Rhodesia Debate Over Interim Leader Sparks Split at Talks
Four black nationalist leaders clashed as Bishop Abel Muzorewa proposed a two week plebiscite for an interim prime minister in Rhodesia. Rival factions dismissed the plan as a gimmick while Nkomo Mugabe allies warned voters may be misled.
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U.S
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Zimbabwe
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Carter and Ford Plan Vacations Ahead of Transfer
Carter and Ford plan holidays as they prepare for a formal transfer of power. Carter meets Vice President-elect Mondale to outline a transition, while vote counts in Ohio and Oregon keep the outcome unsettled. Carter leads 272 electoral votes to Ford 235 with 53 percent of ballots cast nationwide.
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Gerald Ford
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Walter F. Mondale
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Fighting in Beirut Heaviest in Weeks
Beiruts moslem and christian forces battled through the night with rockets artillery and tanks in the heaviest fighting since the cease fire began two weeks earlier. About 15 people were killed and 20 wounded as the toll rose since Oct 21.
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Beirut
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Wholesale prices rise sharply in October
Washington AP reports wholesale prices jumped six tenths of a percent in October led by higher costs for automobiles fuel and other industrial goods marking the second sizable monthly increase in a row from the government.
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Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Labor Department
Winchester Election Certification and Bay Coast Guard Findings
The Winchester Electoral Board certified Tuesday’s city election results with clerk totals corrected to Michael’s 4,932 votes amid write-ins. Separately, the Coast Guard identified a body in Chesapeake Bay as Bruce Fourney, and officials noted the plane wreck search is concluded with no survivors expected.
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Clarke Compass spotlights Berryville Feed Store social center
The Clarke Compass profiles the Berryville Feed Store calling it a social center of the community. The Warren County Board of Supervisors met with gun control high on its agenda. A mobile home fire in Frederick County is reported on page 15.
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