First Democratic Convention and the Four Year Cycle
The 1832 Baltimore convention set a precedent for national conventions to name candidates every four years. Delegates favored Andrew Jackson, with Martin Van Buren as his running mate, to maintain party unity. The event drew 334 delegates, featured a tribute to Charles Carroll, and faced DC district participation disputes before Van Buren secured the nomination on the first ballot.
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New York
Cameron
Pennsylvania
Andrew Jackson
Old Hickory
Martin van Buren
Jackson
van Buren
Eaton
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Alexander Hamilton
Baltimore Republican
Carter works on acceptance speech amid delegate edge
Jimmy Carter, with 300 more delegates than needed, drafted his acceptance speech yesterday afternoon and then walked with Rosalynn and Amy. He plans to meet Henry Jackson tonight to discuss a vice president pick while Democratic women push for half the delegates at the 1980 convention, where women make up 34.4 percent of delegates.
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Jimmy Carter
Rosalynn
Amy
Henry Jackson
Lorain County Tornado Winds Hit Lorain and Nearby Cities
A severe morning storm lashed Lorain County with tornado like winds from 66 to 90 mph, heavy rains, and lightning. Lorain, Elyria, Amherst, Oberlin, Wellington and nearby areas faced widespread damage, flooding, and power outages as trees fell and streets flooded. Police reported impassable streets in Elyria and west Lorain with outages largely cleared by mid morning.
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Amherst
Wellington
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Lake
Lodi
Amherst Hospital
Elyna
Woodland Avenue
High Street
Israel defends Entebbe raid at United Nations
Israel told the UN Security Council it was proud of rescuing more than 100 hostages from an Air France jetliner at Entebbe Uganda and urged a fight on terrorism while Uganda and other African nations condemned the raid as barbaric and unprovoked.
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Israel
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Uganda
United Nations
Air France
Entebbe
Organization of African Unity
Security Council
United States
Chaim Herzog
Amin
Armin
Juma Oris
Herzog
Hitler
Rhodes eyes major BMW shake-up plan to sell plates locally
The Rhodes administration proposes moving the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to a separate cabinet level department with 118 local deputy registrars and mail sales for license plates and renewals. A new computer complex would replace manual filing, centralizing control while keeping the highway patrol within a restructured system.
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Guy James
Rhodes
Chrontele-Telegram
OH10
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Department of Highway Safety
BMW
Oho State Highway Patrol
Oho
Department of ‘Transportation
Thomas J Moyer
Moyer
Highway Patrol
Transportation
Curtus Andrews
Andrews
Highway Safety and Administrative Services Department
BMY
Bureau
Chronicle-Telegram
C-T
Emoc
Tate
Patrick McCray
McCray
BMW Dot
Richard Jackson
Highway Safety
Angola leader confirms executions of mercenaries
Angolan President Agostinho Neto refused pleas from Ford and Queen Elizabeth to spare one American and three British mercenaries. The Revolutionary People's Tribunal issued death sentences 12 days earlier with no appeal possible. Gearhart's case drew U.S. and British pleas as officials announced no date set for executions.
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Luanda
Angola
UPT
Agostinho Neto
Ford
Elizabeth
Neto
Revolutionary People's Tribunal
Oficial
Ohio officials weigh sick leave abuse cost to taxpayers
Tomorrow’s Chronicle-Telegram Columbus bureau reports Ohio facing about 30 percent sick leave absenteeism with an annual toll near 1 003 099 dollars in each two week pay period from last December through June. The Olympic Games and a three part series on Puerto Rican immigration to Lorain are also highlighted for tomorrow’s edition.
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Paul Schroeder
Chronicle-Telegram
Columbus Bureau
United States
C-T
Mikie Sherman
Lorain
Weather forecast reading cloudy and mild with rain risk
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions with partly cloudy periods tonight and tomorrow. Lows will be in the upper 60s to low 70s and highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. There is a 36 percent chance of rain tomorrow. Details on Page 7.
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anti-Masonic Party
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Kentucky
Summer
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Oks
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Kenai Md
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London
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Gearhart
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North Carden
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Columbus
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Marie Walker
Elyria Cherches
the Doctor
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