Ford and Reagan scramble for Missouri delegates
Ford and Reagan battle for uncommitted Missouri delegates at the GOP state convention in Springfield. Each met with delegates as Ford proclaimed he could be elected and Reagan touted stronger candidacy versus Carter. Carter bent on securing the Democratic nomination with 1,269.5 pledged delegates. he planned talks with Wallace and Udall.
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Ford
Ronald Reagan
Missouri
California
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Carter
Alabama
George Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
Arizona
Morris Udall
New York
Jody Powell
Associated Press
Udall
Delaware
3 Percent Unemployment Plank Endorsed in Platform
Washington AP A portion of the Democratic platform calling for unemployment down to 3 percent for adult Americans within four years received preliminary approval from the platform drafting subcommittee. Michael Barnes said the draft showed little change from the tentative staff proposal as the panel moved to sections on busing and school desegregation.
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Democratic Party
Michael Barnes
Platform Committee
Barnes
Mercenary Chief Takes Full Blame in Angola Court
Tony Callan, alias Costas Georgiou, admitted direct command over captured mercenaries in the Angolan civil war and accepted responsibility for crimes. He refused to answer further questions, saying all detainees were under his orders as the court considered death sentences for several foreigners.
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Luanda
Angola
Tony Callan
People's Court
Callan
Costas Georgiou
McKenzie
U S and Mexico discuss exchange of drug offenders
US and Mexico raised the possibility of swapping citizens jailed in each country for Mexican offenders held in the United States. Kissinger said discussions on prisoner exchange would begin soon as part of broader talks in Mexico City with President Echeverria.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
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U.S
A.S
Luis Echeverria
Ford
Jose Lopez Portillo
Cuba
Angola
Tanjug
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Jamaica
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