Liza Hurriane Devastates Baja Peninsula Killing and Missing
Hurricane Liza tore through the Baja California peninsula leaving at least 600 dead or missing. Rescue teams recovered hundreds of bodies in La Paz as floodwaters swept towns, vehicles, and shanties into the Gulf of California. President Echeverria visited La Paz to oversee relief as power and communications collapsed and aid planes arrived.
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LA Paz
Mexico
UPI
Liza
Baja Peninsula
Gulf of California
Ignacio Bernal
Red Cross
Baja California
Bernal
Baja State
Eliseo Zamora
Cajoncito
Luis Echeverria
Pacific Ocean
Sonora
Sinaloa
Chihuahua
el Paso
Tex
U.S
Congress Ends 94th Session Before Election
The 94th Congress closed with election day a month away. Democrats hailed the session as productive. Republicans called it a failure. The House adjourned at 1:37 a.m. EDT and the Senate at 2:52 a.m. with no posturing, just accountability votes and partial successes.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Carter tied to free Georgia plantation weekend
United Press International reports Jimmy Carter faced a political issue as campaign HQ confirms he received a free weekend in 1972 at a Brunswick Pulp and Paper Co. plantation and visited again in 1973. In Washington, Ford faces a mid-decade census bill moving the count to 1985 and retaining civil penalties.
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United Press International
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Georgia
Atlanta
South
Brunswick Pulp and Paper Co
Washington
UPI
Ford
House
FBI Finds No Substantial Evidence Ford Campaign Probe
The FBI completed its field inquiry into possible campaign financing irregularities involving President Ford and found no substantial evidence of illegal activity. The NYT notes the bureau will finalize its report for Watergate Special Prosecutor Charles Ruff in the coming days after checking records and interviewing sources.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
Ford
New York Times
Watergate
Charles Ruff
Weather and births in Republic area October 2 1976
Clear night with lows in upper 40s to low 50s and near zero rain chance. Friday high 69 and low 41 with births reported for Reed Willard area DeAnda Attica and Gibson Willard. Daisy M Friend 85 Milan reported as death.
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Thomas Reed
Republic
Willard Area
Juan DeAnda
Willard
Paul Holmer
Attica
Merle Gibson
Daisy M. Friend
Milan
Opinion Line: Welfare and religious views poll prompts call-in votes
Friday poll on whether strikers should receive food stamps shows 77.3 percent against and 22.7 percent in favor. Respondents also weigh if religious views of presidential candidates matter in elections and are urged to call in votes by midnight.
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Huron County Welfare
Grant Walls
Butz Campaign Visit Planned in Norwalk Amid Controversy
Rep. John Ashbrook supports Earl Butz campaign stop in Norwalk High School cafeteria Monday at 9 a.m. amid reports of disparaging remarks by Butz. Officials confirm the Norwalk visit and related Ohio Farm Bureau and state agricultural leaders will accompany Butz and Ashbrook on a daylong itinerary ending with a noon luncheon in Mansfield.
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John Ashbrook
Gerald Ford
Earl Butz
Butz
Norwalk
Ashbrook
Ohio
Johnstown
Tom van Meter
Ashland
Mansfield
Grotto Hall
Ohio Secretary of Agriculture
John Stackhouse
Bill Swank
Ohio Farm Bureau
Roy Cottman
Ohio State Unversity School of Agriculture
St Paul High Faces Monroeville at Whitney Field
Newark Weekend reports St Paul High hosts Monroeville in a football clash at Whitney Field starting at 8 p.m. Tonight's showdown features local teams continuing their season with a night game under lights.
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St. Paul
Monroeville
Whitney Field
Senators Demand Butz Dismissal Over Offensive Remarks
President Ford reprimanded Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz for highly offensive comments about black voters. Senators from both parties pressed for his firing, citing the risk to Ford’s re election prospects and party support. Butz apologized and said he regretted any offense.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Earl Butz
Butz
White House
Agriculture Secretary
Oval Office
Ron Nelsen
Nessen
Agriculture Department
Carter condemns Butz remark as disgraceful and seeks firing
Jimmy Carter called Earl Butz remarks about blacks disgraceful and said they provide another reason to fire the cabinet member. Ford had reprimanded Butz for highly offensive language about black voters and John Dean witnessed the remark on a Kansas City flight.
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Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Senate
Midwest
Brooke
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Ford
Butz
Clifford Case
New Jersey
Charles Mathias
Maryland
George McGovern
D-S.d
Kansas City
John W. Dean
White House
Richard Nixon
Dean
Rolling Stone
New Times
Pope Paul
Pittsburgh
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Earl Butz
John Dean
GOP
Carter
Norwalk Plans Bid Call for Raw Water Line Project
Norwalk City Council will act on an emergency ordinance to authorize bidding for a $750000 raw waterline from the east branch of the Huron River to Memorial Reservoir. Mayor Goodsite says federal Public Works grant eligibility hinges on passage.
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Norwalk
Huron River
Memorial Reservoir
Council
West Main Street
Goodsite
Starkey Nursing Home Sold to Wolfe Investment Co
Starkey Nursing Home at 196 West Main Street was sold to Wolfe Investment Co of Lima for 32 dollars. The transfer followed a prior deed moving the property from Mr and Mrs Kermitt Starkey to Twilight Garden Homes Inc, with Starkey as president and Hipp as secretary-treasurer. Twilight Gardens sold to Wolfe Investment, with Mrs Starkey away but expected to ease the transfer back to Lima firm when needed. Wolfe plans to build and own a new nursing home while Starkey intends to continue operating the current facility during the transition.
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Starkey Nursing Home
Main St
Wolfe Investment Co
Lima
Huron County Recorder's Office
Wolfe Investment
Kermitt Starkey
Twilight Garden Homes. Inc
Starkey
Charles Hipp
Twilight Gardens Homes
Hipp
Hore Wolfe Investment
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94Th Congress
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