Last-Minute Primaries Stir Up Debate Across States
Presidential hopefuls pressed final appeals in California New Jersey and Ohio as 540 Democratic and 331 Republican delegates were at stake. Carter Udall and Church campaigned in Ohio while Reagan Ford and Brown toured New Jersey and California. Reagan sought to frame ads as unifying while Carter pressed for Jewish voter support in New Jersey amid a national delegate race nearing the 1,130 needed for nomination. A Mexico City quake interrupted AP reports with tremors lasting over two minutes causing uncertain damage.
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New Jersey
Ohio
Jimmy Carter
Morris K. Udall
Frank Church
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Carter
Ford
Ronald Reagan
New Hampshire
Reagan
Louisiana
Virginia
Colorado
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Georgia
Udall
Arizona
ABC
Brown
Church
Idaho
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Calfornia
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Elizabeth
N.J
Mentor
James A. Garfield
Newman
Peachee
Susan Mote
Omni International
Jet Fighters Attack Beirut in Lebanon Civil War Strife
Jets strafed Beirut as leftist Moslems and Palestinian allies claimed Syrian troops advanced from east Lebanon under air cover. Reports cited MIGs and Hawker Hunters, with Syrian naval actions and fierce clashes in West Beirut around the King’s Hotel. Eyewitnesses warned of high casualties, but confirmations were scarce.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Saiqa
Associated Press
Mohammed Salam
Radio Beirut
Riyak
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Army
Kleiaat
Nor
Damascus- Beirut
Palestine Liberation Organization
Radio
Damascus
Arafat
al Fatah
Syria
Saigqa
Fatah
King's Hotel
Rauche
West Beirut
Akkar
Tripoli
Reagan Forces Sweep Virginia GOP Convention
State Sen. William A. Truban and Warren French of Shenandoah County failed to win at large delegate seats as Reagan forces captured 13 of 13 seats at the convention. Reagan allies dominated the slate, with Gov. Mills Godwin as the lone Ford official on the top line, and 34 of Virginia's 51 national delegates pledged to Reagan.
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Star
Norfolk — State
William A. Truban
Truban
Warren French
Shenandoah County
Ford
Kansas City
Reagan
Mills Godwin
John Dalton
Sen
William Scott
Ronald Reagan
Virginia
Godwin
Scope Convention Center
Stanford Parris
Fairfax
Linwood Holton
Nominations Committee
Boyd Marcus
Henrico
Nathan Miller
del. Bonnie Paul
Harrisonburg
French
Joan Mahan
State Board of Elections
William B. Poff
Sixth District
Republican Committee
Richard Palmer
The
American Medical Assn
Harrington Smith
Winchester
Frederick
Cynthia Newman
Commonwealth
Holton
Newman
Susan Mote
Judy Peachee
Chesterfield
Clarke County
Wall of Escaping Water Leaves Muddy Wasteland
In Idaho Falls area the Teton Dam breach unleashed a wall of water and debris across eastern Idaho. Six dead, about 120 injured, 135 missing as 450 farms 700 homes and 200 businesses were damaged or destroyed. Evacuations affected 2,900 homes with 4,500 people in emergency housing. Government and sheriff officials warned residents to seek higher ground.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Teton Dam
Cecil Andrus
Sheriff's Department
Madison County
Ford Smith
Bureau of Reclamation
Teton
American Falls
Rexburg
Front Royal Man Reunited With Son After 44 Years
A Front Royal man is reunited with a son he had not seen for 44 years. The story notes the emotional reunion as featured in Inside Today's Star. The page highlights the production of Oklahoma at the Mosby Dinner Theater with Friday opening described as rushing and successful.
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Oklahoma
Mosby
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James M. Powell
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