Carter leads fade in ABC News Harris poll in 1978 era
In a head to head trial Carter trails Kennedy by 63-32 percent among Democrats and independents, Kennedy leading across regions and demographic groups. The ABC News Harris survey of 967 voters shows Kennedy with wide margins in East 69-25, West 71-26, South 57-37, big cities 64-32, and rural 61-35. Kennedy leads across education, age, gender, religion, and unions, signaling deep Carter dissatisfaction within the party with Kennedy poised as strongest challenger.
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Louis Harris
Edward Kennedy
Carter
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Jerry Brown
Brown
ABC News- Harris
South
White House
Sen
Coupon Clipping Becomes Big Savings Hobby Across America
Coupon clipping drives major grocery savings with double and triple offers. Families save, ASm Nielsen reports 73 billion coupons in 1978, 55 percent in newspapers. Consumers plan purchases, combine coupons with local promos, and file coupons by category and date.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
A.C. Nielsen Co
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Midwest
New York Metropolitan
New England
Illinois State Fair Opens With Parade Theme and Disco
Springfield AP Illinois State Fair starts with the theme Illinois on parade featuring agricultural events races contests and carnival foods. The fair includes a solar powered hot water heater design contest with $5 000 in prizes and a nightly disco dance at the Illinois building. Admission adjustments apply and grandstand acts range from Bill Cosby to Chicago with harness and USAC racing totals surpassing $898 000 in prize money.
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Springfield
Illinois
Margaret Newell
Illinois Institute of Natural Resources
United States
Auto Club
Tony Bettenhausen
Alan Crowe
Foreign investors buy 1455 acres in Illinois farmland
GAO finds foreign buyers acquired 1455 acres across 15 Illinois counties in an 18 month period ending in 1978. Illinois had 2 percent turnover, the lowest among 10 states surveyed, with Netherlands Antilles investors leading activity. Arab buyers played no role. Georgia led with 43,265 acres. Chicago report notes nationwide totals: 8 percent of 248,146 acres in 148 counties.
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States News Service
Washington
Illinois
Government Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Henry, Lee
Stephenson
Iowa
Georgia
Senate Agriculture Committee
Netherlands Antilles
West Indies
Netherland-Antilles
Netherlands
Italy
Tornadoes rip state in northern Illinois storms
The National Weather Service ended a tornado watch as storms moved out of the state. A tornado touched down near Polo damaging about 10 farms with extensive barn and outbuilding damage and livestock losses. Another tornado hit near Mount Morris damaging a home with no injuries. High winds caused power outages and hail at O’Hare delayed flights.
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Associated Press
Illinois
National Weather Service
Illinois-Wisconsin
Tazewell County
Ogle County
Jerry Brooks
Polo
Brooks
Mount Morris
Jim Brocker
Chicago
O’hare International
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DuPage County
Chicago Area
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AIR
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Jack Nicklaus
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