Muskie Faces Decisive Fight After Primary Losses
The Associated Press reports McGovern wins in Massachusetts and Humphrey takes Pennsylvania as Muskie fades. Wallace surprises in Pennsylvania and signals a wrenching Democratic race. With Ohio next and delegates at stake, McGovern leads in committed votes while Humphrey seeks momentum.
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Massachusetts
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Pennsylvania
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Maine
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Ohio
Boston
Viet War Push Threatens Half of South Vietnam
North Vietnamese forces threaten to split South Vietnam while advancing toward Kontum and along Highway 1. An Loc and other districts face heavy fighting as U S air power hits targets with B52s and C130 transports are shot down. six American crewmen missing.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
An Loc
Kontum
Binh Dinh
Pleiku
Salem
Phu My
Bong Son
Highlands
Kontum City
Kissinger
Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Kent State undercover agent cleared in weapon case
Mohr a 25 year old Kent State University police undercover agent was cleared of illegal weapon charges after arrest near campus. The Russia made machine gun and Chinese RPG launcher were found operable but wrapped in a beach towel. Veterans Against the War leaders Dennis Johnson and Alan Morris alleged Mohr set them up. Mohr had worked in campus security and the case ties to a probe into narcotics and organized crime.
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Kent, Ohio
Reinhold Mohr
Kent State University Police
Mohr
Kent
Kent State Veterans Against the War
Ken Johnson
Alan Morris
Veterans Organization
Students For A Democratic Society
Morris
Johnson
Special Investigation Division
State Appeals Ruling on Ohio Amendments Ballot Plan
The Ohio Supreme Court will hear the appeal over the May 2 primary ballot plan that groups 14 issues into one package. The 10th District Court of Appeals ruled such lumping violates the Ohio Constitution, prompting Assistant AG Tom Martin to file a notice of appeal.
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Tom Martin
High Court
10Th District Court of Appeals
Ted Brown
Ohio General Assembly
Suit challenges Ohio real property tax
The Ohio Farmers Union says it will file a federal suit in Toledo challenging the constitutionality of Ohio's real property tax. Union Chairman Charles Nash of Leipsic calls the move long overdue and representing overburdened property taxpayers statewide.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Farmers Union
Toledo
Charles Nash
Leipsic
Ohio
Sohio Defends Tax Payments Amid Tax Extension
Sohio spokesman defends the firm's tax record against criticism by U S Rep Charles Vanik saying the company has an extension until mid June for corporate taxes for 1971 and that closing books for the March 15 deadline is not possible.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
U.S
Charles Vanik
Sohio
No PE Pe 8 Cremation Notice Fragment
Fragmentary OCR reads cremation notice with partial dates and initials. Details unclear but records a cremation event and placeholder numbers.
West Virginia Strip Mining Law Challenged
Nine surface mining companies ask the West Virginia Supreme Court to overturn the 1971 strip mining law. They contend the law and the accompanying regulations violate both state and federal constitutions in four specified ways.
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Charleston
W._ Va
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
Reclamation Commission
Apollo 16 astronauts hold in space news conference
Apollo 16 crew John Young Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly conduct a news briefing from 100000 miles out as they near splashdown in the South Pacific aboard the carrier Ticonderoga Weather for 244 PM Pacific splashdown calls for clear skies 1 to 3 ft seas and 84 degrees Mattingly conducted a deep space walk filming the moon from lunar orbit and recovering over a mile of film from two cameras The astronauts report on moon rocks and geology while monitoring systems during their final full day in space before planned Thursday return
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South Pacific
Ticonderoga
John W. Young
Charles M
Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Earth
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