Bitter foreign policy clash looms at GOP convention
Kansas City AP report on Reagan supporters seeking to test Ford’s diplomacy while fighting over a foreign policy plank. The plan revisits detente with the Soviets and Kissinger policy, with ERA and abortion endorsements also debated. Ford aides split on offensive tone, while Reagan followers press for votes to shape the platform before the nominating session.
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Robert A. Dobkin
Kansas City, So
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Heagan
Henry A. Kiselager
Sion
Evein
Mace
Reagan
John B. Anderson
House
Republican Conference
John P. Sears
Kissinger
Mr. Kissinger
II Prainer
Alexander Solzhensteyn
Bolshenitsya
White House
Vie
Nelson A. Hlockeelter
Pamanta Canal
Canal Zone
Mead
Polly Punk
Uncommitted delegates swing to Ford at convention
Uncommitted delegates moved toward Ford on opening day as several publicly announced defection from the fence. Ford neared the 1,130 delegate threshold with 1,127 votes per AP survey, Reagan held 1,036. Several delegates cited electability and talks with Ford or Reagan as turning points.
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Kansas City
Ford
Hart
Associated Press
Poesident Court
Cules
Ronald Reagan
Weilthin
Font
Illinois
Wyoming
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Louisiana
Delaware
West Virginia
South Carolina
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Reagan
Protesters Bid For Attention At Convention Sideshow
About 300 demonstrators including Yippies and gay liberationists staged a sideshow near the Republican National Convention in Kansas City. Police noted the crowd lacked the numbers to disrupt the event, while speakers argued over government spying and marijuana legalization as gospel singers clashed with protest chants.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Miss Besch
Fili
Billy’ Bright
Nam
Nixon
Bis
Billy
Gorts
Kansas Uy
Volcano eruption prompts evacuation of Guadeloupe scientists
In Guadeloupe the Soufriere volcano eruption forces the evacuation of 15 French volcanologists led by Dr. Robert Brousse. An earth tremor and heavy ash cloud delay penetration as authorities move the team 20 miles away to safety. Officials report 72,000 residents were evacuated with shelters and rationing in place and relief funds of 32 million francs allocated.
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Point-A-Pitre
Guadtloupe
Soultiere
Manlay
Robert Brousse
Wolvershy
Paris
le Soufriere
Basse Terre
Guadeloupe
Brocsse
la Soultiere
Fr. St. Charles
Civil Security
Max Vincent
Vincent
Painte-2- Pitre
Jeans Claude Auroussead
French Islands
Terre de Nant Stand
Napoleon
France
Christian Gerondeau
Se Aald
Jumblatt vows fight to death in Lebanon mountains
Kamal Jumblatt warned Christian and Syrian forces that Muslims and their Palestinian allies would resist any drive from the mountains east of Beirut. He said they would not withdraw and would defend their positions as a battle for survival, amid Libyan and Palestinian support.
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William Skaggs
St. Louis
Ford
White House
Skaggs
Reagan
Wyoming
Joan Ostlund
Ford Committee
Ostland
Imp Imnoix
Roger Campbell
Pennsylvania
Bryan Wagner
New Orleans
Richard Harmon
West Virginia
Sherry Marischnik
Charleston
S.C
Ford-Reagan
Gov
Wyom
Robert Harman
Kingwood
W.va
NBC
Halph DeBlasio
New York City
Beirut
Lebanon
Lotti
Kamal Jumblatt
Jumblatt
Abe Zaid Dourdsh
Jumiblatt
Yasir Arafat
Betrul
Libya
Suleimaan Fragseu
Offshore oil bids approved for Atlantic sale
The Interior Department won a U.S. appeals court ruling enabling the first Atlantic offshore oil and gas lease sale. Bids will come from executives for 878,750 acres near New York and beyond, in the Baltimore Canyon Trough, potentially worth up to 1 billion dollars. The court overturned a judge's injunction delaying the process, after environmental groups argued for impact studies.
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Terry Kirkpatrick
New York
Interior Department
Atlantic Ocean
al Oil Company
Long Leland
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Virginia
Atlantic
Baltimore Canyon
U.S. Cirreuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Jack Weinstein
Toro
Weinstein
Assi
U.S. Atty
J. Cheistopher Jensen
Md Lottery Winning Number Report From Baltimore
The Maryland Numbers Game draws a daily prize number. The winning digit sequence announced in Baltimore was 880.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Detroit seethes as police recall and curfew extend
Detroit officials announce recall of 450 officers and a citywide curfew after a rock concert riot near Cobo Hall. Deputy Mayor Beckham and Police Chief Tannlan blame budget shortfalls for police shortages, promising a shift to crimefighting units. Forty seven arrested as violence spreads to Woodward Avenue. one rape reported and other assaults noted.
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Detroit
Wiliam Beckham Jr
Philip Tannlan
Cobo Hall
Beckham
Talates
Tannlan
Tannian
Woodward Avenue
Matt Street
Del
Robert Wilkes
Crawley’s
Crowley's
Whokel
Crowley
Sommtown
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Alabama
Ead
Phyllis Schlafly
Alben Smith
Smith
Ing Group
Mary Garman
Sundance
Wyo
Someshing Mrastle
James Crockell
Wytheville
Ater
Charten B. Yorieh
Rheilenedy Mich
Detroi
Sovie
Bry Poung
Hilly
Kenner Arena
Volice
Uueg
Kansas City Convention Coalition
Yippies
Morehan
Schnebly
Emerees Cohme
Idren
Strente
DeKalt
Tehiring
Inisidae
Patan
Als
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