Rules on delegates for 1976 stirs battle
GOP convention opens in Miami Beach as leaders seek to avert floor fights over delegate apportionment for 1976. Agnew’s possible candidacy looms while Ed Brooke Anne Armstrong and Richard Lugar headline the opening keynote lineup.
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Senate
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Texas
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National Committee
Richard Lugar
Indianapolis
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Six Craft Unions Reassess Position in AmShip Strike
In Lorain six craft unions with about 600 workers meet to reconsider their stance as the American Ship Building Co yard faces a shutdown by Machinists Local 1024. The six unions had ratified a new three year agreement amid the dispute.
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American Ship Building Co
Lorain Yard
the &4Nember International Brotherhood of Machinists
Toledo
Chicago
Paul Tietjen
American Ship
Harvey Krieg
Boilermakers Local 358
KRIEG
Clark Johnson
Machinists
Johnson
Escape plot foiled at Ohio Pen in bold strike warning
An escape attempt described as a big one involved 10 to 13 inmates at Ohio Pen and was foiled when a guard spotted activity in a conference room wall. Tools and civilian clothes were hidden between walls. plans failed about a third of the way through a three foot thick stone barrier.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Harold J. Cardwell
Cardwell
Priser
Trivia Try These Game Debuts in Chronicle Tele Gram
A new weekly trivia feature titled Trivia Try These starts today in The Chronicle Telegram on page 9. It runs Monday through Friday and challenges readers to recall inconsequential facts such as Hopalong Cassidy's horse Topper and actor Glenn Strange who plays Sam the Bartender on Gunsmoke.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Hopalong Cassidy
Topper
Sam
Glenn Strange
GOP Platform Outlines Nixon War Stance and Tax Reform
Miami Beach AP reports a Republican draft platform endorses Nixon's Vietnam war conditions and opposes deep defense cuts. It calls for no amnesty for war resisters, end to wage price controls, tax reform including property tax relief, a cap on federal spending, and opposition to busing. It also supports voluntary school prayer and anti discrimination measures for women.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
Weather Outlook With Warm Sunshine And Rain Chance
Today's forecast calls for upper 80s and sunny to partly cloudy skies. Highs near 86, lows mid to upper 70s with a chance of showers late tonight. tomorrow warm with variable clouds and a chance of thundershowers. Rain probability rises from 1 to 48 percent. southeasterly winds to 12 mph, then southwest tonight.
Area's GOP slate looks for peaceful convention
Ohio delegates at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach foresee peaceful, uneventful sessions despite a minor flare up with antiwar demonstrators. Governor Rockefeller was to speak at a delegation breakfast as plans for grassroots Nixon support groups and staff briefings were outlined.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Fla
Ohio
Lorain County
A.D. Baumbhart
Lorain
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Nixon
White House
Robert Dole
Republican Party
Baumhart
Keith McNamara
Columbus
Ohio Committee
George McGovern
Copernicus Space Observatory Rockets Into Orbit
The $82 million Copernicus satellite, the heaviest and costliest NASA observatory, launched from Cape Kennedy aboard an Atlas Centaur booster at 6 28 a m and reached orbit over 460 miles high. It carries six telescopes to study star birth, interstellar clouds, ultraviolet light, and X rays, with instruments from Princeton University and University College London.
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United States
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Princeton University
University College of London
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