McGovern court Black leaders in Ohio primary bid
The Associated Press reports George McGovern aimed to cut Hubert Humphrey's Black support in Ohio with endorsements from Ralph Abernathy Jesse Jackson and John Conyers Jr at a Cleveland news conference before a Cincinnati walking tour. Humphrey sought Black backing and labor allies as Indiana and Alabama primaries loom.
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Associated Press
George McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ohio
McGovern
Ralph Abernathy
Jesse Jackson
John Conyers Jr
Michigan
Cleveland
Cincinnati
En City
Humphrey
A McLin
Dayton
Legislative Caucus
Indiana
George C. Wallace
Alabama
District of Columbia
Indianapolis
Wallace
Paul Warfield
Florida
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
McLin
Muskie
James H. McGee
Central State University
Xenia
Maine
Warren E. Smith
AFL- Do
Tennessee
Chattanooga
North Vietnamese drive into Quang Tri threatens Hue and north Vietnam
AP reports the North Vietnamese offensive rolls southward sieging Quang Tri and overrunning Fire Base Bastogne near Hue. Highway 1 is cut, reinforcements ambushed, and U.S. helicopters come under fire. South Vietnamese forces rely on air power with heavy casualties and 15,000 refugees flooding Hue as 100,000 homeless.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
Hue
South Vietnam
U.S
Bastogne
Bong Son
Binh Dinh
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Lynn C.newland
Agnew Attacks Democrats At Maine Republican Convention
Vice President Spiro Agnew assails Muskie McGovern Kennedy and others for opposing Vietnam War. Amid protests outside the Augusta Armory 300 demonstrators burn an effigy of Nixon while he defends the administration and North Vietnam bombing.
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Augusta
Maine
Spiro T. Agnew
United States
George McGovern
South Dakota
Hubert Humphrey
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
John V. Tunney
California
Claiborne Pell
Rhode Island
William Fulbright
Arkansas
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
NVA
Agnew
Vention
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Muskie
McGovern
Kennedy
Sion
Madame Bind
America
Attica
N.Y
Florida
Promises Not Kept by Gov Curtis on Water Aid
Gov Kenneth M. Curtis said the federal government owes Maine at least 14 million dollars for sewage treatment plants funded upfront by the state. He urged Maine Waste Water Control Association members to lobby Congress for meaningful appropriations to expand a broad based water pollution control program.
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Associated Press
Kenneth M. Curtis
Curtis
Maine Waste Water Control Association
Washington
Maine
Congress
Biddeford Plans $2.25 Million School Bond Issue
Biddeford Mayor Gilbert R. Boucher announced the city will offer 2,250,000 in general obligation school bonds for bids on Tuesday May 2. Proceeds fund construction of an addition to Biddeford High School while the bonds mature from 1973 to 1992 in 5,000 denominations. Casco Bank & Trust Co. named certifying and co paying agent.
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Gilbert R. Boucher
Biddeford
Biddeford High School
Albert P. Deshates
Casco Bank & Trust Co
Highway of Horrors Near Quang Tri Amid Battle
On Highway 1 southeast of Quang Tri City relief columns struggle under heavy fire. Barricades guard a devastated road as civilians flee and refugees crowd buses while U S and South Vietnamese forces report hundreds wounded and limited evacuation options.
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Iawaii
Arizonna
Tinue
Emile Fecteau
Crystal Fecnom
D.C
Walter Fauntroy
Democratic Reform Committee
Oklahoma
Kansas
Jackson
Nevada
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Eugene J. McCarthy
Steve White
University OF Maine
Biddeford H. S. Band
Saco
HOLY
Dover
Holiday Inn
Portsmouth
N. H
Portland Harbor
New England
Libby
R. W. Oliver Kennebunk
P. S
K. OF
CG. Dance
K. of C. Hall
Pool Road
The
Demilitarized Zone
Highway 1
Quang Tri Land
Madame Binh
Paris
Senate
Barry) Goldwater
Spiro T, Agnew
Gov. Curtis
Mercier
Armand J. Mercier
Trudeau
Saco River
William D. Hathaway
U. S
Peter N. Kyros
First District
Camille Bedard
Hathaway
Armand Mercier
Kyros
Knights OF Columbus
K. C. Hall Union’ Ave
Ham
PINE
Main Street
Amvets
Birch St
Jimsonweed
Claude Dubois
Elm St
Kinney Shores
Old Orchard Beach
Ocean
Clement P. Wight Agency
C. Russell Durant
W. Grand Ave
Tories
Alin
Scott Cochrane
Dange
Ted and His Orchestra
Vietnam
Quang Tri City
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