Nader Examines Congress in Broad UPI Report
Ralph Nader unveils results from the Ralph Nader Congress Project a probe into Congress. The plan includes a 225 page book Who Runs Congress a 96 page questionnaire and profiles on every member of the House and Senate. Some lawmakers oppose cooperating while others support reform aims and see the study as a needed challenge to improve Congress.
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Washington
UPI
Ralph Nader
Congress
Nader
House
Senate
Barry Gokiwater
R-Ariz
James Buckley
R. N.Y
Robert Griffin
Rmich
Jet crash lands at San Francisco airport
A United Airlines Boeing 727 returning to San Francisco veered off a runway after a trouble light indicated overheating in a cargo pit. The right landing gear collapsed and the jet struck a radar beacon. Nine of 95 aboard suffered minor injuries. all were released later. Evacuation was rapid and field debris halted some arrivals. Federal investigators joined the scene.
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San Francisco
UPFQ
United Airlines
Oakland
San Francisco Bay
Connie Meyer
Kyras Stinson
United
Ex-POWs describe humane treatment in captivity
United Press International reports Navy Lt Markham Gartley one of three returning POWs said North Vietnamese captors were humane though imprisonment was harsh. Gartley spoke at St. Albans Naval Hospital in New York City and described his four years as tolerable, not brainwashed, while noting prisons worldwide are rough. He will undergo further medical checks in Jacksonville after greeting local wives of other POWs.
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United Press International
Navy
Markham J. Gartley
Garley
U.S
Norris A. Charles
Air Force
Edward K. Slag
Jacksonville
Garney
Byron Fuller
Randolph Ford
Carl Crumpler
Gardey
Fuller
R. Byron Fuller
Gartley
Charles
Balboa Naval Hospital
San Diego
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ala
Elias
U.S. jets bomb Haiphong shipyard amid heavy antiaircraft fire
U.S. Navy pilots reported intense antiaircraft and missile fire as carrier Midway aircraft bombed Haiphong shipyard No. 3 and nearby Chap Khe barracks. Meanwhile Newport News faced repairs after a deadly explosion, with U.S. forces dropping 450 tons on Communist positions near Saigon and near the Cambodian frontier.
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U.S
Saigon
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Midway
Haiphong
Chap Khe
Godfather Returns To Town As Theatres Reopen
At the Movies CINEMAS shows The Godfather returning this summer after engagement restrictions. Cinema I lights up the screen with the film in all its money making grandeur while CINEMA 0 offers a double feature with Bluebeard and The Statue starring Burton Heatherton and Niven. Williamstown College Cinema runs a double bill headed by Diary of a Mad Housewife and Alfred Hitchcock Frenzy. Time clocks at 7 and 8 35.
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Cinema I
Second Twin Theatre
Richard Burton
Joey Heatherton
David Niven
Williamstown College
Alfred Hitchcock
Washington Window GOP Reverses on Foreign Policy Consensus
Washington Window notes the GOP shifts from isolationist roots to support for bipartisan foreign policy. It recalls Vandenberg’s role in the UN, NATO, and Marshall Plan, Nixon’s House ties, and Eisenhower era bipartisanship, while acknowledging ongoing debates over presidential vs congressional war powers and Vietnam policy.
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Raymond Lahr Washington
UPI
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Congress
Paris
U.S
League
Senate
Warren G. Harding
Arthur H. Vandenberg
San Francisco
United Nations
Vandenberg
Europe
House
California
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon
Jennson
Kennedy
Jonnson
Russia
Nuclear Club
Agnewae
Democrata
George 8. McGovern
Johnson
Florida dairy farmer killings spark murder charges
A Florida farm family was slain at their Brandon dairy farm around 3:30 am Sunday. Evelyn Sanders, 71, survived after being spared by the attackers who killed John Thomas Sanders, 60. Catherine Sanders, 37. Earl Thomas Sanders, 19. and house guest James Bridges, 24. Two ex-boyfriends, Thomas Turner Chambers, 32, and Robert Gerald Harris, 21, were charged after a high speed chase across the Howard Franklin Bridge. Evelyn, mother of Chambers’ child, had recently broken with him amid threats.
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Tampa, Frs
UPL
Evelyn Sanders
Thomas Turner Chambers
Gadsxien
Ala
Robert Gerald Harris
Largo
Fig
Chambers
Harris
Howard Franklin
Tampa Bay
John Thomas Sanders
Brandon
Tampa
Hillsborough County Aircriff
Sanders
Catherine
Earl Thomas Sanders
James Ray Bridges
Evelyn
Newsweek Poll Sees Nixon Gaining Ground in UPI Report
A Newsweek poll cited by UPI shows Nixon with 277 solid electoral votes and 182 leaning, totaling 459 likely votes and surpassing the 270 needed for reelection. McGovern holds 3 solid votes and 6 leaning, with remaining states undecided or leaning.
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McGovern
Nixon
New York
UPI
George McGovern
News
District of Columbia
West Virginia
Crealon
Esppetl
South Dakota
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