McGovern assails colleagues on paltry political pledges
APS United Press International reports Senator George McGovern assailed President Ford and fellow Democrats for avoiding hard questions and courting a centrist stance. He warned the Democratic Opposition risks a dead center and defeat, urging clearer positions on race, economics, and inflation. The piece also covers Jimmy Carter, Morris Udall, Lloyd Bentsen, and Republican support for Ford.
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McGovern
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Young Democrats
St. Louis
Ford
Richard Nixon
Congress
Morris K. Udall
Dariz
Henry Kissinger
Middle East
Harrisburg
Udall
Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
Shapp
Pittsburgh
Nashville
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Alabama
George Wallace
Bentsen
California
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Grizzly Attack Man in Yellowstone Park
A French hiker Jean-Guillaume Christian faced a seven-foot grizzly on the Bighorn Pass Trail. He recalled that playing dead saved him after being mauled in a bearhug. He walked seven miles to medical care with injuries to his leg arm hand and chest.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
UPI
Jean-Guillaume Christian
Christian
Oold Medical
Rangers
Park
Joe Carder
Jean Chabbal
St. Maur
France
Bighorn Pass
Park Hospital
Fawn Pass
Calder
Donald Shute
Park Service
Clarendon Hills
Mrs Ford says pillow talk yields cabinet level results
New York news agency reports First Lady Betty Ford says she and President Ford share views during their pillow talk hours and that her influence helped name the nation’s only current female cabinet appointee. She downplays questions about how often they sleep together.
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New York
UPI
Betty Ford
Myra MacPherson
McCall’s Magazine
Ford
Miss MacPherson
White House
Oval Office
New Jersey Balloonist Fails Atlantic Crossing Again
New Jersey resident Robert Sparks abandoned his attempt to cross the Atlantic by balloon after about 18 hours in the air. About 125 miles from Cape Cod the craft vented, forcing a ditching. Coast Guard helicopter rescued Sparks while a ground crewman stayed with the gondola. Sparks and crew explained the leak and emphasized the attempt was not completed.
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New Jersey
Atlantic
Mashpee
Mass
UPI
Robert Sparks
Sparks
Coast Guard
Maine
Gladstone
N.J
Susan
Vicky
G. Hadden Wood
Wood
Cape Cod
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United Press International
George McGovern
Dl.d
National Student Association
Washington
Minnesota
GOP
Charles Slocum
Boston
Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission
Edgar J. Hammond
Commission
Hammond
Roxborough
Crocker Snow
Stow
Alexander Dyke
Belmont
Can
Kansas
Robert Bennett
Topeka
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Cleveland
New Orleans
San Francisco
Hadden
Vail
Colo
Ron Nessen
Ogee
Grant City
Monument Plaza
Bennington, Vermont
Bankamericard
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