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Politically Charged Talk and Record Breaking Pizza Make Headlines
Midge Constanza targets Anita Bryant and Phyllis Schlafly with a sharp quip on abortion policy. In Wichita a 2,700 pound pizza set a new Guinness record, measuring 31 by 50 feet and using over a ton of dough and cheese. The Senate previews a final vote on the Panama Canal treaties with Byrd Baker and Helms shaping timing and amendments. Thor Heyerdahl’s reed boat Tigris is burned in Djibouti amid protests over world conditions in 1978.
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Midge Constanza
Carter Fawn
Anita Bryant
Phyllis Schlafly
Wichita
Kan
New York
Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Baker
Helms