Nixon discusses volunteer army and campaign at California reception
President Nixon told Melvin Laird the aim is a full move to an all volunteer force with draft mothballed by 1973. At the Western White House reception in San Clemente Nixon welcomed Hollywood figures, politicians, and the press as Agnew Sinatra Reagan Graham and Kissinger mingled amid light campaign chatter.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
White House
Pentagon
Laird
Defense
Vietnam
Spiro T. Agnew
NBC
Meet the Press
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnamese
Air strike stalls as negotiators meet without mediator
Northwest Airlines and its 1600 striking pilots held a second day of talks with no federal mediator present. A return-to-work plan is discussed but no end to the eight week strike is in sight. State aviation officials warn of potential labor trouble for commercial aviation in North Dakota.
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Minneapolis
North Dakota Aeronautics
Harold Vavra
U S bombers strike Hanoi Haiphong area military camps
Saigon reports heavy U S raids on 20 targets around Hanoi and Haiphong including three army barracks and rail lines. The attack, the heaviest since 1968, killed or damaged hundreds of structures and included Xom Bai and Xuan Mai facilities.
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Saigon
Hanoi-Haiphong
U.S
China
North Vietnam
Xom Bai
Hanoi
Xuan Mai
Hai Dong
Haiphong
Washington
Haiphong Harbor
Nixon camp fund audit demand targets McGovern records
President Nixon's finance committee calls for a GAO audit of Senator George McGovern's fundraising details with the same vigor used against Republicans. Committee leaders warn of a thorough, revealing investigation and echo GOP claims of Democratic influence on the GAO.
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Nixon
Finance Committee
Congressional
George McGovern
General Accounting Office
Sen. McGovern
Maurice Stans
GOP
Commerce
GAO
Congress
Stans
John Connally
Treasury
ABC
Issues and
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Agnew Says He Is Focused on 1972 Not 1976
Vice President Spiro Agnew told NBCs Meet the Press he cares little about 1976 delegate rules and would not let talk of the next convention derail the party. He urged sticking to principles, criticized McGoverns rhetoric, and said he will respond to personal attacks on the President or administration.
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Los Angeles
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
NBC
Meet the Press
Nixon
Sen
George McGovern
Betty Becomes First Hurricane From Neuter Cane
Hurricane Betty stayed over the North Atlantic and posed no land threat, with winds near 100 mph as it moved east northeast. Center officials noted Betty is the first hurricane to evolve from a neuter cane due to advancing satellite technology.
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Miami
North Atlantic
National Hurricane Center
United States
Neil Frank
Azores Islands
Frank
The Pioneer Publishing Details and Rates
The Pioneer publishes daily except Sundays and holidays at 423 Beltrami Avenue Bemidji Minnesota. It is a member of the Associated Press Minnesota Newspaper Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Subscriptions cost 18 dollars per year within the trade zone 20 dollars per year outside the zone and carrier delivery is 2.50 per month.
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The
Pioneer
Beltrami Avenue
Bemidji
Minnesota
Associated Press
Ion
Audit Breau
Gallup Poll Shows McGovern Seen as Liberal by Many
A Gallup Poll taken August 5 to 12 finds 44 percent of Americans view Senator George S. McGovern as liberal while 24 percent call themselves liberal. Twenty-two percent label McGovern very liberal, nearly doubling from April. Nixon remains more conservative with 52 percent, while 41 percent of voters see themselves as conservative.
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Princeton
N.J
Gallup
Sen
George S. McGovern
McGovern
South Dakota
Direct mail expert hired for Democratic campaign
Morris Dees, a 35 year old direct mail expert from Montgomery Alabama, announced early totals for McGovern fundraising and said he expects to raise 25 million dollars. He noted 173 220 donors since the convention and outlined plans to reach 505 000 potential contributors with a broad mail and media push.
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Washington
Morris Dees
George McGovern
McGovern
Dees
Montgomery
Ala
University of Alabama
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
U.S. seeks smaller U.N. financial share under 25 percent
The United States pushes to cut its U.N. assessment to no more than 25 percent of the regular budget, down from 31.52 percent in 1972. A memo argues for broader sharing by admitting new members and raising others, citing U.S. voluntary contributions nearing half a billion dollars in 1971.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
United Nations
World Organization
U.S
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
General Assembly
Congress
China
Kennedy Case Called Incomplete Says Wecht
Pittsburgh AP report quotes Dr. Cyril H. Wecht Allegany County coroner calling the Kennedy assassination an incomplete case. He says crucial autopsy records are missing from the National Archives including photographs slides and Kennedy's brain preservation details.
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Pittsburgh
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
National Archives
Cyril H. Wecht
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
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