Delegate struggle intensifies as GOP fights for delegates
Ford and Reagan supporters race for the last delegates three days before the Kansas City convention. Ford leads 1122 to 1035 with 102 uncommitted while platform writers decide on the Equal Rights Amendment and keep hardline issues in play.
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Robert M. Andrews
Kansas City
UPI
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Kemper
Jimmy Carter
Reagan
ERA Convention
Canada hunts 400 for possible Lassa fever exposure
Canada faces a Lassa fever scare after a suspected case in Toronto. Olga Kamekey, 56, from St. Catharines, arrived on British Airways Flight 601 from London and is hospitalized in isolation. Health officials search 400 contacts and restrict visitors as the health minister and Etobicoke General Hospital manage the response.
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Britain
Canada
United States
Africa
Washington
Brit
Olga Kamekey
St. Catherines
Ont
Etobicoke General Hospital
British Airways
London
Frank Miller
Woman charged in shotgun death near Union home
Roberta F. Strong, 33, of Bean Hill Road Town of Union, was charged with second degree murder after a man, Lawrence D. Eldred 65, was shot once with a 12 gauge shotgun on Bean Hill Road near his home. Kunzman 18 aided in the search. Strong to be arraigned in Town of Union Justice Court.
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Broome County
Troop C
Roberta F. Strong
Bean Hill Road
Union
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Eldred
Strong
Robert Frederick Kunzman
Boswell Hill Road
Endicott
Kunzman
BCI
Union Justice Court
Welch
Taro
Terrence Hoffman
David
Dist
Peter E. Corning
Corning
Auburn court melee ends in four arrests
Four Auburn residents were arrested after a Cayuga County courthouse disturbance following a guilty verdict in a drug trial. David Taro was found guilty of fifth degree criminal possession of marijuana, while William Green David Deyo Pamela Deyo and James Armstrong faced various charges.
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Auburn
Cayuga County
David Taro
Orchard St. Gilty
William P. Green
David Deyo
Cayuga St
Pamela Deyo
Tal Zaatar siege ends as Christian forces claim camp
In Beirut, Christian troops seal Tal Zaatar after eight weeks of siege. Leftist fighters defend a northeast corner amid heavy shelling and hand-to-hand combat. A radio statement vows no surrender while Christian commanders say only about 50 defenders remain with dwindling ammo and water.
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Michael Ross
Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Tal Zaatar
T+acre
Hassan Sabry El-Kholy
Peking Warned as Earthquake Alert Prolonged
Asahi reports Peking seven point six million residents remain under earthquake alert with residents urged to stay in streets and parks after July quakes that devastated Tangshan eighty miles away. The warning, extending at least until next Wednesday, follows closures including the only restaurant open to foreigners.
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Tokyo
Peking
Asahi
Tangshan
Refinery explosion kills 12 in Louisiana
An explosion ripped through a 30 story Tenneco Oil refinery tower in Chalmette Louisiana. Twelve workers died and 10 were injured as the blast collapsed interior sections. Officials said the exact cause was unknown and no fire followed.
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Austin Wilson
St. Bernard Parish
Tenneco
Sherriff’s
Larry Cupit
Hewitt Thian
Chalmette General Hospital
Delta Field Erection Co
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Paul Montelepre
the Chalmette Hospital
Thian
Chalmette General
Hays withdraws bid for re election amid payroll sex scandal
Rep Wayne L Hays of Ohio resigns from his Senate bid citing health and harassment as the Washington Post reporting ties his downfall to Miss Elizabeth Ray. He planned to retire in 1978 and will leave office when his term ends in January.
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William Kagnholm
Liverpool
Ohio
Wayne L. Hays
Elizabeth Ray
Miss Ray
Columbiana County Board of Elections
Washington
Hays
Washington Post
Post
House Committee
House Administration
Valuable paintings stolen from Italian villa in Monza
Thieves anesthetized two guard dogs and stole 21 paintings worth about 12 million dollars from industrialist Angelo Sala's villa near Monza. The artworks by Titian, Tiepolo, Velazquez, Murillo, Rubens and Raphael drawings were taken while the Sala family was on vacation. The thiefs climbed the wall, forced the door, and struck the ground floor as the caretaker slept upstairs.
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Monza
Italy
Angelo Sala
Sala
Titian
Tiepolo
Velazquez
Murillo
Rubens
Raphael
Peregallo di Lesmo
Milan
Showers Linger Through Weekend Says Weatherman
Forecast calls for variable cloudiness with a 10 percent chance of showers tonight and tomorrow at Hancock Field. Lows near 60 to 65, highs around 80, and through Sunday the shower risk remains with daytime highs in the mid to upper 70s. A fortune teller shop sign notes "Medium prices."
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National Weather Service
Hancock Field
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