McGovern Strives to Cut Defense Budget in Senate Showdown
Washington D C. Sen. George McGovern failed to persuade the Senate to slash arms funding as lawmakers rejected efforts to block the administration's Trident submarine program and a broader military procurement bill. Senate votes showed wide support for accelerating defense projects despite McGovern's call to divert funds to social programs.
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Spassky blunders hand Fischer eighth game
World chess champion Boris Spassky blundered to lose the eighth game of the world championship match to challenger Bobby Fischer in Reykjavik. The setback gives Fischer a two point lead in the 24 game contest as the next game was set for Sunday.
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Citadel fight in Quang Tri City continues with limited entries
Government and military spokesmen reported reconnaissance units entering and leaving the Citadel in Quang Tri City while Marines, ordered to retake the fortress, stayed outside. Paratroopers had claimed parts of the Citadel before withdrawing, with the Marines replacing them but not entering the fortress amid ongoing clashes.
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Jet engine debris rains down on Los Angeles area
In Los Angeles on Thursday jet plane parts fell across the Sunset Strip Beverly Hills and West Hollywood with no injuries reported. A large chunk struck a Beverly Hills lawn while another hit Sunset Boulevard as the Continental Airlines DC-8 losing a tail engine diverted to LAX. Passengers described the scare but the plane landed safely.
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Yogi reports sighting abominable snowman
Yogi Wacahari Wath claims a Himalayan encounter with the abominable snowman in Nepal on a magazine page. He says he photographed nothing tangible and offers a dramatic sighting description while others speculate he was meditating.
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Lama attack at Woodland Park animal pen
Charles Harke, a three year keeper at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, was nipped by a male lama while moving animals to separate a pair. He wrestled the animal down, but the bite severed a knee tendon requiring sewing, while his arm wound was not serious.
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Movie listings at multiple theaters with various classics
The area theaters run a mix of films including The War Between Men and Women at Cinema 1 with Steve McQueen. Jack Lemmon and Barbara Harris in a comedy. Junior Sones at Cinema 1. Concert for Bangladesh at Williamstown College Cinema. Duck You Sucker and Hang Em High at Bennington outdoor theatre. Disney classics Song of the South and 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea at Hathaway's Hopkinton Falls drive in. The Graduate with A Time for Giving at North Adams drive in. Dr Phibes Rises Again and Blood from the Murmays Tomb at Hoosac Adams outdoor theatre. Time schedules via answering service.
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Pressure Grows for Eagleton to quit as VP nominee
Democratic leaders fear Thomas Eagleton's psychiatric treatment admission will hurt Nixon's defeat chances in November. Prominent figures including Frances Farenthold Carl Stokes Raman Pucinski and Howard Melzenbaum urged Eagleton to withdraw. Stokes stressed he believes Eagleton should quit. others call for disclosure of medical records to restore public confidence.
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Sissy” Farenthold
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Nixon predicts close, hard fought campaign
President Nixon forecast a close, hard fought race despite Democratic disarray. He dismissed Eagleton’s early disclosure of psychiatric treatment as not seriously damaging, urging a campaign on issues over personalities and recalling the 1952 Checkers episode.
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Johnson leaves hospital for LBJ ranch after angina attack
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson, 63, was discharged from Brooke General Hospital after a four day stay for angina pectoris. He and Lady Bird flew by helicopter from Fort Sam Houston to the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall. Johnson previously had two heart attacks, first in 1955 and another in April of the prior year.
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