Brown Files Papers as Possible Presidential Candidate
California Governor Ed Brown Jr. files with the FEC to form a exploratory "Brown for President" committee signaling a possible bid for the Democratic nomination. He frames himself as a fiscal conservative and environmental liberal and cites polls showing tight race with Carter.
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Sacramento
Calif
Edmund Brown Jr
Jimmy Carter
Brown
Federal Elections Commission
Committee
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Carter
Jose Lopez Portillo
Reagan's Wife Nancy to Attend Virginia Fundraiser
Virginia supporters host Nancy Reagan at a $20-a-person reception in Richmond to rally votes for Reagan’s presumed 1980 GOP nomination. Co chairs Rep Paul Trible and Helen Obenshain say the event aims to secure Virginia’s 51 delegates at the national convention amid competing bids from Connally Baker Bush Dole.
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Richmond
Ronald Reagan
Virginia
Reagan
Nancy
Paul Trible
Rist
Helen Obenshain
Richard Obenshain
Kansas
Robert Dole
John Warner
Texas
Connally
Bush
Bill Kling
Warner
Roanoke Times & World News
Subscription Rates for Local Carrier Delivery and Mail
Rates shown for delivery options include Local Carrier at 26.00 per year 14.00 for six months and 7.30 for three months. Mail and Motor Delivery list 28.00 yearly 15.08 for six months and three months listed.
Thatcher Arrives in Zambia for Commonwealth Conference
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher touched down in Lusaka for the 39 nation Commonwealth gathering amid mixed reaction from Zambia's government press. The Times of Zambia and Zambia Daily Mail criticized her stance on Zimbabwe Rhodesia while Kaunda warned of implications of fear and foreign policy. Leaders of front line states met ahead of the conference to chart strategy as Thatcher signaled potential easing of sanctions, though Nyerere urged discretion.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
Times of Zambia
Zambia Daily Mail
Kenneth Kaunda
London Daily Mail
Thatcher
Commonwealth
the Mail
Daily Telegraph
Kaunda
Angola
Botswana
Mozambique
Tanzania
Abel Muzorewa
Julius Nyerere
Muzorewa
Ian Smith
Hands On Coast Guard Cadets Face Marijuana Smuggling Clash
Coast Guard Academy cadets on a Caribbean training cruise witnessed a confrontation with a Honduras trawler loaded with 15 tons of marijuana. The Mary Ann rammed the Ingham, then was chased and boarded with eleven Panamanian and Colombian crewmen detained along with the contraband. The incident ended after gunfire and a state department permission to board.
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Portsmouth
Coast Guard Academy
Ingham
Honduras
Cmdr
Martin J. Moynihan
Coast Guard
Moynihan
State Department
Hearing Loss Not a Sign of Old Age
Beltone announces a free non-operating miniature hearing aid model to demonstrate tiny hearing help. The unit weighs under a third of an ounce and sits at the ear level. No cost or obligation. Write to Beltone Electronics Dept 9829 in Chicago for yours.
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Chicago
Ill
Beltone
Beltone Electronics
Victoria St
Weather forecast and rainfall report for Northern Valley and Virginia
The forecast calls for hot humid conditions with highs around 90 in the Northern Valley and upper 80s to lower 90s in Virginia, with chances of afternoon thunderstorms. Rainfall data show 0.01 inches in the past day and July total 5.93 inches, plus historical rainfall and monthly averages.
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National Weather Service
Virginia
Nine member delegation to visit refugee camps in Asia
A nine member House delegation led by Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal will tour refugee camps in Hong Kong Thailand Indonesia Malaysia and Vietnam from August 29 visiting host governments and relief organizations. They will meet Hanoi officials to discuss Geneva commitments amid refugee exodus concerns. Other members include Reps. Drinan Downey Miller Moffett Nolan Borja Won Pat Hammerschmidt and Williams.
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Washington
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Southeast Asia
O’neill
Hong Kong
Thailand
Indonesia
Malaysia
Vietnam
Benjamin Rosenthal
Dn.v
Hanoi
Geneva
Switzerland
Robert Drinan
D-Mass
Thomas Downey
Dn.y
George Miller
D-Calif
Toby
Man Arrested on Abduction Charge
A 23 year old Winchester man Ray Whitacre is held in Frederick County Jail charged with abduction after allegedly taking a 2 year old girl from her mother last night. The child was returned to the mother by officers who stopped Whitacre on E Cork Street. Bond set at 10000 with appearance in Winchester General District Court on Aug 10. Police also investigate a Donut Shop break in with a missing coin box.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Allen Barley
Ray Whitacre
Rt. 6
Bailey
Patricia
Ms. Tete
Betty Stern
North Ave
Whita
Whitacre
Eteenee Ac
Fairmont Ave
R.A. Fox Sr
E.M. Mouser
E. Cork St
Winchester General District Court
N. Louun St
Barley
Howard Anderson
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Commission
Death Motel
Cambridge
Argenbrights
N. Loudoun St. Mall
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Mona Passage
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Farmers Meeting
Virginia Association of Biological Farmers
Blue Ridge Community College
Weyers Cave
Herbert H. Koepf
School of Agriculture
Emerson College
Sussex
England
Bio Chemical Research Laboratory
Spring Valley
N.Y
Ing
Dr. S
Association
Smerenen
Puerto
Steven G. Garrett
D.D.S
Amherst Street
Cs Eterno
Joan Claybrook
National Highway Map Safety Administration
Monay
Ms. Claybrook
Transportation Department
Midwest
Salt Institute
Trade Association For
Salt Producers
Louisiana
Upper Midwest
Miller’s Hardware
Tenon St
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