Campaigns Push Unity and Debates Amid Election Tension
President Ford calls party factions to a unity strategy session as Robert Dole joins Ford in Des Moines for campaign planning. Carter stays close to home after West and Midwest foray. Mondale urges calmer tone on court-ordered busing as debates talks proceed with the League of Women Voters. Fires in Minnesota burn 3000 acres. containment expected today. Nickel linked to legionnaires disease strengthens cause for nickel carbonyl gas theory. Opponents call for veto of Michigan UP Seafarer grid project. CBS’s Schorr faces contempt questions over sources. Congress remains split on federal abortion funding in a labor bill.
Ford narrows Carter lead to ten points in new poll
Ford cuts Carter's lead to ten points from the 23 point margin after a Gallup poll of 1,016 registered voters. Carter leads 49 to 39 as Ford plots unity strategy with Dole Rockefeller and Connally. Carter defends embargo language amid Labor Day swing and Iowa State Fair events. Mondale criticizes Ford on school busing during travel in New York and Chicago.
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James Baker III
Iowa State Fair
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Walter Mondale
New York
Mondale
Chicago
Harrisburg
Zulus rampage in Soweto as racial violence erupts in South Africa
Reported clashes spread from Meadowlands to Naledi and Emdeni in Soweto with schools evacuated and police fire heard from early today. Officials tally 273 nonwhite deaths since rioting began on June 16 amid a three day work boycott and rising tensions in Johannesburg area.
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South African Press Association
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Weather and local notes hint at mild shower risks
Partly sunny and warm with muggy air may trigger a shower. Ex coach Bob White moves from Albany to Lodi causing rain-delay effects at a city slow pitch tournament. Monroe Hotel remains central, with sports details promised on page 6. Eating pork not a flu factor cited by state officials.
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Sponsors Sought for Cheese Days Parade in Monroe
The Cheese Days committee seeks sponsors for the Sept 19 parade in Monroe. Businesses and individuals may sponsor various units including 20 Pony Hitch, Rockford Pipe and Drums, Freeport Pipe Band, Edwin Lund Pony Team, Zor Shrine Pipes and Drums, and a Shannon Illinois German Band. Sponsorship details, contact Virgil Leopold, and event plans for coin beanies towels and sales proceeds are provided.
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Turner Hall
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Rockford Pipe and
Freeport Pipe Band
Edwin Lund
Zor Shrine
Madison
Shannon
Australian AFS student Sue Bird arrives in Monroe
Sue Bird 17 of Lance Creek Australia joins Monroe High School as an AFS exchange student. She travelled July 17 from Sydney via San Francisco after a 1342 hour flight, spent two days in San Francisco for Stanford orientation, then rode to Milwaukee and Madison to meet her host family the Ablemans. She plans to study music French math social studies and English while here and aims to become a needlework teacher. She notes pancakes and donuts for breakfast as a new American habit and looks forward to winter. The local AFS group will welcome her at a get-together at Twining Park North Shelter House.
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Lynn
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Joy
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Monroe
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Twining Park
Olson charged in deaths of two Monroe teens
Harry E. Olson, 48, appeared before Judge Franz W. Brand and was arraigned on a homicide by intoxicated driver charge. The crash June 16 at Haddinger and Richland roads in Clarno killed Cheryl A. Dalen and Debra K. Golackson, injured Kenneth J. Rufener and Dennis L. Timm. Olson, driving the other vehicle, allegedly ran a stop sign. blood test showed high blood alcohol content. A Sept. 23 preliminary hearing was set. Olson posted a $2,500 signature bond.
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11Th Ave
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Haddinger Road
Richland Road
Clarno Township
Monroe
Cheryl A. Dalen
Debra K. Golackson
Kenneth J. Rufener
Dennis L. Timm
Timm
Olson
John Lewis
Green Co
Timm Auto
Wis. Crime Laboratory
Brand
Rifleman holds eight hostage on Cleveland Terminal Tower
A gunman on the 36th floor of Terminal Tower holds eight people in the Chessie Building near Public Square. Police report possible gunfire but cannot confirm. A hostage contacts a news editor, claiming instruction to reach media outlets. Entrances and access to the Square are blocked.
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Cleveland
Public Square
Carl Miller
Huntington
W.va
Chessie
Miller
Chessie System, Inc
Cheese Days Drum Corps Meet Sets Prices at Gate
Admission to the Saturday night Drum and Bugle Corps Competition and Exhibition costs $2 with Cheese Days buttons or $3 at the gate. Children under 12 admitted free with an adult. Buttons sold at the Monroe Chamber of Commerce and several local shops on the square.
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Wisconsin Dept. of
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Janice Wettach
Augie Burgi
Green County Ag Chest
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Madison
Bill Lanz
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Lanz
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Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps
Rockford, Ill
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Drum and Bugle Corps
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Kieth Seward
Chamber of Commerce
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