Ford Campaign Strategy Writes Off The South
Ford plans to abandon the South and much of the Northeast, focusing on the Far West and Farm Belt with Bob Dole. The targeted battleground belt across the Great Lakes includes Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin, needing nearly all to reach 270 votes.
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Jack W. Germond
Washington Star
Kansas City
Ford
Northeast
Far West
Bob Dole
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
South
Jimmy Carter
Robert Dole
Kansas
Carter
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Great Plains
Farm Belt
Dole
Virginia Delegates Shift Toward GOP Ticket After Convention
A AP survey of 51 Virginia delegates shows most Reagan supporters will work for Ford and Dole in November, while about a quarter plan limited campaigning to endorsements. Seventeen would campaign actively, eight would mostly endorse, and a few would do little or nothing.
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Kansas City
Ford
Reagan
Virginia
Associated Press
Gordon Lawhorn
Hanover County
Godwin
Lawhorn
Ford-Dole Ticket Promises Unity After GOP Convention
Ford launches campaign with challenge to Carter for face to face debates as Reagan supporters pledge to back Ford-Dole. Delegates hail unity moments while Carter calls for detailed public sparring. AP survey shows 80 percent of Reagan backers will work for Ford-Dole, with some favoring other Republicans.
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Vance Wilkins
Amherst
Reagan
Ford
Dole
Kansas City
Gerald R. Ford
Robert Dole
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Plains
Ronald Reagan
Nancy
California
Off-shore Workers Approved for Area
Labor Dept certifies off-shore labor for area apple harvests. Puerto Rican workers will supply 1,000 with 170 to settle at the work camps. Jamaica workers 621 certified but reduced by Puerto Rico hires. Arrivals begin around Labor Day through Sept 20 as harvest peaks. Consumer prices rose 0.5 percent in July with gas, medical care, and dairy driving inflation.
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Lulu Williams
U. S. Labor Dept
H. Delmer Robinson, Jr
Frederick County
Puerto Rico
Apple
Labor Dept
United States
Robinson
Washington
No Right Turn Law In Virginia Effective January 1977
Clarke County Fair prepares for Monday opening session with gates open through next weekend. Raal Anderson, a writer, contributes to the Country Roads page coverage.
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Virginia
Area News
Clarke Fair
Clarke County
Raal Anderson
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John B. Connally Jr
Gop
Ford—Dole
Betty Ford
Ron Reagan
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