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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1976
Page
3
In a DMZ clash, about 30 North Korean guards armed with axes and pikes killed two U S Army officers and wounded four enlisted men and five South Koreans. Three North Koreans are believed killed, unconfirmed.
Texas delegates at the Republican National Convention pledged to Reagan as a 100-member block. David Keller of Houston tore down a Ford sign in protest as Texas voted for a Reagan backed rule on vice presidential selection, a rule later defeated. Delegation chair Ray Barnhart called the defeat a setback while noting ongoing tensions with Ford supporters and debates over unity.
Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan, both longtime campaigners, stood in contrast during the Republican convention. Ford danced briefly with Tony Orlando at a session, urged vetting more women into government, and kept private talks in the convention suites. Reagan spoke little, toured nursing centers and teas, and pressed her husband for the top spot.
The GOP faction seeks unity at the convention by adopting a platform amendment favorable to Ronald Reagan. Ford supporters accepted the change after a tense session, with Nelson Rockefeller confirming the decision by phone. Reagan had earlier failed to force a premature vice presidential pick and the convention retained pro life language amid abortion rulings. The Morality in Foreign Policy amendment criticized detente and praised Solzhenitsyn while warning against neglect of Soviet bloc nations.
The Census Bureau report finds 81.6 percent of women who married after pregnancy remained with their husbands by 1970, vs 85.5 percent who were not pregnant at marriage. It notes 52.6 percent of first children born to black mothers in 1969 were illegitimate, vs 10.1 percent for white mothers, and discusses birth control and education's role in illegitimacy differences.
The roll call at the Republican convention showed New Jersey delegates largely opposing the Ford vice presidential amendment after Sears tried a poll. The repoll confirmed 62 votes against with four for and one abstention. The final tally on the amendment was 1,180 to 1,069, reflecting failed guerrilla tactics to influence Ford’s running mate timing and potential fallout with delegates.
Houston attorney Donald Yarbrough, Democratic nominee for the Texas State Supreme Court, faces a grievance committee with about 30 complaints. A Sept. 1 decision is expected on possible actions from reprimand to disbarment after a June civil trial found fraud and gross negligence. Yarbrough remains in the race as two write-in opponents enter the general election.
The FBI opened an intensive probe into offers of payoffs to switch Illinois delegates from Ford to Reagan during the convention. Gov Ogilvie named Eddie Mack Jones and Marie Goodlow as recipients, with a third non Illinois delegate also reporting, while Reagan Illinois chairman Totten denied offering money.
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