Cleveland's Negro Mayor Wins By 31,000 Votes in Primary
UPI reports Cleveland mayor Carl Stokes won the Democratic primary by about 31,000 votes over Robert M. Kelly, with 92,219 to 60,800 after 973 of 316,340 precincts. Stokes vows to press toward November against Ralph Perk, a strong Republican rival, as turnout lagged but Cleveland’s ghetto showed high participation. Kelly ran on law and order, critiquing Stokes over the Glenville clashes. Stokes credited broad support and racial integration in his victory.
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Robert M. Kelly
Ralph Perk
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City Service
Glenville
Perk
Cuyahoga County
Soviet SS9s Reported Accurate Threat to MIRV Debate
U S intelligence says Soviet SS9 missiles with three 5 megaton warheads could hit within a quarter mile of targets by the mid-1970s. Lt Gen A D Starbird testified to a House subcommittee amid debate on MIRV development and the Safeguard ABM program, with dissenters seeking to block ABM funds and other defense programs.
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Appropriations Subcommittee
House Armed Services Committee
Senate Votes To Aid Black Lung Victims
The Senate unanimously approved 75 million dollars in short term relief for 190000 soft coal miners with black lung and for widows. The compromise shifts funding to the federal government for health research and benefits over three years, with state programs to supplement later.
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UPI
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Nixon
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Harrison A. Williams Jr
New Jersey
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Britain Rebrands Post Office as Profit Making Corp
Britain shifts its 312 year old postal system to a public corporation led by Lord George Hall. The new Post Office Corp becomes the nation’s biggest business and civilian employer, with the government relinquishing run of operations while vowing customer focus and profit.
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Mail
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Ministry of the Crown
New Post Office Corporation
U.S. Congress
U.S
House Post Office Committee
Post Office
British Postal Corporation
Post Office Department
United States
Jury Locked Up in Chicago Riot Trial
The jury in the eight defendant riot trial from the 1968 Democratic National Convention was ordered sequestered after two jurors, both women, received threatening notes claiming “We are watching you. The Black Panthers.” Judge Julius J. Hoffman planned a hearing to decide if the two jurors should be dismissed. the trial will continue with alternates available.
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UPI
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Hoffman
The
Black Panthers
William A. Kunstler
Kunstler
Five Oswald Libel Suits Dismissed in Texas
Dist Court Judge Leo Brewster dismissed five libel suits filed by Marguerite Oswald, mother of Lee Harvey Oswald, on grounds that Texas limits suits to one year after publication. Remaining suits include actions against Jim Bishop and CBS. Oswald blamed difficulty finding legal help for the late filings.
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Tex
UPI
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John F. Kennedy
Texas
Marguerite Oswald
U.S
Gerald Ford
R-Mich
Warren Commission
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The
New Yorker Magazine
Lee Harvey Oswald
Brewster
Jim Bishop
Kennedy
Columbia Broadcasting System
Oswald
Astronauts Plan To Retrieve Parts Of Surveyor 3
NASA reports Apollo 12 astronauts plan a November Moon mission to retrieve four Surveyor 3 parts from the Ocean of Storms. Commander Conrad and Alan Bean rehearse a 3% hour two Moon walks with a half mile search radius while Richard Gordon orbits. If successful, samples will aid study of long term lunar exposure effects.
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Edwin E. Aldrin
Surveyor
Brandt Near Accord With Free Democrats
Bonn report says Willy Brandt and the Free Democratic Party FDP reached a far reaching domestic policy accord and will discuss forming a coalition to oust Chancellor Kiesinger. They align on nuclear nonproliferation and East German relations as the mark strengthens in markets.
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Harris Denies Partisan Motive In Opposing War
Washington UPI Harris says his Vietnam War stance is not for partisan gain but to answer anguish from parents and prevent sons from being sent to Vietnam. He faced criticism from fellow Democrats including Church Fulbright and Kennedy who distanced themselves from his remarks.
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D-Idaho
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D-Ark
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D-Mass
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