Campaigns near election day test big name races
A 50 state survey finds Republicans may gain modestly in House seats, with many contest outcomes hinging on statewide voting. Key races in New York California Massachusetts Oregon Missouri and others could tilt control of the House and Senate as candidates like Rockefeller Reagan and Brooke vie for pivotal seats.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
Senate
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Frank D. O'Connor
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Paul L. Adams
California
Ronald Reagan
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Brown
Illinois
Massachusetts
Oregon
Charles H. Percy
Paul Douglas
Edward W. Brooke
Endicott Peabody
Brooke
Peabody
Leverett Saltonstall
Mark Hatfield
Robert B. Duncan
Hatfield
Maurine Neuberger
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Mennen Williams
Williams
George Romney
Griffin
Alabama
Mississippi
Prentiss Walker
James O. Eastland
Ocratic
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Margaret M. Heckler
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Alaska
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Virginia
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
New Jersey
South Dakota
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
Idaho
Delaware
Montana
Tennessee
Texas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Vey
Lee Metcalf
Tim Babcock
Frank G. Clement
Ross Bass
Howard H. Baker Jr
John G. Tower
Waggoner Carr
Doubr
Omaha World-Herald
Carl Curtis
Frank Morrison
Milward Simpson
Cliff Hansen
Tono Roncalio
Ernest F. Hollings
Donald Russell
Marshall Parker
Hollings
Parker
Connecticut
Florida
Hawaii
Maryland
Nevada
Vermont
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Preston J. Moore
Oklahoma City
The
American Legion
Dewey F. Bartlett
Robert E. Smylie
Don Samuelson
Cecil Andrus
Charles Herndon
Perry Swisher
Philip W. Jungert
Andrus
Arizona
Jack Williams
Phoenix
Sam Goddard
Puffin Found Empty After Transatlantic Row
Canadian destroyer Chaudiere found the Puffin overturned 600 miles southeast of Newfoundland. The log ends Sept 3 with no sign of David Johnstone and John Hoare, who left Virginia Beach May 21 to row to Land’s End, England. The effort, long tracked by Britain and Canada, ends without survivors.
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Ronald Thomson London
Atlantic
United States
England
Defense Ministry
Johnstone
John
Puffin
mid-Atlantic
Colin Mudie
Under Apple Tree Dig For Perry Andrews Model T
Hundreds of antique car buffs gathered in Detroit to dig up Perry Andrews’ buried 1926 Model T Ford amid rain. The event, inspired by Detroit Historical Museum efforts, drew U.S. Senator Robert P. Griffin and locals, but the remains unearthed were mostly tin cans and scraps, leaving whether the car is truly found disputed.
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H.L. Schwartz
Lnl
Detroit, Mich
King Tut
Perry Andrews
Andrews
Morris
Perry
Ford
Jay Marquis
U.S
Robert P. Griffin
Griffin
Arthur Allen
Harvey Versteeg
Detroit Historical Museum
Versteeg
Bernard Keith
Keith
Detroit
Mich
W Lan
UNM Project Approved in New Mexico Budget Plan
The State Board of Educational Finance okayed a $1.1 million business building for the University of New Mexico and the first phase of a 1 200 student dormitory complex costing $1.5 million. The board deferred final action on an Institute of Public Law and Services seeking government courses, calling for further study.
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Lish
BEF
Bill Gilbert
Jack M. Campbell
Pueblo Honor Students Named Honor Roll for First Six Weeks
Pueblo Junior High School announces honor roll status for the first six weeks of the current school year. Principal Thomas G. Earnest lists freshmen and grade levels with names including Sharon Allen, Jane Barrer, Chris Bernard, Barbara Anderson, Scott Eaton, Sarah Martin, Laura Wilson and many others.
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Pueblo Junior High School
Thomas G. Earnest
Sharon Allen
Jane Barrer
Chris Bernard
Pamela Brown
David Clark
Ruth Ann Copeland
Kathy Currin
Scott Eaton
Chip Graham
Susan Green
Dorothy Grogs
Craig Hairston
Abby Harris
Hope Hayes
Pamela Hill
Bill Hillman
Janet Karr
Nora Nelson
Melanie Polk
Katy Puckett
Carolyn Read
Gene Ray
Frances Rivera
Gail Sears
Pat Shanon
Linda Spinnler
Diane van Eaton
Debbie Worstell
Jeff Walter
Paula Young
Barbara Anderson
Janet Barbe
Cathy Beames
Barbara Boehms
Emily Cauhope
Mary Edwards
Lisa Finley
Paula Fowler
Cathy Garvey
Deborah Hardin
Sharon Hawthorne
Janice Kasten
Clare Kennelley
Sarah Martin
Elaine Park
Leila Parrott
Betty Read
Rebecca Ray
Charles Riordan
Jim Shepherd
Laura Snead
Hunter Summers
Mike Steed
Larry van Eaton
Glenn West
Cynthia Ward
Steve Cook
Janey Davis
Bobby Eaton
Stacey Edmiston
Scott Helbing
Amy Henslee
Joe Ingram
Jean Pinson
Becky Tedrow
Laura Wilson
Tools Worth $325 Taken by Thieves
Randle Ryde reported that tools valued at 325 dollars were stolen from a house under construction at 2510 Gage Drive after an intruder cut the screen. Missing items include two sanders an electric saw and several other tools.
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Randle Ryde
W. Tilden
Ryde
Gage Drive
Sanders
James Ritty Invented Cash Register in 1879
Ohio inventor James Ritty created the first cash register in 1879 marking the start of mechanized retail accounting. The device aimed to record sales and deter theft, influencing later business machines and point of sale systems.
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James Ritty
Ohio
Patricia Scott Becomes Pledge at Highlands University
LAS VEGAS Patricia Scott a freshman from Roswell became a pledge of Delta Zeta in sorority ceremonies last week. Scott a journalism major is the daughter of Col and Mrs D R Scott 1009 Highland. She was one of six pledges this fall.
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Las Vegas
Patricia Scott
Highlands University
Roswell
Delta Zeta
Miss Scott
D. R. Scott
Highland
Group Sets Up Camp On Grant Land Claim Near Ghost Ranch
Members of the Federal Alliance of Land Grants camped near Ghost Ranch Abiquiu Rio Arriba County claiming more than 500000 acres of northern New Mexico forests and lands based on old Spanish land grants. A spokesman said the action is peaceful while state police monitor the scene and comment on potential forest service implications.
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Ghost Ranch
New Mexico
Ghos Ranch
Abiqui
Rio Arrib County
Federal Alliance of Land Grants
U.S
Albuquerqu
John Bradford
Santa Fe
Carson National Forests
Southwest Regional
William D Hurst
Alliance
Forest Service
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Belmond
UPI Telephoto
Chaudiere
Newfoundland
Faith
Ministry of de
Model T
Ford Motor Co
William Morris Sr
UNM
Pueblo
N. Main Rosweil
N. Mex
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