Muskie fights on after Massachusetts loss as McGovern leads
In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania the results shake up the Democratic primary race. McGovern tops the field with decisive delegate gains while Muskie slides to a distant second. Wallace and Humphrey split key votes as Ohio looms and party leaders grapple with Muskie's fading frontrunner status.
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Muskie
Massachusetts
Maine
McGovern
Pennsylvania
Humphrey
Wallace
FD Visits Protocol Established in Kennebunk
The Kennebunk Board of Selectmen agreed to have a fire department representative accompany inspectors at the Central Fire Station as a courtesy. Fire Chief Lewis Burr reported batteries on trucks wore out from doors left ajar and discussed maintenance costs and a dog ordinance with police and town officials.
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Opon
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Burr
Heber Smith
Vincent Mason
Selectman Smith
Linwood J. Nedeau
Blanchards Associates
Portland
Berky
Police Department
Frank Stevens
Stevens
North Vietnamese Tank Threat Prompts Cambodian Standoff
Saigon reporting says North Vietnamese forces threaten to slice South Vietnam in half and mount a new tank challenge in Cambodia 55 miles northwest of Saigon. US losses mount with 24 helicopters and 18 planes lost since the offensive began 27 days earlier. 25 Americans killed, eight wounded, 41 missing in air actions.
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South Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Salem
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Bong Son
Highlands
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Kontum
Pleiku
Dak To
United States
An Loc
An Loe
Apollo 16 Astronauts Report From Space In News Conference
Apollo 16 crew held a news conference from 100000 miles in space on their last full day before splashdown at 2:44 p m Thursday in the South Pacific. John W Young Charles M Duke Jr and Thomas K Mattingly II described system checks and navigation while Mission Control anticipated volcanic rock findings from 245 pounds of lunar samples.
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Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
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Manned Spacecraft Center
Mission Control
Young
Duke
Moon
Mattingly
Casper
Lunar
Muskie Campaign Turns Corner Amid Primary Losses
Senate candidate Edmund Muskie says his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination has turned the corner as Massachusetts returns show George McGovern defeating him two to one. He trails in Pennsylvania behind Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace posts a strong second in a contested primary.
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Massachusetts
Hubert H. Humphrey
Pennsylvania
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Muskie
Maine
White House
McGovern
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Humphrey
Henry M.jackson
Washington
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Edmund Muskie
George Wallace
Nixon
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Henry M. Jackson
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Associated Press
Philadelphia
S.D
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Nixon Moscow Summit May Hinge On Vietnam Offensive
Analysis suggests a North Vietnamese offensive could threaten Nixon's planned Moscow visit. Kissinger’s secret four day Moscow stay signals Vietnam as a key topic. Brezhnev’s mild rhetoric hints Moscow aims to keep the summit on track despite tensions.
Presidential Report On War Scheduled
Nixon aide Ronald Ziegler told reporters at a White House reception that the president would depart for Camp David after a journalist handshaking session. The statement aimed to justify Kissinger’s four day Moscow trip and was later framed as a routine weekend retreat plan.
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White House
Camp David
Washington
A. Kissinger
Moscow
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Ronald L. Ziegler
Maryland
Ziegler
Kissinger
Nixon to Announce Viet Nam Troop Decisions Tonight
President Nixon prepares a national Viet Nam report after Kissinger's Moscow trip and resumed Paris talks. Current South Vietnam forces may drop to 69 000 by month end, with a residual force 25 000 to 35 000 to stay until Hanoi frees prisoners. Negotiators again head to Paris for talks on ending the North Vietnamese invasion.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Paris
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Hanoi
White House
Saigon
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