Belfast riot targets Women’s Peace leaders at church
In Belfast anger flared as Roman Catholics attacked Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan after they attempted to address Turf Lodge Tenants Association. The protest followed a boy’s death from a British soldier’s plastic bullet, with the women seeking refuge in a local church amid the violence.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Women’s Peace Movement
Betty Williams
Mairead Corrigan
Turf Lodge Tenants Association
Baptists Back Ford as Carter Gains Ground in Chicago
As the campaign enters its final weeks, Ford and Carter court ethnic and religious voters. Carter spoke to Polish and Greek groups in Chicago pledging support for Eastern Europe freedom and Cyprus. Ford attended First Baptist Dallas services where Rev. Criswell endorsed him, while Carter criticized Ford over the Arab boycott stance.
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Ford
Christopher Columbus
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Our Lady of Pompeii Church
Chicago
Carter
Soviet Union
Europe
White House
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Cyprus
Israel
Congress
Treasury
William Simon
Texas
First Baptist Church of
Dallas
Residence sichanges at Wayne Hays office after resignation
Washington AP report notes shifts in the 18th district staff after Rep Wayne Hays, D-Ohio, resigned amid a sex payroll scandal. The staff downsizes, moves to Longworth, and the Washington office slows casework as a new representative approaches the November election.
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Washington
Congressman Hays
Ohio
Wayne Hays
Longworth House
Hays
Rayburn House
Longworth
Carol Clawson
Turkey race thriller ends with Paycheck trophy win
Cuero Texas hosts the Traveling Turkey Trophy of Tumultuous Triumph as Ruby Begonia and Paycheck race 150 yards in Cuero Turkeyfest. Paycheck wins the six foot trophy after Ruby's 26.4 second final leg, evening the series at two wins each between Cuero and Worthington.
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Ruby Begonia
Paycheck
Rick Scott
Associated Press
Curro
Tex
Ruby Begomia TV
Ruby
Texas
Pavcheck
Worthington
Minn
South
Cuero
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Minnesota
Taxpayers Fund Consumer Rule Participation Costs
Consumer groups can vie for federal rule making grants funded by taxpayers. Since the Magnuson Moss Act, the FTC has paid some participant expenses for hearings, with other agencies allowed to do so unless prohibited. By early September the FTC had 454 requests, approving 31 group and 1 individual grants, while 15 were denied. The FDA seeks public input on eligibility rules with an October 25 deadline.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Magnuson-Moss
Federal Trade Commission
Cipants
Comptroller General
Joel M. Platt
Illinois
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
Fishers Lane
Rockville
Lip reading course offered in Midland
Midland College and First Christian Church Senior Services announce a free lip reading course for the deaf or hard of hearing. Sessions are Mondays and Wednesdays 3 to 4 p.m. from Nov 1 to Dec 15 in the First Christian Church Conference Room. Pre register by calling Marion Fisher or Jan Reed. class limited to 20.
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Midland College
First Christian Church Senior Services
Karen Palmer
First Christian Church Conference
Marion Fisher
First Christian Church
Jan Reed
Four whooping cranes sighted headed south
ALAMOSA Colorado AP At least four whooping cranes from a conservation program are migrating south to winter nests. Two hatched in spring from Canadian eggs raised by sandhill crane foster parents along with two yearlings were seen in Colorado. A fifth has reached New Mexico, a sixth is at Idaho birth place, and a seventh is believed en route. An eighth died. This marks the second annual migration for the fostered birds, offspring of a joint U S Fish and Wildlife Service Canadian Wildlife Service effort to rebuild the species.
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Alamosa
Colo
Charles Bryant
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge
Colorado
New Mexico
Idaho
United States
Gray's Lake National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Canadian Wildlife Serive
Canada
Wood Buffalo National Park
Wood Buffalo
Sandhill
Kansas
Texas
Bryant
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Azores
Ed Yost
Yost
Atlantic Ocean
McClure
Lynn McClure
Lufkin
Kenneth J. Houghton
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Houston
Miami
Fla
National Weather Service
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Caribbean
Santo Domingo
Puerto Rico
Huntsville
Martin Tuley
Tuley
Nelson and Parton
Nashville
Tenn
Willie Nelson
Dolly Parton
Johnny Cash
Roy Clark
Grand Ole Opry House
CBS
Connally
Kansas City
Secretary of the Treasury
John Connally
Missouri
Georgia
Cowboy
Self
Ardmore
Okla
L.D. Sparks
Winnie
Austin
Billy the Kid
Caldwell
Kan
Henry Brown
Dallas-Fort Worth
Simon
Southern Baptists
Southern Baptist Convention
W.A. Criswell
Playboy
Gerald Ford
Wayne Gallagher
Dolph Briscoe
John Stemmons
Hays’ Office
Jack Edgar
Ray Schisler
Midland
Rod Drewien
University of Idaho
Drewien
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