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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1972

Page

5

Woodcock Plans McGovern Campaign Drive by AFL CIO Leaders

UAW President Leon M. Woodcock announced a labor campaign committee with Jerry Wurf and Floyd Smith to back George McGovern. The move follows AFL-CIO votes against endorsing Nixon or McGovern, with Wurf and Smith showing mixed positions. Woodcock predicts union groups over five million workers will campaign for McGovern, including UAW allies. An independent Teamsters bloc had backed Nixon.

Detroit United Auto Workers Leonard Woodcock Afl-Cio George McGovern Woodcock Jerry Wurf American Federation of State Floyd Smith International Machinists and Aerospace Workers George Meany Labor Federation Executive Council McGovern Nixon Smith Wurf UAW Teamsters Maine Edmund S. Muskie

Stones Ease Up On Wild Content

In Philadelphia the Rolling Stones toned down their onstage antics to curb audience chaos amid a troubled North American tour. About 15 500 fans attended the Spectrum show while 24 people were detained inside and outside and four were arrested, including two for narcotics and two for concealed weapons. A youth was arrested for concealing a 10 inch hunting knife. The band’s public relations manager said some songs would be dropped.

Philadelphia Rolling Stones Stones Gary Stromberg The

Stones drop Sympa thy for the Devil from tour lineup

Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones will not perform Sympathy for the Devil due to its provocative nature. Police Chief O Neill commanded 250 riot‑gear officers for the Spectrum concert with helicopters overhead and bag checks at entrances.

Stromberg Stones Devil Lucifer Mick Jagger Joseph F. O'Neill

Heat and pollution push Ohio power use to record highs

Across Ohio scorching heat drives electricity demand to record peaks as air stagnation traps pollutants. Ohio utilities report record kilowatt usage while state and federal officials monitor air quality and prepare for continued hot, humid conditions. West Virginia governor says Northern Panhandle firms curtail operations to curb pollution with APCC reports broad compliance.

Millenthal Associated Press Ohio Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Cleveland Cincinnati Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co Columbus Cincinnati Gas and Electric Charleston W. Va Arch A. Moore Jr West Virginia Panhandle State Air Pollution Control Commission Moore Carl L. Beard Air Pollution Control Commission APCC Beard Windsor Moundsville Kramer Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp Weirton Steel National Weather Service Seaboard

Fischer Wins Fifth Game as Spassky Blunder Shifts Tie

In Reykjavik, Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky in the fifth game of the world championship after a key blunder by Spassky. The match stands 2–2 after games four and five, with the sixth game scheduled for Sunday.

Spassky Fischer Reykjavik Iceland Bobby Fischer Boris Spassky Frank Skoff U.S. Chess Federation

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