GOP Unite Behind Ford Dole Ticket and Carter Debate
In Kansas City Republicans rally behind a Ford Dole ticket with underdog promise and a possible debate with Democrat Jimmy Carter. Dole offers to debate Mondale as Ford signals changes to vice presidential selection rules. Carter presses for debates to expose both programs while Reagan contemplates unity after Ford’s victory speech.
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Kansas City, Mo
Middle America
Gerald R. Ford
Robert Dole
Jimmy Carter
Plains
Carter
Ford
White House
Richard Cheney
Cheney
Ronald Reagan
Nancy
Reagan
Lead in Disappearance Case Tied to Leavenworth Boy
Police plan to question a 16-year-old Leavenworth youth held on a murder-like petition in the disappearance of Murray Bachar last August from Ft Leavenworth. A skeleton found along downtown railroad tracks is believed to be Bachar, while searches on the 10 mile square reservation yielded no trace.
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Leavenworth
Leavenworth County
Murray Bachar
Frank Robertston
Ft. Leavenworth
Robertson
New York State
Ford Strategy Is To Abandon South
AP sources say President Ford aides plan to concede the South and much of the Northeast in the fall, with the campaign targeting the industrial belt from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin as the major battleground. Carter implies Ford’s choice of Bob Dole as running mate may cede the South to Carter.
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ST. Louis
South
Northeast
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Post-Dispatch
Carter
Sen
Bob Dole
Kansas
Georgia
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Jersey
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New England
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
Connecticut
Rocky Mountain States
Pacific Coast
Reagan Backers Ready To Support Ford Ticket Nationwide
In Kansas City AP poll of Reagan delegates, about four in five backers say they will work for the Ford Dole ticket in the fall. More than a third plan to back other Republicans. A minority show no enthusiasm, while many explain timing affects future commitment.
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Ford Ticket
Kansas City, Mo
Ronald Reagan
Associated Press
Ford
Peggy Watke
Nevada
Darvon Daroxy Propoxyphene issued under tighter controls
Federal regulators urged strict limits on Darvon prescriptions citing abuse and potential death. The FDA proposed capping refills and tighter inventory controls after studies linked propoxyphene to overdose deaths, with DEA seeking Section 4 controls. Eli Lilly declined comment.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
U.S
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
Darvon
Alexander M. Schmidt
Area Weather Forecast for COUNTY
Sunny and hot through Saturday with highs in the mid to upper 90s. Clear tonight with lows in the mid 60s. Southerly winds around 15 mph tonight.
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