medal of Freedom in the White House east garden. Ford called Owens a source of inspiration for his character and achievement after Owens, the 1936 track star, won four gold medals in Berlin and challenged Nazi ideology.
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Vocational Students May Get Tax Break
The Senate backs a 250 dollar annual tax credit to aid students in college or vocational schools. The credit starts at 100 next July 1 and rises by 50 yearly to reach 250 in 1980, with separate rules for students who work and file taxes. The measure, part of a broad tax bill, would cost about 1.1 billion annually when fully in effect and excludes room and board. It rides alongside other tax revisions and athlete tax credits, while debate continues on full bill passage.
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Mars Tests Build Blocks Of Life Search On Mars
In Pasadena AP report outlines Viking lander GCMS aims to detect organic molecules in Martian soil to indicate possible life. Biology instruments seek life signs but lack definitive results. iron, silicon, phosphorus, and calcium dominate soil composition. Viking 2 nears Mars, prepared for orbital insertion.
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Priestly Toulmin
Earth
Spot Shortages Of Unleaded Gas Across US Areas
Motors report scattered unleaded fuel shortages mainly along the East Coast impacting 1975 and 1976 model cars. Industry sources note temporary station outages but advise drivers to use nearby outlets as four weeks remain before Labor Day.
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Swim Cards Ready For Pool Beginners
Beginners who passed the Red Cross swimming test at Plunkett Park pool may pick up their cards at the pool office any day from 1 to 6 p.m. Advanced beginners who did not receive their cards may also pick them up at the pool.
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Soviet Blasts Prompt Review Of Nuclear Pact
U S intelligence review underway to see if Soviet July underground tests at Semipalatinsk and Azgir violated the spirit of a landmark nuclear agreement. Officials cite limited terrain data and uncertain yields, with preliminary indications of an infraction in spirit but not in the treaty when not yet ratified by the Senate.
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