Opinion and Comment On the GOP convention in Kansas City
The Republican National Convention opens in Kansas City with debates over nominees and a potential third candidate. Reagan names Richard Schweiker as running mate, Ford's choice remains unsettled, and a Buckley bid may emerge. The piece stresses the aim to select a winner acceptable to Republicans and independents.
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Mystery Legionnaires Illness Stuns Philadelphia Convention
The Legionnaires disease mystery leaves 27 dead and 127 sick after a Philadelphia convention. Investigators narrow to two possible toxins from ice machines or tainted salad dressings, with no definite cause and uncertainty about future outbreaks.
Confidential reports claim Soviet Cuban athletes are trained and pampered
Washington sources reveal intelligence documents alleging that Communist bloc athletes receive special training and privileges since the 1960s. Cuban gymnasts and boxers allegedly train year round under political indoctrination, with state support including housing, food, clothing, and even travel, to project Marxist-Leninist success at the Olympics.
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Dark cloud over the GOP at national convention
Kansas City report on an uneasy GOP convention as conservatives rise yet Republican identifications fall. Voters split with Democrats, surveys show liberal Democrats shift rightward, GOP faces weak rally from the conservative surge while poll trends hint Carter's path remains contested.
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Reagan plays dividing GOP
Senator Jesse Helms drives a right wing gambit to topple Ford at the convention by using issues like Panama détente and right to work to peel away uncommitted delegates. The plan risks inflaming the party and repeating 1964 style divisions as conservatives seek to control the GOP by sidelining middle roaders. Rockefeller warns against emotionalism and urges moral judgment while Reaganites face backlash over a strategy they once denied.
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Ripoffs of the poor by the privileged should be told
Washington column by a union leader argues the media misleads readers about welfare and the rich. It details health care cost growth, Medicare fraud risks, and nursing home profiteering, calling for reform through accountability, cost control, and public oversight.
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