Ford Gains Ground In Colorado Republican Delegates Race
President Ford again led in the Colorado Republican delegate contest as Fort Collins opened the state convention. Reagan netted five delegates while Ford won three and one uncommitted slot was chosen in district caucuses. Carter fished near Plains Ga. and reported 26 bluegill.
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Ronald Reagan
Colorado
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Plains
Chip
Reagan
Fort Collins
Colo
Michael South
GOP delegates shift fuels race for 1976 nomination
The article tracks delegate tallies as Ford leads Reagan 1,031 to 984 with 1,130 needed, 172 uncommitted and 71 to be chosen. It notes Missouri-like shifts toward Ford, Carter’s NY trip and VP talk, and upcoming conventions in Colorado Connecticut Utah shaping final nomination battles.
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Reagan
GOP
Additon
Carter
New York
Plains
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
John Glenn
Ohio
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Colorado
Connecticut
Utah
Ford Says Reagan Is Qualified for White House
President Ford, at a White House news conference, said Ronald Reagan is qualified to serve as president. He urged Reagan to keep an open mind on a potential Ford Reagan ticket and said no VP candidate is ruled out. Ford noted his revised stance aims to heal party rifts without signaling a running mate preference.
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N.Y
Washington
Ford
Ronald Reagan
White House
Reagan
California
Nixon First Lady Pat Nixon in critical stroke recovery phase
In Long Beach California doctors report Pat Nixon 64 remains in life threatening condition after a partial paralysis stroke. Dr John Lungren says the next 48 hours are crucial with some movement in the left side and slurred speech but full recovery hinges on time and observation.
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Long Beach
Calif
Pat Nixon
John Lungren
Nixon
Fiery Train Truck Crash Kills Three In Virginia
Three men died and two others were critically injured after a Norfolk & Western train collided with a gasoline truck in Tazewell County Virginia. The blast destroyed a liquor store and a lumber yard damaging local infrastructure and halting utilities.
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Tazewell
Norfolk & Western Railway
Virginia
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
Jesse Sparks
Sparks
Virgil Nester
Bluefield
W. Va
Nester
Douglas Leon Schaeffer
Roanoke
Steven McGinnis
Tazewell County
McGinnis
Annexation Decree Expands Front Royal by 4.23 Square Miles
A Warren County Circuit Court panel approved the annexation of surrounding Warren County land into Front Royal, increasing size by 4.23 square miles and adding 960 residents as of midnight December 31. Petitioners seeking to bar parts of the area were denied.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Joshua L. Robinson
M.M. Long Jr
W. Carrington Thompson
Robert Fitzgerald
W.H. Jolly
Howell Says Disclosure Politically Motivated in Vepco Case
Richmond lawyer John W. Bates reports a break in at his office as Howell, the Norfolk critic of Vepco, says police interviewed him over information he publicized about a proposed 22 story Richmond office tower. Police say no charges expected. Bates alleges documents were removed but Howell asserts the source acted legitimately and unsolicited.
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Richmond News
Howell
As of Richmond
John W. Bates
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Richmond
Bates
State Corporation Commission
Vepco
Norfolk
SCC
Free Lance Star
Syria Expands Armor in Tripoli Assault Amid Lebanon Crisis
Palestinians and Lebanese Muslims report Syria has deployed an armored brigade to strike the leftist held port of Tripoli as Christian forces push to seize Koura. The fighting, with 1600 dead in five days, includes shelling Sidon and Tal Zaatar siege duties, with ongoing clashes across Beirut’s port, Baalbek, and Arsal.
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Lebanon
Syria
Tripoli
Eufe
Koura
Enfe
Arsal
Bekaa
Baalbek
Mobil
Caltex
Tal Zaatar
Plans Proceeding For Shopping Center Near Winchester
A deed filed in Frederick County transfers 63.6 acres off Rt. 7 and east of I 81 to Winchester Mall Inc. a Virginia firm owned by Maryland developer Scott Bair. Bair paid 525000 to Lee Place for the land and says stores may sign as tenants, though details won’t be public for months.
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Frederick County
Rt. 7
I-81
Winchester Mall Inc
Virginia
Maryland
Scott Bair
Bair
Lee Place
Winchester
Winchester Mall, Inc
Regency Land Corp
Herring Properties
Robert H
James F. Boyd
Joseph F. Hughes and Co
Barnhill Contracting Co., Inc
Henry Howell campaigns for Carter in Winchester rally
Former Virginia Lt. Gov Henry Howell visited Winchester last night to energize support for Jimmy Carter ahead of the looming Democratic nomination. The visit is pictured in today’s pages along with upcoming religious programs and speakers listed for area churches.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Jimmy Carter
Virginia
Henry ‘Howell
Winchester
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