Plimpton Spins Through Turbulent Balloon Race
George Plimpton joined a 25 minute hare and hound balloon race in Brevard County promoting tourism. Thunderchicken pilot Dallas Whitgenfield used a monkey wrench on a valve during a tense moment as eight balloons competed. Paul Woessner of Albuquerque won as the hound.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
George Plimpton
Thunderchicken
Plimpton
Brevard County
Dallas Whitgenfield
Paul Woessner
Alburquerque, N.M
Beatles drummer streaks unseen in Vancouver stay
Richard Starky disguised as Ringo Starr spent two weeks in Vancouver seeking solitude. A hotel spokesman said Starr avoided recognition, checked in under a false name, left Toronto due to fan pressure, and wandered unnoticed through the lobby, restaurants, theatres, and Stanley Park.
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Vancouver
Richard Starky
Ringo Starr
Starr
Toronto
President Carter’s
Christy Diehl a sixteen year old from Indianola Iowa received a kiss on the cheek from President Jimmy Carter during his visit to the Woodrow Diehl farm southeast of Indianola He spoke to eight area farmers and their wives for about ninety minutes before heading to Omaha Christy her mother Ann and grandmother Mary all described the meeting as warm and memorable Christy said she was impressed and surprised by the President’s friendliness Wendy Diehl Christy’s sister got a bear hug during the encounter
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Indianola
Iowa
Christy Diehl
President Carter
Christy
Mary
Wendy
Carter
Forged Signatures Target Canal Treaty Mail to Congress
Letters with forged signatures aimed at influencing lawmakers on the Panama Canal treaty have been reported by Rep. Romano L. Mazzoli. At least 20 offices found bogus mail, with hundreds of suspicious items bearing constituent names, prompting postal fraud investigations and concern over public opinion shaping.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Kentucky
Romano L. Mazzoli
D-Ky
Panama
Senate
House
Mazzoli
Michael Nevens
Nevens
Canal
United States
Carter debates oil policy in Denver dialogue
President Carter and Rocky Mountain Oil Association chairman Max Eliason clashed briefly over oil pricing and government limits on oil extraction during a public roundtable on Western water policy. Carter defended consumer interests while acknowledging complexity of energy policy and rejecting winning an argument.
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Denver
Carter
Rocky Mountain
Max D. Eliason
Salt Lake City
Tden
Rocky Mountain Oil Association
Eliason
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Congress
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International Federation of Air Line Pilots Association
John Kenneth Galbraith
Solitude
Stanley Park
Sen
S.J. Hayakawa
R-Calif
Pennsylvania School Boards Association
Kiss Nows
Amigos
C.A
Bud’’ Copple
New Mexico
Adm
Robert H. Wertheim
Navy
Strategic Systems Project Office
C.O
Ken’’ Kendricks
U.S
Soviet Union
Mike Kardos Photo
Wertheim
Omar Torrijos
National Guard
Torrijos
Ferguson
Artesia
Bob Ferguson
Jerry Apodaca
Ellis Finch Photo
Trinity United Methodist Church
Union
Enchilada
Alco Discount Stores
Trudy
Paul Dollahon
Bettye Melton
Concerned
Roswell
Goddard High School
Little Theater
Country Club Road
Frank Detterman
Adams Drive
Earl Hester
N. Garden
B. W. Camper
N. Delaware
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Phyllis Brown
E. Ballard
Margaret Woods
Langley Place
Concerned Citizens Group of
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N. Main
National Guard Armory
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