Ford narrows potential running mates to four
President Ford’s camp has trimmed the list of possible running mates to four: Elliot Richardson William Simon William Scranton and Howard Baker. Uncommitted delegates were told they may learn Ford’s choice privately before Wednesday’s balloting begins with reports he quips the contest is between himself and Reagan.
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UPI
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Commerce
Elliot Richardson
Treasury
William Simon
U.N
William Scranton
Tennessee
Howard Baker
Ronald Cleagan
Baker
Scranton
Richardson
Step
Tom [Ailsback
Windis
Reagan
William Armstrong
Rcolp
Fred Whaley
St. Louis
Missouri
Teddy Bailey
Virginia
Arizona
Sen
Richard
Ford Tops Delegates in Nationwide Count for Nomination
Ford surpasses 1,130 delegates in the UPI tally and stands at 1,139 to Reagan's 1,039 as convention fights loom. Uncommitted delegates remain, with several switching to Ford amid Mississippi and New York shifts as Reagan eyes further gains but lags in the tally.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
West Virginia
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Missouri
Virginia
Colorado
Arizona
New York
Kansas City
Schweiker
New Jersey
John
Oil Firms Bid for Leases On Atlantic Ocean Floor
UPI reports a historic federal sale of Atlantic Ocean floor oil and gas leases, with high bids around 1.1 billion for 101 tracts off New Jersey Delaware and Long Island. Exxon Chevron Shell and Tenneco led activity as 60 companies placed 410 bids totaling over 3.5 billion despite environmental opposition and initial injunction battles.
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New York
UPI
mid-Atlantic
U.S. Supreme Court
New Jersey
Delaware
Long Island
Interior Department
Exxon
Chevron
Shell
Tenneco
Brooklyn
Manhattan
China records minor quake damage due to forewarning
The New China News Agency reports a 7.2 magnitude quake in northern Szechuan near Sungpan Pingwu caused very little damage because seismologists forecast the event. Strong shocks were felt in Chengdu and Wutu, with Sungpan a town of under 20,000 north of Chengtu.
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UPI
China
New China
Szechuan
Philippines
Sungpan-Pingwu
Tangshan
Golden
Colo
Chengiu
Wutu
Kansu
Sungpan
Chengtu
Appeals Court Overturns Legitimacy Trial Verdict
The Florida 1st District Court overturned a Duval County ruling and ordered a new trial for Charles Barnett who claimed to be the son of banking magnate Bion Barnett’s son William L Engle Barnett. The court found the question of legitimacy unsettled and remanded the case.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Storeclerk
William Barnett
Paris
Marcelle Perron
Charles
Martin
Florida
Viking 2 seeks safe site for Mars lander in Arcadia
Viking 2 photographs Mars Arcardia and Utopia plains as JPL weighs Sept. 3 landing options between Arcadia and two other sites. Decision Friday will judge which location offers a safer approach for the lander with a possible Arcadia landing later in the month if earlier sites prove rough.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Viking 2
Utopia Plain
Mars
Red
Arcadia Plain
Utopia
Mar
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Arcadia
JPL
Nonaligned nations urged to curb U.S. in Panama and Korea
Panamanian Gen Omar Torrijos Herrera addressed the Fifth Summit Conference of Nonaligned Nations calling US policy in the Canal Zone arrogant and aggressive and seeking support to recover Panama sovereignty. North Korea joined in urging removal of US troops from South Korea as Vietnam praised its victory over what it called American aggression and pressed for reconstruction aid.
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Sri Lanka
UPI
Panam
North Korea
U.S
Pamana Canal Zone
South Korea
Vietnam
Washington
Omar Torrijos Herrera
United States
Canal Zone
Panama
Torrijos
La Soufriere shows temporary stabilization but pressure rises
French volcanologists report La Soufriere has stabilized briefly yet continues building pressure likely to trigger a major eruption. Officials estimate 72,000 residents evacuated with thousands more leaving the danger zone as 2000 earthquakes hit the peak.
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Pointe A Pitre
Guadeloupe
UPI
la Soufriere
Michel Fouillard
Pierre Brousse
Church Collecting for VA Hospital Aid in Fort Walton Beach
The First Presbyterian Church at 134 Beal St Fort Walton Beach is the central collection point for items or money to aid the VA Center Nursing Unit Biloxi Miss burned Monday. Items for bed and dormitory patients will be sent to the V A Center by the church. Church phone 243 3782 office hours 9 a m.
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Fort Walton Beach
Beal St
Salvation Army
VA. Center
Biloxi
Miss
V.A. Center
Smathers Plans Audit Of Spending Reports
Secretary of State Bruce Smathers announces random audits of campaign spending reports to enforce Florida's who gave it who got it law. Four field investigators will select candidates to audit. findings go to the state elections commission.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Secretary of State
Smathers
Division of Elections
State Elections Commission
Council Considers Bonus Plan For City Employees
Council discusses a quarterly bonus from the general fund, proposing 100000 be divided into four payments with the first installment around Christmas. All permanent employees or those with at least six months’ service would be eligible. Budget also aims to increase donations to the Okaloosa Guidance Clinic and similar groups, with formal approval set for Sept 14.
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Walker
Evans
Okaloosa
Hunt
Council
Legionnaires' Disease Deaths Rise in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg officials report Harold Stump, 53, of Milton, the 26th Legionnaires' death, after attending the International Legion Congress in Philadelphia and staying briefly at Bellevue Stratford Hotel. A third attendee showed symptoms as outbreaks continue to prompt health warnings.
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UPI
State Health Department
Denis Lucey
Harold Stump
Milton
Geisinger Hospital
Danville
Stump
Bellevue Stratford Hotel
New York Loses Phone as Rocky Grabs Sign at Convention
At the Republican National Convention a man with Utah credentials ripped a telephone from its jack disrupting the New York state delegation. Vice President Rockefeller seized a Reagan sign from a North Carolina delegate. Tensions rose as Ford and Reagan camps jockeyed over a vice presidential choice while Betty Ford supporters jeered.
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UPI
Utah
Ford
New York State
Nelson Rockefeller
North Carolina
Reagan Ford
Betty Ford
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