18 Aug 1976
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1976
Page
1
At the Kansas City convention Ford led Reagan 1119 to 1010 as delegates vote on the vice presidential rule and platform issues. Ford’s victory solidifies momentum toward a possible first ballot nomination with rivals acknowledging an uphill path for Reagan.
Ohio's GOP delegation voted along lines loyal to Ford and Reagan in a rules battle ahead of the nomination ballot. The 90 Ford delegates opposed a rule requiring Ford to name a running mate before the ballot. six Reagan delegates supported it and one Ford delegate who switched allegiance cast the lone exception by Lois Leggat of Willoughby.
President Ford distances from Reagan and weighs five possible GOP vice presidential picks including Connally Baker Ruckelshaus Simon and Reagan though Connally is ruled out by White House sources. Ford would have chosen Baker if forced to reveal today, highlighting regional delegate support dynamics.
The NDCC said 3,103 deaths and at least 2,282 missing in Mindanao as quakes and 24 foot tidal waves devastate towns along the Moro Gulf. aids from the Philippines and U S. arrive to relief stricken areas. widespread damage reported with 28,716 homeless.
In Panmunjom within the demilitarized zone, about 30 North Korean guards attacked a U.N. escort group, killing two U.S. Army officers and injuring four American enlisted soldiers and fiveSouth Koreans. The U.N. Command called the deaths brutal and unprovoked, marking the first killings of Americans in the joint security area.
Tonight and Thursday will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 80s and lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. Rain chances remain minimal tonight into Thursday with a weekend shower possibility and highs in the 80s to 90s and overnight lows around 60.
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