Candidates rest wait for voters response
The article notes the final days of the 1976 presidential race with Ford and Carter ending campaigns in Michigan and Georgia and voters awaiting the outcome. It mentions President Ford voting in Grand Rapids and Carter in Plains, while Senator Dole returns home.
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Associated Press
Gerald R. Ford
Jimmy Carter
United States
Ford
Carter
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Plains
Robert Dole
Rosalynn
Atlanta
Heavy Ohio turnout as voters head to polls for key races
Reports from across Ohio show heavy turnout with voters deciding president, senator, congressmen, judges and local officials. Officials note few issues beyond standard delays and lock complications as tens of thousands of volunteers campaign door to door and by phone.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Burundi president ousted in bloodless army coup
Burundi's Michel Micombero was toppled by the army in Bujumbura in a bloodless coup. A rebel radio broadcast suggested Lt. Col. Bagaza as the likely new leader, with no casualties reported and a curfew imposed as communications were cut.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Michel Micombero
Central African Republic of Burundi
Bujumbura
Radio
Voice of
Burundi
Brussels
Bagaza
Micombero
LaRouche TV ad provokes protests after FCC ruling
A minor party candidate for president, Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr., aired a 30 minute program attacking Carter on NBC after an FCC ruling forced NBC to sell the time. Protests poured in as Carter and Ford also aired, with NBC noting hundreds of calls but not the bases. The US Labor Party seeks broad reorganization of monetary systems and claims 7 to 10 million supporters.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Ford
Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr
Labor
CBS
NBC
LaRouche
The
New York Times
Democrats
U.S. Labor Party
From
FCC
Dixville Notch gives Ford slim 2 vote lead
In Dixville Notch New Hampshire the first midnight votes show Ford ahead 13 to 11 over Carter with 25 of 26 registered voters casting ballots. One voter chose McCarthy. another's ballot was invalid. The isolated town has 18 Republicans and eight Democrats, and has a history of voting for the eventual loser. The town moderator cited the early vote as a local tradition and noted Thomas Ford relayed the result to the president.
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Dixville Notch
N.H
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Eugene McCarthy
Carter
McCarthy
U.S. Labor Party
Lyndon H. LaRoche
Neil
Tillotson
Thomas
Dartmouth College
Hanover
Thomas Ford
Richard Nixon
George McGovern
Partly cloudy skies and rain chances in midweek
The forecast calls for partly cloudy weather tonight and Wednesday with a 20 percent chance of rain. Tonight’s low near 36. Wednesday’s high around 50. Yesterday’s high 52 and overnight low 26. Extended outlook shows showers possible from Thursday through Saturday.
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Ted W. Brown
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Republican Party
Robert Taft Jr
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Metzenbaum
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Taft
District of Columbia
Gerald and
Betty Ford
East
Mice
Chris Dawson
Ann Landers
Heloise
Middletown
Area
Federal Communications Commission
Lyndon Larouche
Dixville
Balsams
Neil Tillotson
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