Jackson Appears to Impress GOP on Black Voter Strategy
Jesse Jackson wowed Republicans with a plan to mobilize black voters without ceding to one party or another. GOP Chairman Bill Brock praised his rhetoric, sparking talk of a future Jackson as a Republican candidate in Illinois. Jackson said no registration or candidacy plans exist, while Brock hinted at 1980 considerations. They spoke by phone and planned another meeting.
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Jesse Jackson
GOP
Bill Brock
Jackson
Illinois
Brock
Adlai FE. Stevenson
D-Ill
Good and bad vibes for Bob Brown’s wired rat repellent
Bob Brown of Hipass California claims a better mousetrap with an electric guitar tied to a wired rat repellent box. A wire mishap allegedly scatters rats and excites rock fans. Brown built a business reaching about 1.5 million dollars yearly, facing FDA attention questions about safety and regulation.
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Bob Brown
Hipass
Calif
Brown
Food and Drug Administration
British Company Discovers Possible Gold Bonanza by Red Sea
A British mining group reports a potential new gold bonanza beneath the sands along the Red Sea coast in Saudi Arabia. The find suggests wealth beyond oil, as the kingdom’s natural riches appear far from exhausted.
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Saudi Arabia
Red Sea
Newsprint price hike spreads as industry tests 320 per ton
The AP reports higher newsprint costs spread to about half of North America’s producers with a new price of 320 per ton set effective April 1. Analysts say the rise may be the year’s only increase, driven by labor and raw material costs, with Canadian mills leading price momentum. Major papers expect modest downstream effects on newsstand prices.
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Ruth Landa
NEW York (Ap
Clifford Bowles
Great Lakes Paper Co
North America
Frederic Coffman
House
of White, We
Dunleavy
Coffman
Los Angeles Times
Times-Mirror Co
Times
The
New York Times
This Day in History February 3 1978 Highlights
On February 3 1978 key events include the United States breaking diplomatic relations with Germany in 1917 over unrestricted submarine warfare and the Illinois Territory being created in 1809. Also noted are the Dirigo launching in 1894, the 16th Amendment ratified in 1913, Wilson’s death in 1924, Manila recaptured in 1945, the first soft lunar landing in 1966, and Cuba anti-revolutionary convictions in 1975. Birthdays mention James Michener and Norman Rockwell. The Times faced a newsprint price increase impacting costs.
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Associated Press
United States
Germany
Illinois
Bath
Maine
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Manila
Communist Party
Anibal Escalante
Cuba
South Vietnam
Ethiopia
Tafari Banti
Addis Ababa
James Michener
Norman Rockwell
Carter aims at a steady peace through strong alliance ties
President Carter tightens bonds with the Joint Chiefs, orders quick strike teams for Africa and the Middle East, and boosts Western Europe defenses while avoiding provocation. He faces Soviet pressure, African Horn brinkmanship, and a US drug policy seen as lax as Coast Guard cases expose loopholes.
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Washington
Carter
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Jimmy Carter
America
Africa
African Horn
Somalia
Kremlin
Europe
Joint Chiefs
NATO
Middle East
Persian Gulf
White House
Coast Guard
U.S
United States
Isla de Aruba
Florida
Columbia
Just Musin by Alton Hughes Howard’s Pecos Studio Founder
A biographical sketch chronicles W F Howard who ran Howard's Studio in Pecos for 33 years. Born 1876 in Blount county Alabama, he learned photography, served in the US Army during the Philippine conflict, contracted TB, and earned a discharge in 1903. He later opened a studio with his brother in Albertville before relocating to Pecos with his wife Mattie Rice in 1909. He and Mattie had two sons, Cyril and Milford.
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W.F. Howard
Howard
Pecos
West Texas
William Franklin Howard
Blount County
Alabama
Albertville
Moses S. Howard
Parthena Tuck Howard
Moses Howard
Boaz
United States Army
Phillipines
Ft. Bayard
New Mexico
Mattie Adeline Rice
Mattie
Atlas Rice
Atlas
Lamelle West
Lutherville
Maryland
Howards
Thomas Cyril
Milford S. Howard
Milford
Mealy
Texas
Texas and Pacific
Carlsbad
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
New York
Abitibi-Price Co
Macmillan Bloedel Ltd
Consolidated-Bathurst Ltd
Bowater Southern Paper Cor
Kimberly-Clark Corp
Boise Cascade Corp
Crown Zellerbach Corp
British Columbia Forest Products Lt. International Paper Co
Jack Anderson
Merry
By Jack Anderson
Calabres
Colombia
Yosuru
Jose Gregorio
Yosuvu
Capitol Hill
Mario Biaggi
D-N.y
Cyrus Vance
Brock Adams
Adams
Japan
Flying Tiger Airlines
IRS
Musin
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