Rhodes Campaign Hits Cleveland Lorain and Sandusky
Governor Rhodes tours Cleveland Lorain and Sandusky in a final push for a fourth term vowing to press his four year school funding plan and attack Celeste over an education program. He rallies GOP loyalists in Ashtabula and Steubenville and pledges to fight coal imports while predicting EPA compromise on clean air standards after the election.
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Ashtabula
James A. Rhodes
Cleveland
Lorain
Sandusky
Richard F. Celeste
GOP
Rhodes
Cincinnati
Steubeville
Warren
Wintersville
Steubenville
Jefferson County
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Carter
Ohio
Dick Celeste
Jim Rhodes
Celeste
Gov. Rhodes
Carter aides tally show 1100 appearances in year
United States political activity report notes 1100 appearances by administration officials and Carter family since January including campaign stops in 20 states. Rosalynn Carter spoke Spanish urging Hispanic voters while Muhammed Ali and Martin Luther King Sr. did TV spots. Kraft outlined campaign mapping and DNC spend for get out the vote. Celeste slams Rhodes in Cleveland debate as race tightens before Ohio election day.
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Duluth
Minn
UPI
White House
Tim Kraft
Carter
Democratic National Committee
Rosalynn Carter
Muhammed Ali
Martin Luther King Sr
National Football League
Frank Moore
Kraft
Congress
Percy faints amid heat and questions over campaign ad
Senator Charles H. Percy collapsed in a WBBM-TV hallway during a stop in Chicago as questions swirled around a contentious campaign ad about Alex Seith. He blamed heat and the press glare, then declined further injury, and later went swimming to recover. Royko column ties to Seith’s associate.
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Chicago
UPI
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Percy
Wbbm-Tv
Alex Seith
Seith
Chicago Sun-Times
Mike Royko
Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals
Chicago Machine
Vote Frog campaign shocks Cincinnati voters in 1970s
Cincinnati voters write in a fictitious frog named Frog for Congress inspired by WEBN radio promos. Officials say write-in votes spilled into ballot counting hours after polls closed, while promoters defend the gag as light entertainment and a nudge to the electorate.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Frog
Frank Wood
Webn Radio
Hamilton County Board of Elections
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14Th Congressional District
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