Carter intensifies drive for Panama Canal treaty ratification
President Carter meetings with a new blue ribbon group of business and labor leaders and former officials support the treaty amid conservative opposition. The panel headed by Averill Harriman includes Gen Maxwell Taylor and George Meany. Carter warns against dropping initiatives as his public support dips below 50 percent.
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George Ball
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Lady Bird Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hugh Scott
Irving Shapiro
E.J. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Robert Anderson
Atlantic Richfield Co
New York
John McCloy
Moshe Dayan
Dayan
Simcha Dinitz
Cyrus Vance
Festival of Leaves featured with photos in Warren weekly Wire
The Star notes a deep festival coverage on page 8 with story and photos. Other items include Kasema'se and Handley James Wood football wins on Saturday, Dodgers beating New York in baseball, and a Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival retrospective with Bing Crosby on the Area News page.
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Kasema'se
Handley
James Wood
Clarke County
Washington Redskins
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York
Revere
Bing Crosby
Shenandoah
IVRG Ads Stir Virginia Governor Race
A conservative group Independent Virginians for Responsible Government funds a 95 000 TV blitz aimed at defeating Henry Howell. The group says it is independent and not soliciting Dalton campaign help though a formal complaint accuses Dalton of failing to dissociate.
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Virginians For
Henry Howell
Roanoke
Howell
IVRG
Dalton
Clive L. DuVal II
McLean
Fairfax County
DuVal
Northern Virginia
Fair Campaign Practices Commission
J. Kenneth Robinson
Robinson
Virginia
Washington, D.C
John T. Dolan
Dolan
Afl-Cio
Hijackers Delay Deadlines After West German Plane Seizure
A Lufthansa Boeing 737 carrying 86 hostages landed in Mogadishu after hijackers extended two threats to blow up the plane. A pilot was apparently killed and negotiators were sent as 11 West German terrorists’ demands include $15 million and release of prisoners in Germany and Turkey.
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South Yemen
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California
French Riviera
Juergen Schumann
Monika Schumann
Hanns Martin Schleyer
Schleyer
Helmut Schmidt
Majorca
Christine Maria Santiago
Santee
Calif
Leo
State Department
Rome
Nicosia
Bahrain
Dubai
Aden
Vietnam
Red Army
Cologne
Simple Low Key Funeral Planned for Bing Crosby
Los Angeles AP report says a simple funeral is planned for Bing Crosby on Tuesday. Crosby died of a heart attack in Madrid and will be buried at Holy Cross cemetery near his parents. Kathryn Crosby described a low Mass with only children and close family. several staff and Crosby's children from his first marriage will attend.
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Los Angeles
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Spain
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Brentwood
Holy Cross
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Kathryn
San Francisco
Hillsborough
Maury Foladare
Quiet Pre-Election Registrars Report Low Virginia Voter Interest
Virginia registrars in cities like Richmond Norfolk Roanoke and Lynchburg report subdued pre election activity for the governor race with about 1.99 million voters registered early this month 18000 fewer than four years ago and turnout described as the quietest pre election in memory.
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Richmond
Charles §. Robb
A. Joe Canada
J. Marshall Coleman
Edward Lane
State Board of Elections
Alice Lynch
Howell
Mills Godwin
Leslie C. Curtis
Norfolk
Roanoke
Katherine Poole
Edith Geipel
Lynchburg
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