Mondale Receives City Key In Cincinnati Transit Dedication
Vice President Walter Mondale visited Cincinnati for a three hour tour and dedication of a 1.6 million mass transit bus system. He received a key to the city from 33 year old Mayor Gerald Springer who had just been sworn in as a young city leader. Mondale spoke at a 100 dollar per plate dinner for U S Representative Thomas Luken before returning to Washington.
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Walter F. ‘Fritz’ Mondale
Mondale
Gerald Springer
Washington
U.S
Thomas Luken
Ohio
Nixon letter price soars at Waldorf auction
A 1971 letter Richard M. Nixon wrote to Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Aldrich sold for 6,250 dollars at the Waldorf-Astoria auction, the highest price for a living person’s letter. Dealer Mary Benjamin bought it, beating the previous record of 3,000 dollars for Jacqueline Kennedy’s letter.
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Richard M. Nixon
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Charles Hamilton
Thomas A. Aldrich
U.S. Air Force
Azores
Mary Benjamin
Walter R. Benjamin Inc
Hunter
N.Y
Jacqueline Kennedy
Graham in India Preaches Amid Typhoon Disaster Toll
Billy Graham tours four Indian states to preach at a crusade named the good news festival. The trip follows Cyclone and tidal wave devastation in south India with about 15000 dead or missing as Calcutta hosts the start and Hyderabad looms in Andhra Pradesh.
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India
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Graham
South India
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh
Graham predicts Africa to be 80 percent Christian by century end
The evangelist moved over $100000 from his emergency relief fund and later preached in Madras and Kerala struck by November cyclones. Speaking to reporters Thursday he forecast Africa would be 80 percent Christian by the end of the 20th century while warning the United States faces a spiritual struggle between God and the devil.
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Graham
Africa
United States
Prince Philip Makes Brief Stop in Fredericton
Prince Philip halted at Fredericton airport en route to a Royal Canadian Regiment base. About a dozen reporters and spectators watched as his car passed a gate and an interior light flashed. The visit, private and ending soon for Britain, drew a brief public glimpse.
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Canada
Prince Philip
Royal Canadian Regiment
Britain
Cemetery board weighs sprinkler bids for South Park Cemetery
The city Cemetery Board unanamously votes to consider four bids for an underground sprinkler system covering about 40 acres after opening at South Park Cemetery. Bids range from 96,872 to 176,320 with other bids 168,500 and 173,846. The board delays final action about 10 days to consult chairman Sim B. Christy IV and city engineers.
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City Cemetery Board
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White
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el Paso
Lee Landscape Co
Albuquerque
Los Patios Firm
Corrales
Site Development Co
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Daily Record
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Southwestern Toro Co
Sloan Accepts Mississippi Coaching Post at Press Conference
Steve Sloan, Texas Tech head coach, accepts the University of Mississippi job in a Lubbock press conference. Sloan, moved to tears, could not announce himself. he succeeds Ken Cooper as Ole Miss coach.
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Texas Tech Red Raiders
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Lubbock
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Misty Eyes
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Market Report Stocks Mixed As Trading Improves
New York AP reports a mixed stock market with moderate activity and a better overall tone than the Dow. The Dow Jones average slid 2.77 to 822.94 at noon, NYSE volume reached 8.97 million shares, and the NYSE composite fell 0.12 to 52.22 as British Petroleum led active list with a 4 point drop to 15.34.
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British Petroleum
Carter posts travel plans for late 1978 overseas trips
White House press secretary Jody Powell said President Carter would depart Washington December 29 on a nine day tour to Poland Iran India Saudi Arabia France and Belgium. A spring trip is planned between March 24 and April 3 to Venezuela Brazil and Nigeria with potential additional stops.
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Middle East
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Saudi Arabia
France
Belgium
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Brazil
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Powell
Bermuda hangs two convicted murderers
In Hamilton Bermuda two black convicts Erskine Burrows and Larry Tacklyn were hanged at dawn after a night of rioting. Burrows killed Sir Richard Sharples the governor and his aide, and two supermarket executives. Tacklyn aided in the same 1973 ho ld up.
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Bermuda
Erskine Burrows
Larry Tacklyn
New York
Burrows
Tacklyn
Black Beret Cadres
Richard Sharples
de Camp
Hugh Sayers
George Duckett
Chaves County Tax Deadline Extended to Saturday Opening
County Treasurer Gail Harris announces a 5 p.m. Monday cutoff to pay taxes with penalties and interest after the deadline. The treasurer’s office will stay open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Monday and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday to allow payments, with Saturday entry through the south courthouse door.
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Chaves County
Gail Harris
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