Ford Backers Claim 1135 Delegates
Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford claim solid delegate support as both race toward nomination. Ford cites 1,135 committed delegates, Reagan 1,140, with 1,096 Ford and 1,024 Reagan tallies in AP counts plus 138 uncommitted. Mississippi delegates discussed as potential deciders amid statewide lobbying and Sunday Jackson meeting.
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Gerald Ford
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John Sears
Hawaii
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Jim Lake
Jackson
House
GOP
John Rhodes
Kansas City
Rhodes
Joseph Bernardin
Jimmy Carter
Moss Says Ford Has More Taps Than Nixon
Washington AP Moss alleges Ford era has more wiretap requests than Nixon era with Rep. John Moss seeking reversal of a judge's injunction blocking AT&T wiretap records. DOJ says 1974 75 had 122 actual taps vs 190 in 1974. Moss cites 141 58 figures and argues executive privilege.
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At&t
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John Fox
Senate Watergate Committee
Fifteen year old robs Farber bank teller at knifepoint
A 15 year old from Farber robbed the Farber Branch of Laddonial State Bank of 1542 dollars at 10:35 a.m. on Friday, then fled on foot. He was recognized by two employees, apprehended within an hour by Audrain County Sheriff and highway patrol, and remains in Juvenile Center custody. Authorities seek motive as linchpin of case.
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Audrain County
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Signatures Verified On Two Petitions In Audrain County
Audrain County Clerk staff completed checks of two petitions sent by Secretary of State James Kirkpatrick. For the food taxes repeal petition 232 pages listed Audrain signers and 324 verified as registered veterans. for the electric rate reform petition 153 pages from Audrain with 138 confirmed as registered voters. Deadline passed. no more petitions expected. Also a Sunday School tale notes a boy miswrote the fifth commandment asHumor thy father and mother.
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Audrain County
James Kirkpatrick
Ninth Congressional District
Audrain
Secretary of State
Donating Blood Not New For Two At AMC
Mrs. Helen Talley and Mrs. Jan Burger, Audrain Medical Center employees, will donate blood with the Bloodmobile at Mexico United Methodist Church on Monday and Tuesday. Talley has given 12 pints and Burger eight pints since starting three years ago. Talley, a nurse technician, recalls fear at first but now feels good helping others and enjoys visiting the Blood.
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First Methodist Church
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Audrain Medical Center
Helen Talley
AMC
Mexico United Methodist Church
Dragnet Out For Two Kidnapers
FBI joins nationwide dragnet for two men in the Chowchilla schoolbus kidnaping after a third man surrendered in Oakland Richard Allen Schoenfeld and his brother James L Schoenfeld are named along with Frederick N Woods IV in local warrants with 27 counts of kidnapping and 16 counts of armed robbery Bail set at 1 million each and warrants sealed for 10 days Victims were missing for 18 hours after the July 15 abduction in Chowchilla California
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Calif
FBI
Richard Allen Schoenfeld
Oakland
Alameda County
Schoenfeld
James L
Frederick N. Woods IV
Madera
Edward Merrill
Symbionese Liberation Army
Joseph Remiro
Atherton
San Francisco
Dist
Lowell Jensen
Jensen
U S Talks With PLO On Beirut Evacuation
U S officials say direct contact with Yasir Arafat's PLO is needed to evacuate Americans from Beirut as PLO control in parts of Lebanon grows. State Dept stresses no policy change toward recognizing the PLO, while noting its rising regional influence and involvement in security issues amid Syria's Lebanon push. The Ford administration weighs Palestinian fate in broader Middle East settlement debates.
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Lebanon
United States
Yasir Arafat
Beirut
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State Department
PLO
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Syria
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Ford Administration
Middle East
Ford
Seven States to File Suit Against 13 Cent Mail Rate
Seven states including Maine New Jersey Massachusetts Florida Indiana New Mexico and Texas will challenge the 13 cent first class rate in U S Court of Appeals saying the rate covers costs not tied to mailing a letter The suit follows ongoing challenges to the postal rate hike and mirrors an earlier suit by 11 states now on appeal The Postal Service says the rate reflects costs and aims to fund other classes of mail
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Joseph Brennan
Brennan
U.S. Court of Appeals
Postal Service Plan
Postal Rate Commission
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Massachusetts
Florida
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New Mexico
Texas
U.S. District Court
National
Court of Appeals
Christians Gain In Beirut Battle
Christians said they had overrun much of Nabaa after a heavy artillery barrage as the Arab League announced a tentative cease-fire in Lebanon's civil war. Fighting persisted in Beirut's port area and mountains east, with more than 170 killed and 235 wounded since Friday night, lifting total casualties to about 39,000. Fires raged in Nabaa near Tal Zaatar, as Christian forces and their opponents claimed advances amid ongoing street fighting and shelling of Tal Zaatar where Red Cross aid efforts sought to evacuate wounded from underground bunkers.
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Lebanon
Nabaa
Arab League
Tal Zaatar
Jean Hoefliger
Red Cross
Vandals Open Four Hydrants Darken Mexico Water
Missouri Cutlera water Co workers labored to restore normal pressure after vandals opened four fire hydrants in Mexico on Friday night. Division manager Orville Willis warned of fire danger as pressure fell from 70 to 35 pounds per square inch. By morning pressure rose to about 45 pounds, still low. Residents advised to contact police if hydrants are tampered with and to note license numbers or car descriptions.
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