Word: omaha
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unopposed in the April 27 primary. In addition, Ford has decided to work harder for the support of 451 delegates from nonprimary states in the South, Middle West and Rocky Mountains. Aides have recommended that he make personal appeals to delegates at regional stroking sessions next month in Atlanta, Omaha and Denver...
Still, Ford's position is overpowering. Reagan probably will not be able to sustain his support even in the South and West without scoring an early primary victory, and none is in sight. For example, in Nebraska, Reagan was ahead two months ago; but the latest Omaha World-Herald poll showed Ford in front, 53% to 29%. The President is expected to win most of the delegates in New York and Pennsylvania, in addition to Michigan (May 18) and New Jersey and Ohio (June...
...when Lloyd Charles Powell was busted for vagrancy in Nevada, the arresting officer patted him down and found a gun that had been used in a liquor-store shooting the day before in San Bernardino, Calif. Powell, now 29, was convicted of the killing. In August 1970, police in Omaha were angrily investigating the bombing murder of a fellow officer; though they had little to go on, they got a search warrant from a local magistrate, went through the house of David Rice, a member of a Black Panther group, and found 14 Ibs. of dynamite and other bomb ingredients...
...performed the astonishing feat of pitching 40 straight innings without giving up a run (when he finally did, it was unearned)--he finished the year with an ERA of .027. This year it had hovered around .100. If Harvard was to have any luck at Omaha, the first game was key. Trouble was, Harvard drew USC for the opener, the defending national championship team. Baseball is serious there. In late October, when the real World Series is over and the major league players have all gone home to hunt and fish and sell insurance, and the fans in Boston already...
...Boston had lost the World Series. Someone was praising Reds pitcher Don Gullett. "Right," said Lee, "Don Gullett is going to the Hall of Fame. And I'm going to the Eliot Lounge to play bumper pool." So it goes. Little more than two years from that day in Omaha, Fred Lynn is the sensation of baseball, Athlete of the Year. And Brayton? Brayton's at Barney's, eating a roast beef sandwich...