McGovern Dominates Wisconsin Primary As Lindsay Quits
In Wisconsin, Sen. George McGovern won seven of nine congressional districts and 30 percent of votes, seizing 54 of 67 delegates and rising to 94.5 of 3,016 convention votes. Wallace edged Humphrey for second, Lindsay withdrew, Muskie faltered, and Nixon led the GOP with 28 delegates. Senator Jackson downplayed quitting rumors as others eye upcoming primaries in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
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Milwaukee
Wis
George McGovern
Wisconsin
New York
John V. Lindsay
White House
South Dakota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
McGovern
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Florida
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Nixon
McGovern and Wallace
North Vietnamese launch three-front offensive north of Saigon
North Vietnamese forces broadened their weeklong campaign with a new front 75 miles north of Saigon and intensified battles in central highlands. Reports say tanks and artillery crossed near the Cambodian border as Saigon warns of a decisive battle. Government forces claim jarring losses for the enemy and casualties on their side amid air and ground assaults around Quang Tri and Hue.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Central Highlands
Nguyen van Thieu
Cua Viet-Dong Ha River
Dmz
Quang Tri
Highway One
Pedro
Hue
Police Hunt Slayer of Youth in Boardman
Boardman police examine evidence in the slaying and sexual assault of 12 year old Bradley Bellino. The coroner ruled the death a homicide and said the boy was strangled with a belt and found in a trash container behind a dairy store at Boardman Plaza.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Boardman
Bradley Bellino
Boardman Township
Bellino
Boardman Plaza
Mahoning County
David A. Belinsky
Belinsky
Cleveland’s Slump Deepens as Suburban Flight Grows
A city study for Mayor Ralph Perk links Cleveland’s 1970s recession to massive out-migration to suburbs. It cites 25,000 lost jobs, a near million-dollar drop in real estate tax base, 11.3 percent unemployment with 19.2 percent Black unemployment, and 125,147 residents moving outward in the 1960s. The report notes 45 manufacturing and 3,808 retail firms closed or left, reducing building permits by 20.1 percent.
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Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Ralph J. Perk
U.S
Department of Human Resources and Economic Development
Fire at Fair Hills Nursing Home Kills Nine
Nine elderly residents died after a Tuesday night blaze at the Fair Hills Nursing Home in Rosecrans Wisconsin. Three women were injured, one critically burned, as fire officials said the blaze started in the kitchen of the two story brick facility.
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Rosecrans
Wis
George Vanish
Vanish
Fair Hills
Wisconsin
Unemployment Claims Drop Again in Ohio
The Ohio Bureau of Employment reported 9302 new unemployment claimants for the prior week, about 100 fewer than the week before. Recipients claiming benefits for one week or more fell to 99,000 from 102,342, marking a continued downward trend.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Bureau of Employment
Editorial notes in comics section raise questions
A compact comics and obituaries page hints at editorial choices and sports briefs amid a general issue, mentioning women and local features. The readable text suggests routine notices without a clear event or outcome.
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Boc
Collins Abstains From Senate Vote On Strip Mine Bill
Ohio Senate passes a strip mine control bill 30-0 with Sen. Oakley Collins abstaining under a rare rule. Two Republicans were absent while the measure drew praise from Gov. Gilligan and Natural Resources Director Nye as a major reclamation step.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
Harry Meshel
Youngstown
David Holcomb
Dayton
William Taft
Cleveland
Oakley Collins
Natural Resources
William Nye
Senate
John Gilligan
Charles Kurtess
Perrysburg
House
Wage-Price Hearings Planned Across Nation
Congressional critics plan public hearings on wage price controls. The House Banking Committee will start in Washington and move to major cities, aiming to review the Economic Stabilization Act amid rising food prices and resignations on the Pay Board.
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Washington
Nixon
House Banking Committee
Wright
Senate
House Economy Committee
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Pay Board
Price Com
Ex-Congressman Powell Dies After Long Illness at 63
Adam Clayton Powell, the flamboyant Harlem leader and first Black congressman elected from the East, died at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami after a long illness. He was 63 and had been in intensive care since airlift from his Bahama retreat in March. Powell rose to influence, faced expulsion in 1967 over funds and defiance, won key re-elections, and remained a controversial figure in race politics and Congress.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Miami
Harlem
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Congress
Powell
House
Washington
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Saigon Command
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Senate Urban and Highway Affairs Committee
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Sally Rand
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Playhouse Square Association
Patman
D-Tex
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Joint Committee
U.S. Coast Guard
Bimini
Bahamas
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Supreme Court
House Education and Labor Committee
Charles Rangel
Black Power Movement
New Haven
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