Election Day deemed pivotal in Nixon McGovern race
AP reports a record turnout of over 80 million Americans deciding whether Nixon or McGovern takes the presidency, with drive for House Senate and gubernatorial control across 50 states. Dixville Notch cast early Nixon edge. campaigns highlight turnout, polls, and regional contests.
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George McGovern
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Weather Bureau
New Hampshire
Dixville Notch
McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Concordia Elementary School
San Clemente
Calif
Congregationalist Church
Mitchell
S.D
Washington
Sioux Falls
Allied Chemical Co
New York City
New York
Election Facts By The Associated Press
Facts on today’s elections cover offices for president vice president 18 governors all House members and a third of the Senate. Major party candidates Nixon Agnew McGovern Shriver. Democrats control Senate 55 to 45 and House 255 to 177 with three vacancies. Estimated voters 80 to 85 million of 108 million registered. polls close 4 p.m. EST today to 2 a.m. EST Wednesday.
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Vietnam
Nixon
Philadelphia
Long Beach
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Sioux Falls
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sargent Shriver
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Beaumont
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Spiro T. Agnew
Richmond
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California
McGovern
Communist Party
Gus Hall
Senate
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Georgia
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John G. Tower
New England
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New Hampshire
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Rhode Island
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
South Dakota
Idaho
Kentucky
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Louisiana
GOP
Agnew
House
Associated Press
House of Representatives
Richard M. Nixon
George S. McGovern
U S Loses Three Planes in Viet War Missing Crews Reported
The USS Command reports the loss of a third F111 swing wing fighter on a night mission and a Navy A7 during raids in South Vietnam. All three crewmen are missing as seven other Americans are rescued after a helicopter forced down in bad weather 90 miles south of Da Nang. North Vietnam pushes troops and rebuilds bases while negotiations hint at concessions.
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Saigon
USS. Command
Panhandle
North Vietnam
da Nang
Indians and Nixon talk set as occupation looms
Indians led by Vernon Bellencourt of the American Indian Movement press for a White House meeting with Frank Carlucci and Leonard Garment as court orders threaten eviction from the Bureau of Indian Affairs building in Washington. A 12 member negotiating commission is discussed amid deadlines and possible progress. Dennis Banks warns of withdrawal if no commitment by midnight.
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Washington
Vernon Bellencourt
American Indian Movement
Bureau of Indian Affairs
White House
Bellencourt
Frank Carlucci
Office of Budget and Management
Leonard Garment
Nixon
AIM
U.S. Dist
John
Pratt
U.S. Circuit Court
Justice Department
Department
AIM Field
Dennis Banks
Bonn Cabinet Approves Treaty With East Germany
Bonn moves to normalize relations with East Germany as Chancellor Brandt’s cabinet authorizes the draft treaty for initialing. Honecker’s party says the pact is welcomed and Denmark, Norway, and Sweden prepare for recognition within weeks. North Vietnamese troops and supplies move near Saigon as U S aid accelerates.
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Bonn
East Germany
West Germany
Willy Brandt
Erich Honecker
Egon Bahr
Brandt
Michael Kohl
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Cambodia
Saigon
United States
Massive U S airlift pours into Saigon ahead of cease fire
At least 30 U.S. military cargo planes and chartered freighters deliver over 700 tons of equipment to Saigon to press toward a cease-fire. More aircraft expected, signaling the largest airlift of the Indochina war with C141 Starlifters and C5 Galaxy transports used alongside commercial planes.
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Saigon
U.S
United States
North Vietnam Says U.S. Voters Face War or Peace Choice
In Saigon an official Vietnamese editorial accuses Nixon of backing aggression and urges Americans to choose ending the war for a just peace. In Santiago Chile faces a bleak outlook after a three week strike, with losses near 200 million dollars as 400,000 return to work.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Nhan Dan
Nixon
U.S
Santiago
Chile
Fernando Flores
Kissinger Declines Peace Award From City Council Group
Kissinger refused the City Council of Churches Family of Man award for peace saying his ongoing negotiations kept him from accepting. Spokesmen confirmed the bronze medallion was offered last September. Documents were released by a protest organizer amid sit in activity at the council offices.
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Henry A. Kissinger
City Council of Churches
Family of Man
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Kissinger
Dan M. Potter
Council
Associated Press
A. Kendall Smith
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