Sharp Drop Recorded In GNP Growth Rate
Washington AP reports a sharp drop in the nations GNP growth rate for April through June. The Commerce Department says GNP grew 4.4 percent in volume, down from 9.2 percent in Q1, with inflation rising 5 percent and final sales up 4.7 percent. Inventories slowed after earlier buildup, affecting job creation. Personal income rose modestly in June, at four tenths of 1 percent, with per capita disposable income at 5 452 in Q2.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Ford Administration
Ford Camp Lists New Delegates
Washington AP Ford campaign reports 16 more Republican National Convention delegates for Ford including seven from Suffolk County New York and seven from Virginia plus one from Illinois Delaware Louisiana and South Carolina. Schwenk Suffolk GOP chairman says seven switched to Ford after brief talk with the candidate about federal sewer aid.
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Washington
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Virginia
Suffolk County
N.Y
Reagan
California
James Baker
Hunter
Kansas City
Associated Press
Howard H. Baker
Tennessee
New Ford Claims
Illinois
Delaware
Louisiana
South Carolina
Edwin M. Schwenk
GOP
Schwenk
Damaged Sorghum Grain Cautions from Calhoun County
Unfavorable weather dampens sorghum harvest optimism in Calhoun County as losses vary by field and variety. County Extension Agent Gilbert Heideman cautions yield reductions may occur despite stable bushel weight. He urges careful drying and storage, cleaning grain, periodic checks for hot spots and insects, and daily inspection during storage.
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Calhoun County
Gilbert Heideman
Heideman
Texas
Dick Withers
State Extension
Texas Agricultural On
District Scouts Plan Olympics and Swim Meet
Snidanola District Cub Scouts host an Olympics and swim meet at Bay Front Park Point Comfort starting 7 p.m. The event features 8 to 10 year olds with standing broad jump softball throw modified push ups sit ups and 50 yard dash in land trials. swimming includes free style relays crawlstrike relays jellyfish floats and diving with non swimmers in balloon egg pull and kick rescue events.
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Snidanola
Bay Front Park
Point Comfort
Beirut Escape Route Pending
Beirut peace talks yield agreement to create a buffer zone between Christian and Muslim sectors. The U S Embassy will attempt another road evacuation of Americans and foreigners from the capital, after a previously scheduled convoy was canceled due to ongoing fighting along the route.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Viking 1 Lands on Mars and Sends Clear Photos
Viking 1 touched down on Mars at 6:53 a.m. CDT to search for life and began transmitting sharp surface images from Chryse Planitia. Scientists hailed the milestone as a dream realized, with panoramas and soil details shaping early impressions.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Mars
Red Planet
Viking
Thomas Mutch
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Chryse Planitia
Earth
Ford
Moonwalk Anniversary Remembered Near Cincinnati
Apollo 11 hero Neil Armstrong, now a UC aerospace professor on a Lebanon farm with his family, marks the seventh anniversary of the Moon landing as Viking 1 nears Mars. President Ford proclaims Space Exploration Day to honor both milestones.
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Cincinnati
Earth
Neil Armstrong
Lebanon
Ohio
University of Cincinnati
Armstrong
Mars
Ford
Wapakoneta
David Scott
Pacific Ocean
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
Sea of Tranquility
Michael Collins
Moon
Aldrin
NASA
Collins
National Air and Space Museum
Washington
Ford pledges help as swine flu immunization stalls
President Ford vows to save the troubled swine flu program as a House panel seeks a path out of the impasse. HEW officials testify that vaccine makers cannot obtain adequate insurance to cover participation, hindering contracts with the Public Health Service. Ford says he will find a way to carry out the program with or without Congress.
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Washington
Ford
Paul Rogers
House Commerce
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
David Mathews
Public Health Service
Mathews
Congress
Weather Outlook and Vaccine Debate Highlight Day
Partly cloudy and warm with a risk of afternoon and evening thunderstorms through Wednesday. Southeast winds 6 to 14 mph, highs in the low 90s, lows around 70s. Rain chances 20 percent daily. Boating winds from the south, seas under three feet. Tides and sunset times noted. In Congress, Rogers notes 95 million swine flu doses in bulk and aims to have vaccines available by mid September if liability issues resolve. Australia reports no swine flu cases, four recent deaths from a different flu strain.
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Mathews
Rogers
D-Fla
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Taiwan
Graham Laver
John Curtin School of Medical Research
Canberra
A-Victoria
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Jet Propulsion
Viking I
JPL
Ray Bradbury
Mutch
Thomas Young
O.K
Jim Martin
Tass
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