Ford blasts Carter on campaign train in Lincoln country
President Ford on the Honesty Abe campaign train accused Jimmy Carter of distorting Democratic positions and said Carter would cut defense spending by 15 billion. Carter, at a Kansas City briefing, denied saying such a cut while defending a plan to raise revenues to balance the budget.
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Weather limits for World Series in Cincinnati
The Reds and Yankees may play tonight in Cincinnati with cold weather more suited to football. Highs near the mid to upper 40s, then tomorrow morning down to the 20s. Likely game temps in the 30s with Monday highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain or snow near zero tonight.
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Florist Billy Ponder's run of bad luck continues
In El Dorado Arkansas florist Billy Ponder recounts a streak of misfortune starting with a motorcycle accident in spring and a series of incidents through summer and beyond. His car wash plans fail as hail is feared. He has faced theft, tickets, a damaged storefront, bee stings and vehicle repairs.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Billy Ponder
Ponder
Syrian and Lebanese war hopes rise as leaders meet
In Riyadh Syria orders a cease fire amid Saudi led talks with Yasser Arafat and Hafez Assad and other leaders seeking a peaceful Lebanon solution. Fighting continued in Beirut between right wing Christians and leftist forces as regional powers convene.
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Carter Opens Ohio Swing Amid World Series Parallels
Jimmy Carter arrives in Cincinnati before the World Series to address about 1,500 supporters at Lunken Airport. He huddles with Reds Manager Sparky Anderson and Yankees skipper Billy Martin then riffs on baseball as a metaphor for teamwork. About 80 antiabortion protesters observe. Carter moves on to Youngstown and Columbus before returning to Plains, Georgia.
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Minnie Pearl Treated for Exhaustion at Nashville Hospital
Nashville AP report says country humorist Minnie Pearl was treated at St Thomas Hospital for exhaustion and ordered home to rest.
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Tests to ID mystery illness at Armstrong County plant
Nearly 300 workers at the Essex International plant in Kittanning, Armstrong County, face furloughs after a second illness outbreak. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will conduct intensive tests starting Monday to determine the cause as workers report headaches nausea and dizziness with five hospitalized.
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Essex International, Inc
Pool halls become billiard parlors in historic shift
A two part Middletown School District feature outlines a 26 member curriculum committee formed in 1958 evaluating programs district wide with changes promised by the year’s chairman. A separate series highlights working women adapting to male dominated industry roles.
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Art Toalston
Massive Shanghai protests target Mao widow allies
AP report from Belgrade states hundreds of thousands of workers marched on Shanghai demanding punishment for Chiang Ching and three radical allies. Tanjug says they were arrested for plotting a coup against Hua Kuo-feng. Fai Po reports clashes between regular troops and radicals in four locations, unconfirmed.
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Daytonboy shot in hunting accident near Franklin
In Warren County a 14 year old boy named Frank Brock was wounded when his father accidentally discharged a shotgun during a hunt near Ohio 123 and Union Road. He suffered injuries to his right shoulder arm and the right side of his face and was treated at Middletown Hospital then St Elizabeth Hospital in Dayton in good condition. The sheriff department said no charges will be filed and the investigation continues.
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