Voter chaos in Cleveland after primary fails
Cleveland voters faced long delays as 12 precincts failed to operate, denying about 6000 ballots. A federal suit seeks impounded ballots for marshals supervised counting. Ohio officials and local groups order investigations while costs rise for overtime and machine deployment.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Elections Board
U.S
George McGovern
D-S.c
Sheldon Schecter
McGovern
Humphrey Leads in Tenth District Delegates Race
Sen. Hubert Humphrey appears to lead in the Tenth District for the five Democratic national convention delegates, with unofficial counts showing an evolving margin over Sen. George McGovern as results trickle in from 13 counties. The Messenger pieced together figures indicating Humphrey ahead by about 800 votes in some tallies, while others showed McGovern taking key counties. Delegates named for Miami include Thomas W. Arnold, Barbara E. Harnetty, Judith A. Swinehart, Phillip D. Swinehart, and William H. Wilson, with Glen Crisp and Rose Tanbury as alternates.
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Hubert Humphrey
Tenth Congressional District
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Ohio River
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McGovern
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Fairfield
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Gallia
Miami
Thomas W. Arnold
Barbara E. Harnetty
Judith A. Swinehart
Phillip D. Swinehart
William H. Wilson
Glen Crisp
Rose Tanbury
Paul G.S. Lloyd
Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ohio
George McGovern
Peace Talks Suspended Amid Vietnam Conference Standstill
The United States and South Vietnam suspended the 149th peace conference session after no date was set for resuming talks. North Vietnam denied invasions and accused the Nixon administration of violating promises to stop bombing as Nguyen Thi Binh and Xuan Thuy restated the communist seven point peace plan.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
William J. Porter
Pham Dang Lam
Porter
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
South
Thuy
Nguyen Thi Binh
Nixon
Humphrey Narrowly Wins Ohio Primary Delegates
In Ohio Humphrey captures 38 at large delegates and eight district seats while McGovern leads in 13 districts. total delegates show a split ticket with 64 for McGovern and 38 for Humphrey plus 13 local favorites. Ohio also reports polling-place problems and legal suits over voting procedures.
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McGovern
South Dakota
Humphrey
Ohio
Cleveland
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GOP committee to consider Miami Beach bid for convention
Washington reports the head of the Republican National Convention arrangements committee will recommend accepting the Miami Beach City Council bid to host the GOP gathering. The panel meets today and the Republican National Committee discusses the issue Friday.
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Washington
Miami Beach
Florida
Republican National Committee
Lawsuits seek 12.1 million over Kent State campus killings
The American Civil Liberties Union files suits totaling 12.1 million against Ohio and the Ohio National Guard over the Kent State University May 4, 1970 shootings that killed four students and injured nine. About 1,000 silent marchers join a candlelight vigil on campus two years later. Miss America Laurie Lea Schaefer is hospitalized in Atlantic City with acute gastroenteritis. condition described as satisfactory.
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State of Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Kent State University
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
U.S. District Court
Bexley
Ohio
Ohio University
Bruce Cabot Actor Dies After Cancer Battle
Bruce Cabot, known for the hero role in King Kong, died of cancer at 6? He rose to fame in 1933 and worked for decades before entering the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills for lung and throat cancer treatment. He died Wednesday.
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Bruce Cabot
Cabot
Motion Picture Country
Woodland Hills
Mine Toll Now 24 Fire Nearly Out
In Kellogg Idaho a mine fire at Sunshine Mining Co left 24 dead and 58 miners missing. Rescue teams pressed efforts three days after the blaze as smoke and heat slowed operations while air being forced into shafts offered hope for survivors. Rescue units neared the No. 10 hoist shaft as smoke declined but carbon monoxide remained high.
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Associated Press
Kellogg
Idaho
Sunshine Mining Co
Edward Adams
Sunshine
Silver Summit
Gray named acting FBI head in election year
President Nixon appoints L. Patrick Gray III acting FBI director to replace J Edgar Hoover. No permanent nominee will be sent to the Senate until after the November 7 election. Gray is a Nixon ally and former special assistant with a Navy background and law degree.
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L. Patrick Gray III
FBI
Nixon
Senate
Gray
Ronald L. Ziegler
Hoover
Bureau
Cer
U.S. Naval Academy
Balding Gray
Navy
George Washington University
Yablonski Slayings Probe Links Union Funds to Murder
Special Prosecutor Richard Sprague says funds used to finance the Yablonski family killings were funneled from the United Mine Workers national treasury into a District 19 research and information fund. Huddleston, who pleaded guilty, testified that two UMW officials helped obtain at least $15,000 to finance the killings.
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Washington, Pa
Richard Sprague
Yablonski
United Mine Workers Union
National Treasury
Sprague
Silous Huddleston
UMW
Tony Boyle
Albert Pass
Boyle
Huddleston
Joseph A
Jock’’ Yablonski
Clarksville
Annette Gilly
UMW Pensioners
LaFollette
Tenn
FBI
Final Tributes Paid To Hoover
Washington AP report on J Edgar Hoover’s state funeral schedule and honors. President Nixon planned to eulogize at National Presbyterian Church with 1200 seats, private burial at Congressional Cemetery, and attendance by Agnew, Cabinet, justices, lawmakers, and FBI personnel. Hoover lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda with Burger delivering the eulogy.
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J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Nixon
Hoover
National Presbyterian Church
Congressional Cemetery
Capitol
Spiro T. Agnew
Supreme Court
Fellowship Hall
Warren E. Burger
Abraham Lincoln
Viet troops launch counterattack to reopen Highway 14
South Vietnamese paratroopers begin a combat assault in the central highlands eight miles south of Kontum and 19 miles north of Pleiku to clear North Vietnamese forces from Chu Pa pass on Highway 14. Field reports say 40 NVA were killed. fighting continued at dusk as Saigon reports nationwide offensive slackening.
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United States
Central Highlands
Chu Pa
Kontum
Pleiku
Associated Press
David J. Paine
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