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Skirmishes Mark Opening of Republican Convention Preliminaries
In Kansas City Ford and Reagan partisans spar over rules while vying for leverage before the GOP convention. Sears loses a bid on a vice presidential pledge, while platform chairmen swap sides and debates loom on abortion busing and the ERA as campaign moves unfold. The Times tracks delegate counts and committee votes as Ford narrows gaps with Reagan.
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Ford
GOP
Ford Campaign
Kansas City
Union Station
N.Y
Reagan
Sears
Convention Rules Committee
Platform Subcommittee
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Rep
Silvio 0. Conte
Massachusetts
Washington
Charles Pickering
Mississippi
Pickering
Dorothy Zumwalt
Oklahoma
Ray
L. William Seidman
Michigan
Seidman
Platform Committee
Rockefeller
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
James T. Lynn
Henry A. Kissinger
Panama Canal
Jesse A. Helms
North Carolina
California
Richard S. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Martin Anderson
Kemper Arena
Frank X. Gargiulo
Brooklyn
Gargiulo
Schweiker
New York Times
New York State
Richard M. Rosenbaum
New York Republican
Times
the Times
Rules Committee