Nixon Aims at Congress in Campaign Strategy Session
President Nixon plans a White House breakfast with Cabinet and GOP leaders to map a campaign strategy against the Democratic Congress. He cites delays on revenue sharing government reorganization health and welfare and environmental proposals as the focus of his four months in four weeks tactic.
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Harry Truman
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Kennedy Joins McGovern in Northeast Campaign Tour
AP reports Senator Edward Kennedy joins George McGovern for a five day, 16 hour rally trek from Minneapolis to Pittsburgh. The duo drew about 11 000 attendees at their Minneapolis stop as Kennedy boosts the campaign and emphasizes a big turnout effort.
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George McGovern
Edward M. Kennedy
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McGovern
Revenue-Sharing Bill Nears Senate Passage
The Senate moves toward final approval of a 34.8 billion revenue sharing plan after debates over aid distribution. Javits failed to add urban-focused funding, while Chiles' welfare cap amendment was defeated. McGovern and Kennedy drew applause for advocating broader support and an end to the Vietnam era. The trio plan further stops in major cities before returning to Washington.
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Senate
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Sen
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Long
1972 Olympics End With Brief Security Drills
In Munich the 1972 Games ended after a day marked by violence and tragedy. Two West German fighter planes patrolled the Olympic Stadium over 80,000 spectators after an anonymous call warned of a stolen plane to strike the closing ceremonies. No plane was stolen and the event closed as planned.
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United States
Olympic Stadium
Marines Enter Quang Tri Citadel Amid Fierce Fighting
South Vietnamese Marines fought into the Quang Tri Citadel as heavy shelling continued. About 400 North Vietnamese troops were believed still entrenched in the fortress as U.S. and South Vietnamese jets pummeled the position and surrounding avenues were being closed to reinforce the defenders.
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Quang Tri, Vietnam
Quang Tri
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Highway 1
Income Tax Repeal Hearing Approved in Cincinnati
A Cincinnati judge set a Thursday hearing for the Hamilton County Committee of Citizens for Repeal of the Ohio Income Tax to challenge the invalidation of 11,877 signatures on the repeal petition. The group argues 5,767 signatures were ruled invalid for listing improper political subdivisions and cites due process concerns in removing signers without a hearing.
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Amended complaint targets Stans in bugging case
Lawyers for the Democratic party file an amended complaint alleging Maurice H. Stans and Hugh Sloan funded the break ins at the Democratic National Committee offices. The suit accuses them of giving 114000 dollars in unreported GOP funds to G. Gordon Liddy for the operation. Stans denies the charges as lies.
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Kissinger Presses Soviet Talks In Moscow
Kissinger continued talks with Kremlin leaders for a second day in Moscow while a news blackout remained tight. U S sources disclosed only that Nixon’s national security adviser met with Foreign Minister Gromyko as Kissinger discussed Vietnam Middle East arms trade and European security with Brezhnev Kosygin and Gromyko.
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State plans six hour day for Ohio high schools
Ohio Superintendent Martin Essex says proposed standards defining the secondary school day will likely be approved by the State Board of Education at the next meeting in October with no significant opposition. The plan requires a minimum six hours of daily scheduled class, plus guided learning experiences, excluding home study.
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Ohio
Martin Essex
State Board of Education
Essex
Joseph Mataba
Cleveland Heights High School
Mansfield Calls For End To Olympics
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield called for discontinuing the Olympic Games saying they are too political racist anarchic and murderous. He warned the event’s ideal is fading and refereeing shows nationalist influence.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Ohio Senate panel moves on capital punishment reports
The Senate Judiciary Committee accepted two reports on capital punishment but left the broader criminal code revision largely untouched during a Columbus hearing. Chairman Max Dennis said the reports go to a subcommittee ahead of the full panel's next session on September 25, as testimony focused on sex and drugs, echoing concerns that already affected the House vote 72 to 14 last March.
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Ohio
Senate Judiciary Committee
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American Soldier Surrenders After Abducting Four
Pvt. Lawrence R. Tanner, 20, of Orange Texas, surrendered to U S military authorities in Saigon after abducting four fellow soldiers. A brief shootout left a security officer slightly wounded and police used tear gas to force Tanner from a house on Saigon’s outskirts.
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Lawrence R. Tanner
Orange
Tex
U.S
Hanoi peace plan studied in Washington
U S officials examined Hanoi's latest peace proposal broadcast Monday and found only a single minor change from prior positions. State Department sources said the plan suggests the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese would not demand a role in selecting Saigon's representatives for any tripartite postwar government of South Vietnam.
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U.S
Hanoi
State Department
Saigon
South Vietnam
Evangelist Billy James Hargis Plane Stolen and Recovered
The FBI reports two men stole evangelist Billy James Hargis aircraft in Oklahoma and flew it to Florida using a credit card for fueling. Tulsa airport worker aided initial start. FBI arrested the two men on interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft charges after the plane landed in Jacksonville.
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Fla
Billy James Hargis
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