McGovern Sweeps Four Primaries To Forge Nomination Lead
McGovern captures California, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota to surge past 900 delegates toward the 1509 needed for the Democratic nomination. Humphrey fights on in California, hoping to win party leaders and labor support despite a closer result in Los Angeles County.
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George McGovern
California
South Dakota
New Jersey
New Mexico
Humphrey
Democratic Party
McGovern
Los Angeles County
McGovern Leads Humphrey in California Primary Returns
Early returns show George McGovern leading Hubert Humphrey in California with over half counted McGovern at 47 percent to 38 for Humphrey Wallace write ins around 5 percent. McGovern claimed victory in New Jersey South Dakota New Mexico and predicted momentum for Miami Beach. Nixon won California Republican delegates while Wallace challenged in New Mexico and Eastland Metcalf and Case won Senate nominations.
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California
McGovern
San Diego
Humphrey
Alabama
George C. Wallace
New Jersey
South Dakota
New Mexico
Wallace
San Francisco
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Miami Beach
Houston
Tex
Nixon
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
New York
McGovern _s
Senate
James
Eastland
D-Miss
Lee Metcalf
D-Mort
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
U S Air Force hits North rail yard near Lang Son
Air Force jets damaged the North Vietnamese rail yard and a highway bridge near Lang Son with laser guided bombs. A second strike hit the Bay Giang power plant northeast of Hanoi as cloud cover limited damage assessment. U S pilots reported 270 strikes nationwide with multiple bridge and watercraft damages.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Lang Son
Air Force
Bay Giang
Hanoi
U.S
Saratoga
Yen Lap
Tien Giao
Farm Machinery Sale Ad Cancelled After Three Days
Advertisement urges selling farm items with low cost Herald want and shield ads. Promoted John Deere cultivator and quick-track cultivator rows, with phone contact and a $5.10 rate. Ad scheduled to run six times but cancelled after three days. Call 433 8851 for the same results.
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Call
High Court takes up school funding case from Texas
The Supreme Court agreed to review Rodriguez v San Antonio Independent School District to decide if wealth based school financing violates equal protection. Thirty states supported review while four governors backed the district court ruling that the system disadvantages poorer districts.
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San Antonio
District Court
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Hawaii
Rodriguez
Crawford C. Martin
Supreme Court
Martin
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Kenneth M. Curtis
Maine
Richard F. Kneip
South Dakota
Patrick J. Lucey
Gunmen Wage Street Fight in Belfast
In Belfast a three hour gun battle erupted after 75 suspected IRA members were released from Long Kesh. One soldier died and a militiaman was critically wounded as over 200 shots were fired around the New Lodge Catholic district. An attack on an army post in South Falls wounded no one. A car bomb damaged shops near Lurgan.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Catholic
New Lodge
South Falls
Lurgan
Irish Republican Army
Long Kesh
Austin Utilities Board weighs job posting and pay rules
An 11 member employes grievance group met with the Austin Utilities Board Tuesday. They sought reconsideration of posting a water dept job assigned to the gas dept and conciliation is pending. The board will post the job as an underground light equipment operator to cover both departments. The board will pay the higher rate for time worked on the other job and approved college help hires in summer. The group may raise matters at contract talks, which will start after year end.
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Austin Utilities Board
Water Dept
Austin Utilities
Dale Merton
Merton
Wayne Dorn
Flaming tank car righted after derailment near Dallas
A flaming tank car from a derailment in Dallas last Thursday is righted to burn off about 15 000 gallons of liquefied ethylene. Workers installed a bleeder line to drain the gas. Fire officials say explosion danger is reduced and evacuated residents have returned home.
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Dallas
Tex
Congress to aid Amtrak with new grants and loans
Congress moves to rescue Amtrak with 225 million in federal grants and 109 million in guaranteed loans. A conference panel trimmed an urban corridor plan, kept 2 million a year to link intercity service to Canada and Mexico, and capped Amtrak salaries at 60 thousand dollars.
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Congress
Amtrak
America
Senate House
U.S
Canada
Mexico
National Railroad Passenger Corp
Roger Lewis
Transportation Department
Amstrak
House
T Senate
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Harley ©. Staggers
D-W
White House seeks public scrutiny of advisory committees
The White House proposes opening federal advisory committees to broader public oversight as Congress moves rapidly on related bills. In other AP dispatches, U.S. and South Vietnam reject a North Vietnamese demand to restart Vietnam peace talks, and Senate to vote Thursday on Kleindienst attorney general nomination amid California antipollution initiative defeat after a heated campaign.
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Saigon
7Th Division
Chu Chi
Trang Bang
Khiem Hanh
Washington
White House
Congress
U.S
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
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Kennedy
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Arlington
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Robert
Ethel
Edward
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George Esper
An Loc
Highway 13
Highway 1
Qui Nhon
An Nhon
Phu My
Pleiku
Kontum
City Utilities Board
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Dorn
Harold Lamon
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Park and Recreation Board
Todd Park
Utilities Board
Kleindienst
Los Angeles
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