Mid-America Fair Captures Big-Event Spirit In Topeka Wares
The feature essay recounts the Mid-America Fair in Topeka with crowds, livestock shows, and exhibits. Bulls and cows, prize pigs and pumpkins, 4-H blue ribbons, and a bustling commerce hall. Visitors ride the midway, sign up for drawings, and spend small sums for parking and thrills, planning a return next year.
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Joan Istas
Topeka
B.J. Thomas
Tanya Tucker
the Osmonds
Bobby Goldsboro
Oil Showdown Quotes Politics
President Ford backs a 45 day extension of oil price controls while Republicans and Democrats clash over a veto of a six month extension. Senate forecasts suggest the veto may be upheld, with talks hinting at a broader energy compromise and a push for natural gas decontrol to aid winter supplies. Iran’s Shah Pahlavi said OPEC will raise crude prices this month, boosting Iran’s 1975 revenues toward $22 billion.
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Washington
Ford
Senate
House
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Albert
Ford “and -Keys
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Cker
Connecticut
Roth
Democrats
Weicker
Congress
Turkey
Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlewi
OPEC
Republicans pick Kansas City for 1976 convention
The Republican National Committee unanimously chose Kansas City Missouri as the site for the 1976 GOP nominating convention, to be held at Kemper Arena from August 16 to August 19. Cleveland Ohio lost out over space concerns with hotel availability and temporary housing plans.
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Republican National Committee
Missouri City
Cleveland
Ohio
Kansas City
Edwin G. Middleton
Louis- Waime
Kiy
Alte
Kaas City
Topeka
Paul Harle
California
Middleton
National Committee
Kemper Arena
PLO Threat To US Rule in Sinai Sparks Calls to Shoot Technicians
The PLO labeled US military presence in Sinai a dual occupation and urged Arab nationalists to shoot American technicians at warning stations in the Gidi and Mitla passes. Al Thawra warned the first shot would likely come from Egyptian soldiers, while Kissinger faced Congress scrutiny amid disputed terms of the pact. In Lebanon, Christian and Muslim violence in Tripoli killed 15, with a later bus ambush killing 12 and wounding 25 as troops restored order.
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Associated Press
Palestine Liberation Organization
Sinai Desert
U.S
Sinai
PLO
al Thawra
Beirut
Gidi
Mitla
United States
Israel
Lebanon
Syria
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S. Congress
Yitzhak Rabin
ABC
Yasir Arafat
Time
Newsweek
CBS
Soviet Union
Yigal Allon
U.S. News & World Report
Mediterranean
Middle East
Tripoli
Specter of Manson Dominates Fromme Case
In Sacramento Lynette Fromme faces an attempted murder charge for aiming a .45 at President Ford. Prosecutors see no conspiracy links to Charles Manson, though followers quote him and deny orders. FBI says no evidentiary value found in interview. Fromme’s arraignment delayed. Pope Paul VI comments on violence culture.
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Charles Manson
Sacramento
Calif
Lynette
Fromme
Ford
Manson
Miss Fromme
FBI
San Quentin
Dwayne Keyes
William Kinney
Sandra Good
Tom Griffin
San Quentin Prison
Miss Good
Associated Press
Nixon
Tate-LaBianca
My Lai
Squeaky
Pope Paul VI
Moscow
United States
U.S.A
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Franklin County
Brad Gaeddert
FFA
Sacred Heart
Akron
Herbert Hoover
New York
White House
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