Belle Threatens East Coast as Thousands Flee NC Coasts
Hurricane Belle with 110 mph winds moved toward the East Coast prompting mass evacuations from North Carolina resorts. Forecasters warned the Outer Banks could face the storm's western edge while Cape Cod and Long Island might be hit late Monday. Shelters opened as daytime evacuations continued along US 158 and in Kill Devil Hills.
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Cape Hatteras
N.C
North Carolina
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Cape Cod
Mass
Long Island
N.Y
Kitty Hawk
Cape Lookout
Merrimack River
National Weather Service
Morehead City
Hatteras
Hope
Shrimp Festival Bright with Boats and Crab Race Fun
The Seadrift Shrimp Festival drew about 2000 people from nearby Texas towns and as far as Florida for old fashioned fun. Leroy Key led music while 13 decorated shrimp boats paraded, with first prize to Captain Rayburn Haynie, second to Captain Wesley Blevins, and third to Captain Jimmy Haynie. A crab race for youngsters, won by David Dworaczyk, Michelle Hadley, and Eddie Deal, added prizes from local merchants.
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Sara Jester
Texas
Florida
Leroy Key
Chamber of Commerce
Bay Front Park
Charlie Adams
Sam
Madden
Western Auto
David Dworaczyk
Michelle Hadley
Aransas Pass
Eddie Deal
Seadrift
Calhoun County Rodeo Queen Contest Tonight
The Calhoun County fairgrounds arena hosts the annual youth rodeo queen contest with three senior finalists Donna Davis Pam Wright and Sherilyn Walthall. One queen will be chosen from 353 contestants after patterns and western pleasure riding judged on personality attire and horsemanship.
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Calhoun County Fairgrounds
Calhoun County
Donna Davis
Pam Wright
Sherilyn Walthall
Carol Rau
Pete Wright
Joyce Shillings
Rodeo
Ford Seeks Unity Amid Criticism of Connally
President Ford warned Republicans against public criticism of John B. Connally as a potential running mate. He urged keeping comments to the private process of evaluating candidates. Ford also said Reagan harmed his own bid by picking Schweiker and noted he may not reveal his choice until after the August 18 GOP convention.
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Camp David
Ford
John B. Connally
Ronald Reagan
Richard S. Schweiker
GOP
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Commerce
Elliot L. Richardson
Platform Draft of GOP Troubled
Kansas City AP report on GOP platform drafting tensions at the convention as Reagan supporters press for rules changes. The Resolutions Committee faces hearings over issues including the Panama Canal and Soviet relations, with a Reagan message urging inclusion but avoiding widening topics like abortion.
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Kansas City
Ronald Reagan
Resolutions Committee
Reagan
Ford
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
James P. Lucier
Helms
Panama Canal
Soviet Union
Canal
Phone Rate Study Set For Point Comfort Board
A special work session to study recommendations on a General Telephone Co rate increase is scheduled for tonight, with a decision at the regular aldermen meeting Tuesday. The advisory panel urged 16.8 percent, down from an initial 60.2 percent request. Both meetings start at 7 p.m. at Point Comfort City Hall and are open to the public.
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Point Comfort Citizens Advisory Committee
General Telephone Co
Board of Aldermen
Point Comfort Aldermen
Point Comfort City Hall
Park Plans Talk Set for Port Lavaca Pier Improvements
Port Lavaca fishing pier park improvement plans were submitted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department using $350,000 state funds. The City Council referred the plans to the Recreation and Parks Board for recommendation, with a 7:30 p.m. meeting at City Hall Annex, 306 E Mahan.
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Port Lavaca
Recreation and Parks Board
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Parks Board
City Hall
E. Mahan
Health officials study Legion convention escapees in search of link
Harrisburg AP reports health officials broaden the legionnaires disease probe to include attendees who did not fall ill. 27 deaths and 125 illnesses tied to a Philadelphia state American Legion convention prompt questionnaires to July 21 24 attendees, with possible state funding for a fulltime investigative team if needed.
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Harrisburg
American Legion
Philadelphia
Leonard Bachman
Pennsylvania
Dennie Byle
Hazleton
U S Mexico OK Fishing Treaty
Florida official says the pact requires a full pullout of U S shrimp boats from Mexican waters within 200 miles by 1980 with a 30 year phased withdrawal and fees for remaining vessels. About 318 boats exit first year. grouper and snapper boats capped at 52 fishing within the zone. shrimp fees set at 2086 dollars and 514 dollars for snapper and grouper.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Mexico
United States
Florida
Ford
Harmon Shields Shields
Mexico City
Shields
Weather forecast calls for warm humid days
Clear to partly cloudy with little temperature change through Tuesday. Highs in the mid 90s, lows in the low 70s. East to southeast winds 8 to 15 mph, seas under three feet, tides, sunrise and sunset times, and barometric pressure noted.
Viking 1 shovel arm repaired for renewed Mars digging
Viking 1 science team reports the robot arm is back in operation as data from a pyrolytic release experiment renews cautious hope for life on Mars. The test simulates Martian photosynthesis by exposing a soil microcosm to sunlight, seeking plantlike carbon uptake.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking 1
Viking
Mars
Earth
Harold Klein
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Rayburn Haynie
Wesley Blevins
Joe Haynie
Jimmy
Turner Mills
Radio Station
KNAL
Victoria
Mila Cameron
Point Comfort
Phil Martin
Clara Wilson
Alvin
Shirley Whatley
Long Mott
Sam Mello
May Ann Miller
Pete Peterson
L.J. Maher
Mozelle Davenport
Tivoli
Connally
Nixon Administration
Treasury
Mountaintop
Maryland
Iilness
Harold Davis
Beecroft Construction Co
Corpus Christi
Needham B. Smyth
Leroy Belk
Precinct 1
Bachman
Bellevue-Stratford
Benjamin Franklin
U.S., Mexico
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