Neck and Neck Campaign Near Finish Line
Ford calls race tied as Carter says weather could decide it. Harris poll shows Carter up 45 to 44 with McCarthy 4 and 7 undecided. Poll margins vary by region, with Carter leading the South and East and Ford leading the Midwest and West. Campaign routes span Milwaukee to Philadelphia and beyond as both sides press economic issue framing.
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Dave Riley
Associated Press
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Houston
Carter
Toledo
Ohio
Harris
ABC News
Eugene McCarthy
South
East
Midwest
West
Texas
Philadelphia
Syracuse
Buffalo
N.Y
Bob Dole
Tulsa
Okla
New Orleans
Walter Mondale
Economy Slipping Raises Doubts Near Election
Washington reports show a 5 percent drop in farm prices from Sept 15 to Oct 15, marking a third straight monthly decline and a 9 percent year over year drop. Factory layoffs rose to 1.5 percent, with 413,000 workers in 637 strikes, including 170,000 auto workers at Ford. Ford’s third-quarter earnings fell due to a month-long UAW strike, though without it, earnings might have hit a record. Leading indicators also fell seven-tenths of 1 percent in September, signaling slowing momentum.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
National Farmers Union
Labor Department
U.S
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
Ford
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Chrysler
Hallowesta Weather Decision on Evening Activities
The Ottawa Jaycees face a weather decision this afternoon on canceling Hallowesta events set for this evening in the 200 block of Main. A 1 pm meeting of chair Kent Lash and officials will determine if activities proceed. KOFO will announce the outcome, with winners of pumpkin carving and window decorating to be noted in Monday's Herald if canceled. The haunted house at the Gambles building remains open from 7 pm.
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Kent Lash
Ottawa Jaycees
KOFO
Herald
Gambles
Awaiting Its Fate By Joan Istas
An aging Memorial Auditorium at Third and Hickory sits locked and quiet yet filled with memories of World War I. Photographs of local veterans line the upstairs room while a faded past lives on in the stage, balcony, and 1,400 seats awaiting new performances and hope for renewal.
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Joan Istas
Memorial Auditorium
Third and
Hickory
Warren C. Black
Quincy Russell Seymour
Edgar W. Seymour
Wilbur Stevenson
Victor Wendell Welton
Roy Little
Claude J. Oschel
Leo Lantis
Paul L. Mathias
Ralph Guy
Verne H. Day
Absentees Dog Budget Hearing On State Finances
In Topeka AGP coverage, state treasurer Joan Finney and Gov. Robert Bennett were absent as the Division of Budget weighed a request to restore funds for the treasurer’s office backlog cleanup. Assistant treasurer Glen Deitcher spoke of needed computer costs and a target to finish reconciling April and May by November’s end. The session also reviewed Kansas Public Employees Retirement System figures, with a modest budget adjustment and notes on potential Social Security alternatives.
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Topeka
Kan
Division of Budget
Joan Finney
Robert Bennett
Emporia
Glen Deitcher
Deitcher
James Bibb
State Division of Accounts and Reports
Finney
Bennett
Kansas Public Employes Retirement System
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Franklin County
Virginia Docking
Garnett
Bill Roy
Nathan Dean
Georgia
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Omni
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Ray Hartshorn
Ransom Bennett
Fred J. Bivins
Lloyd Fogleman
Charles C. Geiger
Paul B. Gamble
William Hocking
Lucky Hostetter
Joe L. Kramer
Oren Henderson
U. S. Mitchell
Aron Marconette
Howard Kissinger
John Kelsey
Paul Overstreet
George Stewart
Jack Day
American Legion
The
Soil Conservation Service
Federal Ad Bank
Kansas City Star
John Corkhill
Corkhill
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