Poll Gives Slight Advantage To Carter
In Radnor, AP poll of 1,071 registered voters taken after the second presidential debate shows Carter ahead 38.2 percent to 34.6 percent for Ford, with 27.2 percent calling it a draw or unsure. Results align with Carter's consistent gains across multiple questions, reversing the first debate outcome. The poll notes a 2.9 percent margin of error and cites Chilton Research Services.
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Chilton Research Services
Housing Rehab Program Tops Priority Listing
The city council allocates 526000 in Community Development funds with 17 Citizens Advisory Committee members voting Wednesday to top the housing rehabilitation program as the highest priority. Other top priorities include Boulevard Street construction, town branch work, a large family housing project, and Courtney Child Care funding, with winterization and OATS operating costs also in the mix.
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Citizens Advisory Committee Initia
Gary Eide
Eide
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Courtney Child Care, Inc
Courtney
E. Breckenridge
Happy House
N. Wade
Older Adults Transportation Service
OATS
Quinnie Benton
New Thai Military Ruler Clamps On Martial Law
Bangkok reports show Sangad Chalwya imposing martial law after clashes left at least 26 dead and 180 wounded. About 3,000 students were arrested, press curbs imposed, and public gatherings banned as tanks and barbed wire appeared near government offices. Schools closed and all detainees held without bail.
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Sangad Chalwya
Sangad
Rightless
Seni Pramoj
Idyllic Mexican visit ends with theft in Los Angeles
Australian Mr and Mrs Capper honeymooned in Mexico with Mrs Duncan’s family and photographed fall scenery. In a Holiday Inn room near the convention center their camera gear, films, jewelry and hundreds of photographs were stolen last night, leaving them to fly home with memories only.
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Tom Duncan
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Eric Clapper
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Convention Center
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Capper
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Missouri
Japan
Duncans
Melbourne
Los Angeles Times
Ancceas
P Lane
Work On Cannon Dam Now 70% Completed
The Clarence Cannon Dam in Ralls County reaches 70 percent completion after six years of construction begun in December 1970. Massman Construction Co estimates full completion by early 1980 with the dam structure nearly finished by July, as 187,000 cubic yards of concrete poured this summer raises progress to 64 percent. The project ultimately cost about 215 million dollars, with the dam rising to 138 feet and a relocated Route 1 roadway atop. A Salt River pilot channel is being excavated to guide flow through three temporary spillways next fall.
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Clarence Cannon
Massman Construction Co
Kansas City
Massman
John Still
Still
Salt River
Huntington
Cannon Dam
Richard Vance
Campaign Debate Sparks Foreign Policy Focus Across Campaign
President Ford and Jimmy Carter clashed in a lively second debate as voters cited Carter with a narrow edge in AP polling. They differed on Panama Canal Zone talks, Soviet restraint, and Arab boycott disclosures, while both claimed strong performances and emphasized foreign and defense policy.
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Ford
Jimmy Carter
Associated Press
Carter
Europe
Panama Canal Zone
Palace of Fine Arts
Future Boycotters To Be Listed
Washington AP says a Commerce Department spokesman noted the administration plans to name U S business firms that observe the Arab boycott of Israel in the future. The move appears to diverge from promised disclosures by President Ford and followed his debate remark that the department will disclose companies that participated in the boycott.
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Carter
United States
Soviet Union
Israel
Europe
Washington
Commerce Department
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Congress
Jimmy Carter
Department of Commerce
Social Security tax base rises to 16500 next year
Washington AP reports the taxable earnings base for Social Security rises to 16 500, lifting the maximum employee tax from 895 95 to 965 25 and the self employed cap to 1 003 50. About 19 million workers over the base will pay higher taxes starting Jan 1 while 1.3 million retirees may earn 3 000 without reducing checks.
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Wetterau Florsheim Workers Vote On Contract
Wetterau and Florsheim workers brace for contract ratification votes this week. Local 250 United Shoe Workers meet at Union Hall 1408 W Promenade St to decide on a two year deal while Wetterau Food Services drivers and warehouse staff back a contract starting at 4 am Saturday. Local 790 United Brick and Clay Workers persist in picketing A P Green Refractories Co plants in Mexico and Fulton after a lopsided rejection of a proposed contract.
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United Shoe Workers of America
Florsheim Shoe Co
Lewis Elson
Pete Harris
Wetterau
United Brick and Clay Workers
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Fulton
Wayne Murray
International
Final Ledger Poll Shows Republican Leads in Ledgerland
The Ledger reports three Republican candidates holding lead in the final week of non-scientific local polling. Danforth leads Hearnes 3 to 1 in AG race. Ford outscores Carter 6 to 4. Bond leads Teasdale 6 to 4. Final poll form appears on Page 9. full results to follow later this month.
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John Danforth
Warren E. Hearnes
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Gov. Christopher
Bond
Joe Teasdale
Today
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