History Won't Help GOP Delegates
The uncommitted delegates in Kansas City face a Ford versus Reagan struggle with little historical guidance. Past conventions show presidents who lose renomination often lose the election, but Ford has never been elected. Reagan offers TV appeal, while Carter looms, and delegates weigh loyalty to Ford against a possible Reagan coalition.
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Ronald Reagan
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Gerald Ford
Reagan
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Winfield Scott
Franklin Pierce
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James
Middle West
Chicago
Robert Taft
Ohio
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Truman
Wendell S. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Taft
Eisenhower
Detente
Panama
Henry Kissinger
Carter
Jimmy Carter
Berryville man celebrates 95th birthday and steady homecoming
George B. Thomas of Berryville marks his 95th birthday noting a life spent in his hometown. Born on Berryville soil and long head of a heating contracting business he initially worked with railroads before WWI and a 1919 return to Berryville to build his business and stay. He witnessed Mars Viking I and remembers steam trains amid modern diesel times while remaining a community figure as he approaches 96.
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George B. Thomas
Berryville
Earth
Mars
Viking I
Thomas
Norfolk & Western
Bank closes mall drive in to open Cameron Street drive in
Commercial and Savings Bank will close its Loudoun Street Mall drive in window and open a two window drive in on Cameron Street with six cars per window. Traffic will enter Cameron and exit Piccadilly, freeing the pedestrian mall and aiding public safety. The move follows demolition of 133 N. Cameron Street and ends cars on the northern mall end.
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Commercial & Savings Bank
Loudoun St
Bank
N. Cameron St
Piccadilly St
Board of Architectural Review
Blue & Gray Electrical Service
Cameron
Two Politicians Right in the Watergate Storm
The report chronicles Senator Howard Baker and John Connally amid Watergate as Nixon confronted questions and reshaped the 1976 Republican race. It notes Baker’s evolving stance from potential presidential bid to Ford ally and Reagan’s delegate strategy. It also outlines Connally’s Nixon praise and Texas political rise.
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Washington
Watergate
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
All America
Baker
Richard Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Ford
Congressional Quarterly
United States
John B. Connally Jr
Connally
Nixon
Johnson
Texas
Allan Shivers
Democratic Party
John F. Kennedy
Senate
Sears
John Linnell
Maine
Mr. Ford
John B. Connally
Linnell
James Baker
Clarke Reed
Mississippi
Reagan Delegates Clash Over Platform Tactics at Convention
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report a divided Reagan camp over platform fights led by Sen. Jesse Helms with Ford allies pushing a rightward tilt. Key figures include Sears and Connally as party tensions surface amid Watergate aftermath and 1974 indictments.
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Kansas City
John Sears
Ronald Reagan
Sears
Ford
Reagan
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
Sear
Martin Anderson
Southern Rules Committee
Bob Beckham
Georgia
Rules Committee
Beckham
Where to Register for the Upcoming Election
Oct 2 is the last day to register to vote for the President and Congress. The Star lists area registrars with addresses hours and phone numbers for registration assistance. Martha Grim at Rouss City Hall Win... Frederick County Mary Gay Conner Winchester Clarke County Barbara Jones Clarke County Courthouse Warren County Nina Rettlinger Warren County Courthouse Front Royal appointments daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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House of Representatives
The
Star
Martha Grim
Rouss City Hall
Cameron St
Frederick County
Mary Gay Conner
Court Square
Winchester
Clarke County
Barbara Jones
N. Church St
Berryville
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