Nixon men charged with rigging poll in campaign
A Nixon re election campaign official said workers mailed more than a third of favorable responses in a local TV poll on mining Haiphong harbor. The poll by WTTG showed 5157 in favor and 1158 against. Dooley said 4000 responses were sent by committee staff. McGovern camp denied involvement and criticized Nixon operatives.
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Washington
Nixon
DeVan L. Shumway
Metromedia
WTTG
Haiphong Harbor
Shumway
Watergate
Sponses
the Post
Dooley
Frank Mankiewicz
George McGovern
The
Post
Rocket Attack Overruns Cambodian Positions Near Phnom Penh
Refugees report insurgents moved across the Mekong controlling a long east bank stretch near Phnom Penh. Rockets hit the airport area 2% miles west, killing 19 and wounding 62. An officer was killed by a stray rocket. no aircraft were damaged.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Mekong River
West Bank
U.S
Thailand
East Bank
Prek Luong
Surburban Pochentong
Military Academy
Floods Across Seven States Reach 10 Dead and Billions in Loss
Floodwaters have inundated 10.4 million acres across seven states with damage to crops and businesses estimated at 193 million dollars. The Missouri River flood caused levee breaches near St. Louis forcing 600 mobile home evacuations. The toll rose to at least 10 with new drownings in Missouri and Illinois as the disaster expands through Arkansas and Louisiana.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Boshetown
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
George Thad Watts
St. Charles County
Illinois
Larry Wolfe
Havana
Illinois River
Charles Noble
Mississippi River Commission
Vicksburg
Miss
Louisiana
Arkansas
North
Little Rock
Robert L. Rosamond
Baton Rouge
Louisana Farm Bureau Federation
Hope For Paris Talks Salvage Cease-Fire Effort
U S diplomats push a new round of Paris meetings to steer the Vietnam crisis onto a political track before the three month old cease fire collapses. Sullivan Thach talks in Paris precede Kislinger and Tho discussions to review Paris accord implementation and restore its provisions.
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Washington
U.S
Paris
Nixon
William H. Sullivan
Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Thieu
South Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
State Department
Charles W. Bray
Bray
Sullivan
Thach
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Sweden protests U.S. actions in Cambodia and Laos
Sweden's Foreign Minister Krister Wickman told Parliament that the government cannot approve a major power's involvement in a civil war in Cambodia and condemned renewed Laos hostilities. The comment followed U.S. reactions as Nixon angered by the protests, prompting the State Department to bar a new ambassador and recall the chargé d'affaires from Stockholm.
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Sweden
U.S
Stockholm
United States
Cambodia
Krister Wickman
Laos
Nixon
State Department
Washington
Kleindienst Withdraws From Vesco Probe
Atty. Gen. Richard G. Kleindienst says he will not participate in the federal grand jury inquiry into financier Robert Vesco and the alleged $224 million looting of three mutual funds. He cites same conflicts that led to his earlier withdrawal from the Watergate investigation. Vesco previously donated $250,000 to the Nixon re election effort, money later returned by the campaign. Barry Goldwater says he was bugged during his 1964 presidential bid and ignored the interference.
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Marshfield
Wis
South Vietnam
Jack Anderson
Federal Reserve System
Washington
Richard G. Kleindienst
Robert Vesco
Kleindienst
Vesco
Nixon
Securities and Exchange Commission
Rhodes strongest among five GOP rivals for Ohio governor
Ohio GOP chair John Andrews cited one on one polls showing former Gov. James Rhodes would beat Gov. John Gilligan if elections were held tomorrow. U.S. Sen. William Saxbe also would defeat Gilligan, while Lt. Gov. John W. Brown, Rep. William J. Keating and Buzz Lukens trailed in strength.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Andrews
GOP
James Rhodes
John Gilligan
Donald E
Lukens
Middletown
Gilligan
John W. Brown
U.S
William J. Keating
Cincinnati
Andrews
Former POW recalls college welcome heckled by protesters
Air Force Major James Padgett, a Gainesville Florida native and 1956 UF graduate, recalled during a university welcome ceremony that his time in college left little room for demonstrations while about 100 protesters jeered him with signs and a Viet Cong flag present.
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Gainesville
Fla
James Padgett
Air Force
University of Florida
Padgett
University
Health Center Workers Strike at Athens Mental Health Center
About 350 patients rely on roughly 50 mainly supervisory staff as Local 1782 AFSCME strikes at 4 am. Dozens of pickets line Route 682 with 75 to 100 workers at a time, while security and other staff face blocked gates. Center employs about 575. 281 in OCSEA, 230 in AFSCME, and some in both. Violence rumors surface but no injuries by 10:30 am. The walkout stems from posting and filling supervisor openings and a 15 month plan to remove supervisory roles for RNs, with state officials meeting later to address the dispute.
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Athens Mental Health Center
American Federation of State
Ben Fortney
Civil Service
Ohio Civil Service
Fortney
Harry Chovnick
Chovnick
State Department of Mental Health and
Gordon F.ogram
John Crabill
Crabill
Mental Health Department
National Labor Relations Board
Herschel Sigal
Afscme
Freezer Sold Before Evening Paper Reaches The Plains
Phyllis Myers of 29 West 3rd Street The Plains says they sold their freezer before receiving the evening paper. The brief item notes a quick sale and emphasizes community scramble for appliances.
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Phyllis Myers
West 3Rd Street
the Plains
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Defense
Melvin R. Laird
E. Howard Hunt
New York State
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Nixon Committee
Committee
Delta
Louisiana Conservation Department
Henry A. Kissinger
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