Democrats Vote On Platform At National Convention
New York AP A platform pledging orderly beginnings for national health insurance and guaranteed minimum incomes drawn menace to reduce adult unemployment to 3 percent in four years. The convention will likely approve the platform quickly with one amendment easing Hatch Act restrictions for federal workers. The document favors civil service protections and excludes gay rights or capital punishment while promising a gradual, affordable path to social programs.
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McGovern Humphrey to Speak at Democratic Convention
The Democratic National Convention schedule lists events starting at 3:30 p.m. with an invocation and colors presentation. Speakers include Sen. George McGovern, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, and other party leaders through the night, with platform committee and officers under consideration before 11:00 p.m. recess.
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Hometown pays costs for mercenary's body
The remains of Daniel Gearhart will be returned from Angola for burial after parishioners from his Maryland hometown church pledge 5000 to meet Angola's release fee. Sen. Charles Mathias said basic arrangements are made but the body may not arrive from Angola to Lisbon until later in the week. Gearhart, a 34 year old Vietnam veteran, was executed by an Angolan firing squad after fighting in the civil war. His widow Sheila and four children face welfare, though she remains determined to have him home. The fee covers shipping and an Angolan mortician. State Department officials noted eight day payment windows for Gearhart and the two British mercenaries.
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Mercenary Gearhart Credited With Penetration Tasks in Angola Fight
Recruiter details Daniel Gearhart 34 from Maryland as part of a British backed unit in Angola. He reportedly penetrated enemy territory and fought in several firefights before being executed along with three British mercenaries. Bufkin, who recruited him, says Gearhart testified he fired no shots, though other accounts claim otherwise.
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Barbara Jordan steals the show at Democratic convention
Barbara Jordan wowed New York delegates at the 37th Democratic convention in Convention Hall. The Houston congresswoman received a two-minute standing ovation, eclipsing other speakers including John Glenn, as fans chanted for Jordan and even floated her as a potential Carter VP.
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Puerto Rico delegation bombs protest at five Manhattan stores
Small firebombs exploded in Macy’s Ohrbach’s Korvettes and Lord & Taylor near Herald Square days before the Democratic Convention. A note claimed responsibility by a Puerto Rican independence group citing colonial leeches. No injuries, Gimbels device failed.
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