Chairman Gibson Leads Nonstop Platform Committee Session
Washington AP Annie Laurie Gunter praised Gov Wallace and urged a vote of thanks to Kenneth Gibson Newark mayor and George McGovern delegate who presided over a nonstop drafting session from 9 am Monday to 3 30 am Tuesday shaping the Democratic platform Gibson kept order with wit and quiet authority insisting the panel stay until the draft was finished He joked about not knowing Robert's Rules and said he dreamed of a point of order after hours of work
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Alabama
George Wallace
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Kenneth Gibson
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Midwest governors debate meat quotas at conference
Governors at the Midwest meeting in Bismarck plan to protest Nixon's lifting of meat import quotas. North Dakota's William Guy, senior Democrat, calls the move hypocritical, arguing it disrupts supply and prices farmers deem fair. Delegates discuss resolutions site for 1973 conference and officers. Guy hosts a formal dinner and will not seek reelection after 12 years.
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India Pakistan toughen stand before peace talks in Simla
In Simla India and Pakistan harden positions ahead of a summit between Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Pakistan demands immediate POW repatriation and recognition of the cease-fire line through Kashmir as an international boundary and of Bangladesh as independent. India cautions the POW issue but seeks progress on diplomacy after six years since the Tashkent talks.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Tashkent
Soviet Union
Kashmir
U.N
Vale of Kashmir
Missing listings in Albuquerque directory hit 63 pages
Albuquerque New Mexico AP reports about 50 copies of the 1971 metropolitan telephone directory were printed with an alphabetical list only reaching the Smiths. About 63 white page listings were missing due to a mechanical failure at the printing shop.
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Marines honor five missing Guadalcanal Marines at Arlington
At Arlington National Cemetery families gathered as the remains of five Marines killed during the Guadalcanal battle in October 1942 were finally identified and buried nearly 30 years after their deaths. The men Pic. David W. Johns Pfc Eugene Johnston Cpl John F. Suggs Pvt Paul E. Gagnon and Pfc Godfrey F E Hunter Jr were found in unmarked graves on Guadalcanal in 1970 after years of searching.
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Eugene Johnston
Littleton
N.C
John F. Suggs
Richlands
Paul E. Gagnon
Augusta
Maine
Godfrey FE. Hunter Jr
Winston-Salem
Marine Corps
South Vietnamese push to retake Quang Tri Province
South Vietnam launches its first large scale effort to recapture Quang Tri, with over 10,000 marines and paratroopers crossing My Chanh River aided by B52 bombing, naval gunfire, tanks and fighters. No casualty figures yet. The move follows Thieu’s June 19 order to reclaim territory taken since March 30. Also, Col Nguyen Van Chuc is ousted as Binh Dinh chief, to be replaced by Col Hoang Dinh Tho amid regional instability and political backlash in Saigon.
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Quang Tin Province
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Toan
Olmecs Rise as Early Religious Centers in Middle America
The Olmecs appeared around 1200 B.C. and built religious centers that became the first known in Middle America, rising like medieval cathedral towns to influence surrounding areas.
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Harvest Moon to Illuminate September Nights
The Harvest Moon, the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox, rises after sunset on September 4 this year. This event signals several days of brighter evenings as the moon guides nocturnal observers and adds notable lunar glow to autumn skies.
911 Emergency Hotline Aids Rapid Response
The telephone company reports three hundred calls in three months using the new 911 number. Calls spanned 22 emergency types from auto accidents and fires to heart attacks and prowlers. The system saves time by bypassing operators and helps users who cannot locate eyeglasses dial directly for instant agency response.
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