Angela Davis Acquitted in Landmark Courthouse Case
An all white jury acquitted Angela Davis of murder kidnapping and conspiracy in the San Rafael courthouse hostage plot that killed a judge and three others. Supporters cheered as she left the courthouse and vowed to continue the fight against oppression.
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San Jose
Califf
UPI
Angela Davis
UCLA
San Rafael
Art Vanek
Angela
Jonathan Jackson
George
Soledad
Superior Court
Harold Haley
Robert Seidel
Texans Cast Votes for New Leaders and Reforms
United Press International reports Texans voted in large numbers in the party primary runoff to back reforms and new leaders. Dolph Briscoe and William P. Hobby Jr. achieved decisive wins for governor and lieutenant governor, signaling a shift away from tainted state officials amid a stock scandal and calls for accountability.
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Texas
Dolph Briscoe
William P. Hobby Jr
Houston
Briscoe
Hobby
Ralph W. Yar
GOP
Humphrey urges Nixon to send Connally for POW talks
In Los Angeles Hubert H. Humphrey pressed President Nixon to deploy former Treasury Secretary John Connally to Hanoi to push a prisoners of war release. He blasted McGovern and Chisholm for proposing to pull out all U. S. forces before POWs are freed and demanded a firm withdrawal date only after a simultaneous POW release is secured. McGovern and Chisholm pushed for a negotiated exit while maintaining pressure on Hanoi.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Treasury
John Connally
Hanoi
George 5
McGovern
Shirley Chisholm
U.S
Sen. McGovern
Rep. Chisholm
Humphrey
Vietnam
Chisholm
Sam Yorty
Taylor Hardin
George C. Wallace
ABC
Issues and Answers
California
Thunderbird pilot dies in Transpo '72 crash at Dulles
Major Joseph C. Howard, 32, of Ahoskie North Carolina, of the Thunderbird precision team, died after bailing out of his F4E Phantom during a stunt at Transpo '72 near Dulles Airport Virginia. The crash came amid a nine day transport fair with multiple fatalities. Howard was ejected but the parachute did not save him and investigators began seeking the cause of the loss of control.
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Washington
UPI
Air Forces
Thunderbird
Dulles
Virginia
Air Force
Joseph C. Howard
Ahoskie
N.C
Howard
Nellis Air Force Base
Nev
Transpo
Hugh Alexander
Wadley
Robert Kennedy
Escondido
Calif
Wholesale meat price gains absorbed by retailers says USDA official
Washington government economist Don Paarlberg said May wholesale increases in beef and pork were largely absorbed by retailers. He noted margins narrowed as supermarkets kept consumer prices stable, while May reports showed live cattle up 4 percent and live hogs up 11 percent. Wholesale beef and pork margins also appeared to decline.
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Washington
API
Don Paarlberg
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Paarlberg
Angel of Mercy Reunion at Waldlager 5
In 1945 a nurse disguised as a patient helped a dying Greek Jew, Leon Yechieli, survive at Waldlager 5. He later brought Magda Rosenfeld and her daughter Idligo to Israel, where Idligo reunited with her mother after a long search, ending with a family reunion in Vienna and Israel.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Waldlager No. 5
Nazi Germany
Muhldorf Concentration Camp
Leon Yechieli
State
Histadrut Labor Confederation
Yechieli
Angel of Mercy
Waidlager 5
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Richard E. Arnason
Dress
Miss Davis
Board of Regents
Howard Moore, Jr
Leo Branton
United Press International
Corpus Christi
Ben Barnes
Crawford Martin
Rayford Price
Gus Mutscher
House Appropriations
Bill Finck
San Antonio
Wayne Connally
John B. Connally
Connally
Robert S. Calvert
Calvert
James Wil
HHH
Haiphong Harbor
Bill Hobby Li Governer
Jim Sanders
Dave Spielbauer
Sandra Smith
S. Polk
16Th and
Harrison
Potter County
New Mexico
Hungary
Magda Rosenfeld
Daugher
Hechieli
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