Debates Pivot Point in Carter Ford White House race
AP reports Carter leads in 35 states with about 440 electoral votes as Ford trails with roughly 100, ahead of the Philadelphia debate. Campaigns view the 9 minute clash as crucial to shaping voter impressions with 40 days left.
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Cosmonauts Return From Eight Day Soyuz Flight
Tass announced that Cosmonauts Valery Bykovsky and Vladimir Aksenov completed an eight day photography mission aboard Soyuz 22 and were preparing to return to earth. Both reported feeling well after landing in Moscow region.
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Weekend Weather Outlook Skies Clear With Mild Temperatures
Skies will be clear tonight and Friday with a 10 percent chance of rain. Tonight lows near 45, Friday highs near 70. Extended outlook calls for weekend highs 55 to 65 and lows around the 30s with a chance of rain Sunday and Monday.
Ford and Carter to clash in first 1976 presidential debate
The 1960s style race headlined by Ford and Carter draws an audience possibly reaching 100 million as they prepare in Philadelphia for a 9 30 p m EDT debate. The piece notes Ford tied to U S Steel lodging and Florida stays, while Carter criss crosses the nation to boost support.
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FBI Says Thefts Rise While Most Crimes Dip
FBI data show thefts up 11 percent in the first half of the year while overall crime edges up 3 percent. Murder, rape, robbery and assault largely fall, with theft rising nationwide across regions and city sizes. big city results vary with New York and Houston up, Chicago Los Angeles Philadelphia down.
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Two-year-old Chad Wagner Defies Infections at Home
In Cleveland Chad Wagner born without an immune system has lived at home for over a year aided by blood transfusions from Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital University Hospitals. He spent 372 days in isolation at the hospital and could not go home until September 18 1975 after birth in Defiance.
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Fossil finds support ancient North Atlantic land bridge theory
Scientists from the Milwaukee Public Museum and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History report first fossil evidence that a land bridge connected North America and Europe across the northern Atlantic. Ellesmere Island fossils match Western Europe and Western U S remains, suggesting Africa split from Gondwanaland long ago. The researchers estimate the continental split occurred about 45 to 48 million years ago, with Greenland Iceland and Spitsbergen as stepping stones.
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Chad Wagner survivor faces lifelong infection fears
A child named Chad who received frozen irradiated blood to save his life cannot risk common infections. His family recalls long hospital confinement, strict home care, and social isolation to protect him. Doctors call the illness incurable despite treatment gains.
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