Ford Tries To Calm Debate Controversy
Carter challenged Ford to a full news conference over campaign finances and IRS questions. Ford defended remarks on Soviet influence, insisting there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe. The campaign heatedly debated over Poland, nuclear proliferation, and the Arab boycott as Ford tours Dallas and Carter speaks in Cleveland, Lateran, and South Bend.
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Associated Press
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Ford
Europe
Carter
Cleveland
Lateran
South Bend
Dallas
John F. Kennedy
Aloysius Mabowski
Chicago
Russia
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
United States
Soviet Union
White House
Ron Nessen
Poland
Sen
Bob Dole
Hua Kuo-feng Named Mao's Successor in China
Hong Kong AP reports wall posters in Peking announce Hua Kuo-feng as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party to succeed Mao Tse-tung. Kyodo says Hua will resign the premiership and name a successor. memorial hall planned for Mao and a crystal sarcophagus placed in the capital.
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Hua Kuo-feng
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Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Cen
Tral
Japan
Kyodo
Hua
Mao
Chou En-lai
Central
China
Hsinhua
Tokyo
Hainhua
Iit
Hua Wos
Hunan
Teng Halao-ping
Chou
Teng
Wetterau Union Accepts Contract With Teamsters Local 21
Teamsters Local 21 workers including 95 to 100 Wetterau drivers and warehouse staff voted to approve a three year contract raising hourly pay by 2.12 dollars with retroactive elements and a cost of living cap. The deal, reached after multiple sessions in St Louis with mediators, provides a 40 hour guarantee and adds one holiday while health and welfare and pension plans are left for later.
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Pete ‘Harris
Harris
St. Louis
IGA
Dave Elliot
Everest Climbers Reach Summit Without Flags Planting
Dr. Chris Chandler and Bob Cormack reached Everest summit after a nine hour ascent along the southeast ridge. They spent about 30 minutes on the summit and then descended. The pair carried both U S and Nepal flags but failed to plant them due to a Sherpa guide dropping out before the final leg.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Foreign Ministry
Chris Chandler
Seattle
Waah
Bob Cormack
Boulder
Colorado
U.S
Ang
Sir Edmund Hillary
Tenzing Norgay
Chandler
Cormack
Everest
James W. Whittaker
Farang Gombu
Chander
Sherpa
North Col
Tibet
Pay Day Pause as Florsheim Shoe Plant Workers Vote Strike
Pay Day traffic slowed on Elmwood Drive as about 430 Florsheim Shoe Co. plant workers, Local 250 United Shoe Workers of America, voted Thursday night to strike. Jonnie Shamblin, 426 Bourne, carried a child while picking up pay among the group. Also, A. P. Green Refractories Co. strikers collected wages for pre strike work, following United Brick and Clay Workers 790 rejection of the company contract proposal last week.
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Elmwood Drive
Florsheim Shoe Co
United Shoe Workers of America
Jonnie Shamblin
Bourne
A. P. Green Refractories Co
United Brick and Clay Workers
Richard Vance
Florsheim Plant Set to Open Amid Strike at Mexico Facility
Florsheim Shoe Co plans to open its Mexico plant Monday for normal operations, while United Shoe Workers Local 250 says no contract exists after the old agreement expired September 30. Union members, voting 103 to 165, rejected a two year contract featuring a 60 cent wage bump and benefits, citing seniority language and pay disputes as key issues.
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Mexico
Florsheim Shoe Company
Mitchell Skorupa
Skorupa
Milasin
Lewis Elson
United Shoe Workers of America
Elson
Florsheim
Mystery Disease Threatens Africa and Global Officials
Health officials in the United States Britain and Belgium race to identify a deadly mystery illness. At least 81 deaths since mid September across Sudan and Zaire with symptoms including fever vomiting diarrhea and bleeding. WHO notes international importance while Porton Down Antwerp and Atlanta labs examine samples and travelers from Kinshasa are screened. The disease resembles Lassa fever with a high mortality rate and many cases uncounted as victims die in remote areas.
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Britain
Belgium
Sudan
Zaire
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Salisbury
Brussels
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Antwerp
U.S
Kinshasa
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