McGovern Aims for Four Primary Victories in West and Southwest
In California New Jersey New Mexico and South Dakota George McGovern heads into the day as the frontrunner to capture most delegates. He predicts victory in all four contests and could push his delegate total past 850, signaling a path to the Democratic nomination. Humphrey counters from California arguing McGovern should stay campaigning locally.
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North Carolina
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Lars
Wallace
Worst Rhodesian coal mine disaster fears 468 dead
A massive underground explosion at Wankie Colliery in Rhodesia trapped 435 Africans and 33 whites with 468 workers feared dead. Rescue efforts battled gas and damaged ventilation. only four surface workers were admitted with injuries. The mine, owned by Anglo-American, supplies all Rhodesia's coal.
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Rhodesia
Wankie
Wankie Mine
Anglo-American Group
Palme Attacks U S Ecocide at U.N. Enviro Talks
Sweden's Prime Minister Olof Palme condemned U S bombing and herbicide use in Vietnam as ecocide and urged immediate stop to ecological warfare. Delegates from Brazil and Canada stressed development, pollution and environmental cooperation in the crisis talks.
Helicopter use questioned in flood relief flight
West Virginia Senator Robert Nelson asks for legislative probe into reports that Governor Arch Moore Jr used three National Guard helicopters for a trip to the Buffalo Creek flood area the day after the February 26 flood. An Moore aide calls the claims vitally necessary while a federal official calls them preposterous.
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Arch Moore Jr
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Robert Nelson
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Kennedy Memorial Service Honors RFK Four Years After Death
More than 100 Kennedys friends and followers gathered on the granite terrace at RFK’s grave for an hour long folk mass with prayers flowers and songs. They visited the grave at Arlington near President John F. Kennedy’s tomb several hundred feet away in the early morning mist.
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Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Supply boats knocked out in major Saigon bombing
American fighter bombers destroyed more than 100 North Vietnamese supply boats on Monday in a major inland waterway strike. The attack marks the most damaging operation since bombing resumed two months ago, according to U S Command. Defense Secretary Melvin R Laird told Congress that Moscow arms accord approval should accompany continued U S weapons development and modernization. He said the freeze is on numbers, not on modernization, and followup talks could continue through the next five years.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
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Laird
Belfast raid nets IRA fugitives and officers
British paratroopers chased a wanted IRA member into a Belfast house Monday night and arrested the fugitive along with seven others. The captives included a battalion commander and two senior Provisional wing officers on the wanted list.
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Irish Republican Army
Army
IRA
Provisional Wing
Coast Guard warns on Ohio River barge traffic risks
Huntington district commander cites heavy barge volumes and dangerous cargo as a threat to populated areas. He notes Huntington as a busy inland port with 15 000 to 18 000 barges yearly and says river shipping costs less than rail. A gasoline barge blast near Parkersburg caused two deaths and damage.
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WV. Va
U.S. Coast Guard
Cmdr
Bobby Burns
Coast Guard
Parkersburg
W. Va
Marietta
Ohio
Connally Goes On World Tour As Nixon VP Speculation Sparks
President Nixon sends John Connally on a 15 nation world tour with stops including South Vietnam to bolster foreign policy credibility ahead of the 1972 convention. Rumors persist Connally could be Nixon's running mate or serve as secretary of state if reelected. House GOP leader Ford says a Democratic VP on a Republican ticket remains possible despite Agnew’s stance.
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Nixon
John Connally
White House
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Peking
Moscow
Treasury
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Spiro T. Agnew
8 Cent Stamps To Stay
The Postal Rate Commission approved about 1.5 billion dollars in higher mail rates, mostly backdated to May 1971, making the 8 cent letter rate and 11 cent air mail rate permanent unless the Postal Service Board of Governors blocks the plan. Critics from magazine publishers and other large mailers attacked the move, citing second class rate effects.
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Washington
Postal Rate Commission
Postal Service Board of Governors
Welfare costs dip in January as relief rolls rise
Government figures show welfare costs fell for the fifth time in six months in January, with a $12.4 million drop from December driven by lower medical care costs for the poor. About 60,000 more people joined relief rolls, according to the Department of Health Education and Welfare.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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