Carter Wins and Faces Encore Climate for General Election
The Madison Square Garden scene captures the challenge for Jimmy Carter after clinching the nomination. He must now craft a compelling general election image through speeches, meetings, and media outreach while keeping his reformist identity intact against a wary party and a disordered Republican field.
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Jimmy Carter
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Ronald Reagan
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Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald Ford
Vote of Confidence for Virginia Institute Director Amid Indictment
AP dispatches report Dr. William J. Hargis Jr. received a board vote of confidence, continuing full pay and benefits while awaiting trial on charges including fraudulently disposing of a state diesel engine and adding leave hours. Also noted are prison reform observations and local political moves.
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Newport News
William J. Hargis Jr
The
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Hargis
Gloucester County
Richmond
Virginia State Penitentiary
State Board of Corrections
Robert Zahradnick
U.S. and Jordan Near Agreement on Hawk Missile Sale
Washington reports indicate a multimillion dollar deal with Jordan for 12 to 14 Hawk air defense missile batteries plus limited support gear. Officials estimate total cost around 600 million dollars, with final price to be finalized within days amid prior hurdles and regional tensions surrounding the 1987 Middle East conflict.
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United States
Jordan
U.S
State Department
Middle East
Israel
West Bank
Jordan River Valley
Saudi Arabia
Hussein
Moscow
Russia Halts Arms Shipments to Syria Amid Lebanon Crisis
Beir ut reports say the Soviet Union suspended arms and spare parts shipments to Syria to pressure President Assad over Palestinian and leftist Muslim Lebanese forces. Some papers allege Syrian artillery struck a ship unloading Soviet arms in Tripoli.
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Lebanon
Syria
Hafez Assad
As Safir
Safir
Tripoli
Libya
Abdul Salam Jalloud
Damascus
Alexander Soldatov
Yasir Arafat
Kamal Jumblatt
An Nahar
l'Orient le Jour
County asks for federal program details for water and sewer funds
The Board heard from John Chiles of the Virginia Department of Highways about a county secondary roads budget of 1,265,436 dollars covering maintenance snow removal and major road work. County Administrator J C Ronalds said the Winchester Frederick Clarke area is designated under the 1965 Public Works Act and the county may gain water and sewer funds by expressing interest without obligation.
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John Chiles
Virginia Department of Highways
U.S. Department of Commerce
J.C. Ronalds
Winchester- Frederick-Clarke
Weather overview for Northern Valley and extended outlook
Partly cloudy and warm with a chance of thunderstorms tonight and Friday showers. Warm humid days with highs in the 80s, lower 90s outside the mountains, and a Saturday to Monday chance of mainly afternoon showers. Rainfall totals and long term patterns listed from recent years.
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Referendum Sought on Arlington Property Tax Assessments
Petitions with over 2000 signatures call for a November vote on reassessing all real estate in Arlington County. A study board would review assessments and could order a countywide redo if values diverge from fair market levels, at an estimated cost up to 350000.
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Blacksburg
Montgomery County
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Michael K. Brightwell
McKinley B. Logan
Martinsville
Henry County
Collinsville
Arlington
Arlington County
Harrison Mann
Arlington County Taxpayers Association
Mann
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