Carter Campaign Swing Aids Democratic Fundraising
President Carter, still tired from the Camp David summit, campaigns in Aliquippa near Pittsburgh and then Columbus Ohio. He attends a Jefferson Jackson Day dinner to raise money for nine statewide candidates including Lt. Gov. Celeste and GOP challenger Rhodes.
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Washington
Carter
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Aliquippa
Pittsburgh
Gene Atkinson
Columbus
Richard F Celeste
James A Rhodes
Ford and Reagan eye 1980 race on GOP tax blitz
Ford and Reagan headlined a three day GOP tax blitz as they floated 1980 ambitions in separate news conferences. Reagan said a distinct possibility exists he will seek the nomination again while Ford welcomed more candidates in the race. Both backed the Roth-Kemp tax proposal and noted Proposition 13 as a Mobilizing issue for 1978. Reagan left the door open to a 1980 bid, not deciding until next year.
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Reagan
Chicago
Los Angeles
California
Somoza ready to end riot after Esteli siege in Nicaragua
Government forces claim Esteli fell after a two week uprising against President Anastasio Somoza. Somoza says he is ready to talk with opposition leaders to end the riot that killed about 1500. Red Cross reports hundreds dead and mass burials as thousands evacuate.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
National Guard
Esteli
Esteh
Somoza
Associated Press
Leon
Masaya
Chinandega
No second plane involved in Navy Orion crash
Federal investigators say there is no evidence of a second aircraft in the midair explosion that destroyed a Navy P-3 Orion, killing eight crewmen from Brunswick Naval Air Station. Bodies recovered Friday. Names withheld pending next of kin notification. Cause undetermined. it was said reports of two planes colliding were unfounded.
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Maine
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Brunswick Naval Air Station
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Huge Cairo welcome for Sadat after Camp David talks
Cairo throngs greet President Anwar Sadat with a hero of peace reception. Tens of thousands fill streets, banners praised the Camp David outline for Egyptian Israeli peace. Government organized special transport, shops lit with colors, crowds cheer the returning leader.
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Sadat
Cooling tower blamed as Legionnaires' source at Baptist Hospital
In Memphis Tennessee medical researchers identify a cooling tower on an air conditioning unit at Baptist Hospital as the Legionnaires' outbreak source. Lab tests found a bacterium similar to Legionnaires' in the tower water as it was sealed and decontaminated with chlorine. Dr George Lovejoy said the source has been identified and decontaminated. A CDC spokeswoman noted Baptist Hospital was the first private institution to isolate the Legionnaires' bacterium.
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Baptist Hospital
George Lovejoy
Memphis
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
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Marks
CIA
Fidel Castro
John F Kennedy
Dallas
Kennedy
Castro
Clear and cool tonight with mild Sunday warmth
The forecast calls for clear and cool conditions tonight with lows in the upper 40s to near 50. Sunday will be mostly sunny and somewhat warmer with highs from 70 to 75. The extended outlook shows fair weather Monday through Wednesday with mild days and cool nights, highs in the 70s and lows in the mid 40s to low 50s.
Middfest 78 Festivities Fill City Weekend Schedule
The Middfest celebration runs through tomorrow with games rides music and exhibitions across Civil War camp demonstrations medieval displays and a big public dance at the Senior Citizens Center costing $2. The itinerary lists numerous activities including concerts at Middletown Symphony Orchestra and City Building Plaza events, a German Beer Garden Jaycees booths a dog show and a morning fly-in breakfast at Hook Field along with open houses and a 2 and 7.5 mile runs.
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Senior Citizens Center
Police Department and Historical Society
Middletown
Jaycees
Women’s Club
Middletown Sympany Orchestra
Hook Field
City
Plaza
Air Force
Oil fields keep Vance occupied during Middle East tour
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, delaying Damascus talks, visits Saudi oil fields en route to Syria. He seeks moderate Arab support for Camp David, facing stiff opposition from hardliners led by Khadafy and Arafat, who failed to sway King Hussein.
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Syria
Cyrus Vance
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Washington
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Muammar Khadaty
Libya
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Hussein
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Hussein Khadafy
Helms Clashes With Assassinations Panel Over Castro Plots
Former CIA Director Richard Helms faced sharp questions from the House Assassinations Committee about plots to kill Fidel Castro and the mistreatment of Soviet defector Yuri Nosenko. The hearing revealed tensions over CIA methods, with Helms defending actions while acknowledging long solitary confinement and questioning the legality and ethics of such measures.
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Warren Commission
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Yuri Nosenko
Soviet Union
Harold Sawyer
R-Mich
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