Wallace Wins Florida Primary Sets Stage for National race
In Florida Wallace wins by a landslide with 42 percent and 75 delegates. Humphrey takes second with 18 percent and six delegates, while Muskie is crushed with 9 percent. Nixon dominates GOP with 87 percent. Florida voters oppose court ordered school busing and back quality education for all.
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Ohio House approves two constitutional amendments for May ballot
Ohio lawmakers move to place two constitutional measures on the May 2 ballot. One would lift the ban on lotteries if approved by voters. the other would create a governor and lieutenant governor ticket and cover legislative expenses. The Senate planned to take up the mine strip measure in committee.
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Davis jurors sworn in for Angela Davis trial in San Jose
In a swift move the Davis murder and kidnapping case proceeds after an all-white panel is accepted by both sides. The 16 jurors include eight women and four men with a Mexican-American member, and the defense and prosecution agreed to proceed after a 45 minute private session.
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Hughes Returns to U S After Month in Nicaragua Hideaway
Howard Hughes flies to Los Angeles after a month in a Managua hotel. A Nicaraguan air force spokesman notes the private arrival, while Hughes' spokesman declines to confirm his location. Hughes had met President Somoza and U S Ambassador Shelton before departing.
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Mitchell Defence of Flanigan In ITT Antitrust Hearings
Former Atty. Gen. Mitchell testifies to Senate Judiciary Committee that he sees no problem with Peter Flanigan hiring an outside consultant to prepare a report for the Justice Department in the ITT antitrust cases. He notes he met Harold Geneen in 1970 but did not discuss the suits.
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Florida voters back end to forced busing in straw vote
In Miami Florida voters endorsed by a 3-1 margin a proposed constitutional amendment to end forced busing citing Alabama Governor George Wallace's call to oppose busing for racial balance in classrooms.
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Chillicothe Elects Its First Woman City Council Member
Nancy Lee King an 18 year old student at Ohio University Chillicothe campus was appointed by Mayor Clark Alexander to fill a council vacancy. She told the council on Feb. 28 of her interest and said she was ready for the job.
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Hussein proposes semi autonomous Palestine state in West Bank
King Hussein of Jordan offered to establish a semiautonomous Palestinian state in the occupied West Bank after Israeli withdrawal. Arab governments rejected the plan and Egypt, Syria, Libya, and Iraq warned it could lead to a separate peace with Israel. Palestine guerrilla leaders vowed a government-in-exile in retaliation, calling the proposal a plot to end the commando movement.
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Collins Mining trial set for May 15 in federal court
Collins Mining Co. owned by Ohio Senator Oakley Collins faces a trial in U.S. District Court on May 15. Indicted on a Wildlife Service complaint for strip mining about 27 acres of Wayne National Forest near Ironton. Collins contends the incursion was accidental.
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Ohio offers help to remove acid water dam risk at Noble County
Natural Resources Director William Nye said state experts will assist Union Carbide in removing a Noble County road embankment impounding over 60 million gallons of highly acidic water. The embankment was ordered removed as a life and property hazard and further water buildup could breach it. unsafe drainage could harm aquatic life with Union Carbide liable for any fish kills.
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Danish jetliner crashes with 112 aboard in Dubai mountains
A Sterling Airways Caravelle with 112 people on board crashed into a rain swept mountainside near Dubai while approaching for landing from Ceylon to Denmark. Rescuers reported no sign of life found.
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