Democrats brace for chair vote as Westwood battles Strauss
In Austin Minnesota Herald coverage the 1972 Democratic party chair race hinges on today’s vote. Robert Strauss claims 110 votes to oust chair Jean Westwood amid a conservative moderate coalition backing him. Westwood insists she will resign only if Strauss wins and would force him to evict her before he can run.
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Dallas
Robert Strauss
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Westwood
George McGovern
McGovern
Centerfield
Nixon
St. Louis
Nixon names Kleindienst to stay at attorney general
President Nixon completes his second term Cabinet picks at Camp David naming Richard G. Kleindienst to remain attorney general. Five Justice Department aides and two Interior officials will leave. Robert Bork nominated to succeed Griswold as solicitor general with Jewel Lafontant named deputy solicitor general.
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Harison Loesch
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Robert H. Bork
Erwin N. Griswold
Chicago
Jewel Lafontant
Wisconsin bombing suspect seeks bail claiming political act
Karleton Armstrong, held in Canadian jail for nine months during extradition fights, asked Ontario Supreme Court for bail arguing the Aug. 24 1970 Sterling Hall blast at the University of Wisconsin Madison was a political act. He faces arson and murder charges, while extradition proceedings continue in a nearby Federal Court of Appeals.
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Federal Court of Appeals
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