Bush Sees New Hampshire Win Clearing Path to Nomination
Bush argues a New Hampshire victory would propel him toward the Republican nomination, while Reagan plans a stronger Granite State push after losing Iowa. Kennedy warns of a must-win in New Hampshire following his Iowa defeat, as Carter consolidates support in New England ahead of the February 26 primary.
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Tim Ahern
Associated Press
George Bush
New Hampshire
Ronald Reagan
Bush
Iowa
Edward M. Kennedy
Carter
New England
Keene
Reagan
Los Angeles
Granite State
Kennedy
Washington
Iran
Afghanistan
Massachusetts
Maine
Mexico and Texas governors hail friendship under cross border visit
Governor Alfonso Martinez Dominguez of Nuevo Leon praised Bill Clements as a good friend of Mexico after Texas hosted the Mexican leader's first state visit to the region. Clements declared Texas Nuevo Leon Friendship Day and urged equal treatment by Washington as both governors discussed tourism and cross border cooperation.
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Austin
Texas
Alfonso Martinez Dominguez
Nuevo Leon
Mexico
Bill Clements
Clements
Martinez Dominguez
Coahuila
Tamaulipas
Chihuahua
Senate
Washington
Martinez Domnguez
Space flight postponed at Houston center
Technical problems forced a 30 hour simulated space shuttle flight postponement at Space Center Houston. The orbiter Columbia and crew John Young and Bob Crippen were ready but simulation equipment issues caused the delay. The 30 hour test aims to evaluate plans and procedures over an extended period.
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Space Center, Houston
John Young
Bob Crippen
Carter weighs peacetime draft registration with Congress
President Carter reportedly considers asking Congress to authorize peacetime registration for draft-age youths. White House sources say the idea may originate internally as military manpower problems and a renewed defense focus press Congress. Officials declined comment and it was unclear if the proposal would appear in the State of the Union address.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
Defense Department
Pentagon
Defense
Harold Brown
Witch's trial begins after rights claim in Texas slaying
In Plainview Texas defense attorney Travis Shelton contends Loy Dean Stone was denied Miranda rights when officers searched his property after the Halloween 1977 death of Roxanne Casa 15. Four deputies testified that Stone was not read his rights. Stone and his wife Louise face murder charges. Mrs Stone has a separate trial. The Stones are leaders in a Wiccan church seeking reincarnation and psychic powers.
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Plainview, Texas
Travis Shelton
Loy Dean Stone
Stone
Roxanne Casa
Louise
Oil slick drifts near Texas coast prompts Coast Guard flights
Coast Guard resumes Gulf reconnaissance after discovery of a 9000 square mile slick 150 by 60 miles, drifting south of Texas. Officials say it poses no immediate coastal threat but could reach Brownsville if uncapped, with NOAA and satellite buoy tracking currents and predicting movement toward late April.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
U.S. Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Gerald Hinson
Hinson
Brownsville
National Atmospheric and Oceanic People
Mexico
NOAA
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Pecos
Future Farmers of America
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Pecos Feed
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New
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U.S
Europe
Robert C. Byrd
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Shelton
Martin
L.E. Stone
Gunnels
Stones
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