Bolivia’s three service chiefs seize control of government
Bolivian military leaders announce they have taken over to prevent anarchy and disorder. General Alfredo Ovando Candia is named president of the new revolutionary government. In a separate vote, the House defeats Rep Betts’s bid to reduce the 1970 census to a basic head count by 123 to 107.
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London
Bolivia
Alfredo Ovando Candia
Washington
House
Jackson FE. Betts
Ohio
Richard Stott Electrocuted Handling Microphone in Night Club
British pop singer Richard Stott was electrocuted early today while handling a microphone on stage at a local Newcastle night club. Police report the accident occurred during a routine performance.
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Newcastle, Upontyne
England
Richard Stott
David Clay Found Guilty On Three Narcotics Counts
A court yesterday convicted David Clay on three narcotics offenses. The trial details are not given, but the jury delivered a guilty verdict on all counts. Page references indicate broader coverage across the newspaper.
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David Clay
Pgg
BOY Scouts Plan Campo- Sue Cekcepcalas Es Enbechseeneeseteien
Athens
Gallipolis
Southeastern Ohio Athletic League
Trial opens today for eight charged with inciting riot
Chicago AP. Opening arguments begin in the conspiracy to incite riots trial tied to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Jury seated includes two men and ten women with four alternates. Defendants: Bobby G. Seale Abbie Hoffman Jerry Rubin David Dellinger Rennie Davis John Froines Thomas Hayden Lee Weiner.
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Chicago
Jerry C. Rubin
Abbie Hoffman
New York
Youth International Party
Yippies
David T. Dellinger
Liberation Magazine
Rennie Davis
John R. Froiners
Eugene
Ore
University of Oregon
Thomas E. Hayden
Students For A Democratic Society
Lee Weiner
Northwestern University
U.S. Atty
Thomas A. Foran
Richard G. Schultz
Rail unions push to avert White House strike intervention
Atlantic City AP reports railroad union leaders urged policy makers to allow selective walkouts next week on six major railroads. William W. Winpisinger said unions aim to force bargaining without triggering a nationwide emergency and hope to avoid federal intervention by Nixon and Shultz.
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Atlantic City
White House
William W. Winpisinger
Afl-Cio Machinists
Winpisinger
Asst
William J. Usery
U.S
Usery
Washington
George P. Shultz
Congress
Wide Search For Murder Suspects In Cincinnati Case
In Cincinnati Ohio police and federal agents extended the manhunt for two of three men charged with killing four women at a savings and loan office. The search stretched into Kentucky as authorities pursued leads and coordinated cross state cooperation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Federated
Democratic Women’s Clubs of
Democratic State Executive Committee
Cincinnati
Savings and Loan
Kentucky
Cabinet Supreme Savings and Loan
Joseph Huebner
Helen
Huebner
New Flurry Of Terror Possible For Saigon
U S para troopers found two Viet Cong Sapper bases near Saigon within 24 hours and Lt General Julian Ewell warned of a winter campaign surge. One camp 12 miles northwest housed explosives and detonation gear, another eight miles west yielded sappers in bunkers with early reports of seven killed. Police in Kentucky Cincinnati case report four women shot during a CabinetSavings robbery, with Kassow and two others charged.
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Saigon
U. S
Julian Ewell
U.S
Nixon Proposes Broad Social Security Increases and COLA
President Nixon urged Congress to approve a $4.25 billion package of Social Security boosts including a 10 percent across the board benefit rise starting April 1970 and a new automatic cost of living adjustment. He also proposed raising the earnings base to $9,000 in 1972 while trimming employer and employee payroll rates. The plan seeks to shield retirees and dependents from inflation by linking benefits to living costs.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Tion
Ings
Vandals Fire Akron Selective Service Office
Vandals set fire to a two room selective service office on South High Street Akron injuring a fireman. The three story building housed records for five Summit County draft boards and about 100000 draft cards were reported filed there as a state team from Cleveland investigated.
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Akron
Ohio
Selective Service
U.S
South High Street
Cleveland
Summit County
GOP hints at new de-escalation move in Vietnam
Senate GOP Leader Hugh Scott raises possibility of fresh de-escalation by President Nixon as Republicans push for faster Vietnam withdrawal. Some senators and House members discuss limits on the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and funding freezes, sparking debate with Defense Secretary Laird and Governor Rockefeller.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Senate
GOP
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Scott
Donald W. Riegle Jr
Michigan
GOP House
Gulf of Tonkin
Johnson
Goodell
Congress
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Communist China Marks 20th Anniversary Review
Associated Press writer John Roderick assesses the political status of Communist China as it nears its 20th anniversary amid cultural upheaval. The Sunday Messenger previews sports notes on Ohio University Bobcats vs Minnesota and local high school Federal Hocking’s new building in Roy Cross's feature.
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China
Associated Press
John Roderick
Ohio University
Bobcats
Minnesota
Messenger
Rowland Congdon
Federal Hocking High School
Roy Cross
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