Ford and Dole Back Underdog GOP Ticket in Kansas City
The Republicans unite behind Ford and Dole as Mondale debates are proposed to extend Senate style discussions into campaigns. Ford presses for debate reform on vice presidential selection while Carter calls for face to face exchanges on programs. Cheney notes Ford secretly added a debate challenge to his acceptance speech.
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GOP
Jimmy Carter
Dole
Senate
Walter Mondale
Mondale
Ford
Republican National Committee
Carter
Plains
White House
Richard Cheney
Cheney
Speaking Out on Fame, Fuss, and Military Manners
Gene Douglas vents about offending readers with controversial jokes and public reporting. He reflects on public meetings, press freedom, and the pull between controversy and popular sentiment while recalling service, rank, and the bad behavior of officers. He notes how humor can spark backlash and how reporting duties clash with personal reactions.
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Gene Douglas
Enterprise
Rubber strike hits Pecos pocketbooks
Remote as it may seem a strike in Akron and the northern United States is hitting Pecos directly in its pocketbook. The nationwide rubber strike against Goodyear Goodrich Uniroyal and Firestone is three months old and spreading, driving tire prices up 7.5 to 18 percent and draining local inventories. Goodyear and Firestone dealers report sharply higher costs, with Urias noting a 16.5 percent rise in steel radial tires since Aug. 1 and Taylor warning shipments may not arrive for months as Pecos inventories dwindle from 153 tires.
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Akron
Ohio
United States
Pecos
Automotive Proving Ground
Goodyear
Goodrich
Uniroyal
Firestone
David Urias
Pecos Tire Company
Randy Taylor
Urias
Arias
Taylor
Odessa
Vic Springer
Springer
Associated Press
United Rubber Worker
Peter Bommarito
Cleveland
Bommarito
Soufriere Volcano Calm Forecast Near Term
French officials expect a calm period of at least 20 days at the Soufriere volcano in Guadeloupe after aerial observations. Evacuated farmers may return Monday under ongoing scientific supervision, with nightly departures by truck. The area remains ash covered and scented with sulfur as rains cleanse crops.
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Pointe-A-Pitre
Guadeloupe
Olivier Stirn
Stirn
CIA study shows duplication of work across agencies
Washington AP report states that U S intelligence agencies duplicated efforts abroad and stressed quantity over quality in data gathering. The declassified study, prepared under a director, helped trigger a major overhaul of the intelligence community in 1971.
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Washington
U.S
Merchants welcome teachers at Pecos High cafeteria
Merchants extend a warm welcome to new Pecos High School teachers at a Wednesday luncheon in the school cafeteria. Barbara Armstrong and the chamber women hosted with punch and cookies while Bob Miller and local merchants circulated, meeting and greeting the new staff and saying welcome back to returning teachers.
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Pecos
Barbara Armstrong
Chamber
Bob Miller
CB club plans meeting to clean up airwaves
Cantaloupe City CB club members invite local operators and the public to an 8 p.m. meeting in the Pecos community center banquet room. President Glen Vandiver says taped recordings show profanity and solicitations on the airwaves and will be played to spur participation. All interested people may attend regardless of club membership.
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Cantaloupe City
CB Club
Pecos
Glen Vandiver
Vandiver
Publisher to correct city directory errors
Chamber Executive Terry Burns said he had received many comments about errors in the city directory. He urged anyone with an error to contact him for a corrected version to be sent to Johnson Publishing. Copies of the directory could be requested by writing Johnson Publishing Co., P.O. Box 445, Loveland, CO 80537, weather permitting after the flood.
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Chamber
Terry Burns
Burns
Johnson
Johnson Publishing Co
P.O
Loveland, Co
Two US fighter squadrons sent to Korea after Panmunjom killings
U S Defense Department reports F4 Phantom jets from Okinawa and F11s from Mountain Home Air Force Base to Korea as Washington deploys airpower after two American officers were killed by North Korean guards in Panmunjom. Kissinger notes precautionary measures. Dottie storms off Florida coast with hurricane watch from Jacksonville to Cape Hatteras as winds top 50 mph but not yet hurricane strength.
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Seoul
South Korea
United States
Panmunjom
Chung Hee Park
U.S. Defense Department
Okinawa
Korea
Mountain Home Air Force Base
Idaho
Washington
Pentagon
North Korea
Henry A. Kissinger
North
Miami
Dottie
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Joe Pelissier
Fron
Pelissier
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Mance
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