Governors Rally Over Inflation as Campaign Issue
Republican governors blamed Democratic spending for inflation and unemployment ahead of the National Governors Conference. The economy is cited as the central issue in the fall campaigns, with Democrats aiming to gain governor seats in New York Pennsylvania Ohio and California.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
California
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
Edgar D. Whitcomb
Indiana
Congress
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
David Cargo
New Mexico
Senate
NBC
Meet the Press
John N. Dempsey
Connecticut
America
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Army completes nerve gas loading for sea disposal plan
The Army finished loading 418 vaults of chemical filled rockets aboard trains in Anniston Alabama and Richmond Kentucky to sail toward a controversial disposal at sea. Trains will be escorted by pilots and guarded with decontamination and ambulance cars as routes remain undisclosed.
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Ala
Richmond
Army
Associated Press
Amic
Pentagon
Kentucky
Georgia
Bremen
Griffin
Macon
U Thant
United Nations
United States
Florida
Claude Kirk
Kosygin Aims to Promote World Peace and Detente
Prime Minister Kosygin states the Soviet Union seeks detente to end armed conflicts including Indochina and the Middle East. He cites UN negotiations, international contacts, and political solutions as the path to reducing tensions and preventing new wars. He highlights Indochina, the Middle East, the West Germany treaty, SALT talks, and Sino Soviet ties.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
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Kosygin
Edatata Narayanan
United Nations
Security Council
Germany
Europe
United States
China
Israeli Air Strikes Hit Lebanese Bases as Jordan Fights Escalate
Israeli jets attacked Lebanese bases at Kfar Shuba Shaaba and Jersa amid ongoing fighting between Arab Palestine Organization and the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Amman Jordan. In Israel the strike followed guerrilla attacks on frontier settlements. Jordanian forces claim 20 Israelis killed or wounded. two guerrillas killed and eight captured on the Golan. Pope Paul VI voiced hope for peace.
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Associated Press
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Amman
Arab Palestine Organization
Egypt
Marxist
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
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Beirut
Lebanon
Kfar Shuba
Shaaba
Jersa
Dead Sea
Tel Aviv
Popular Front General Command
Golan Heights
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Israel
Paul VI
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Kidnapped U.S. adviser Mitrione shot by Tupamaros in Uruguay
The Tupamaros claimed the execution of Dan Mitrione, a U.S. police adviser, hours after a noon deadline. Brazilian consul Aloysio Gomide Dias and U.S. expert Claude Fly were reported as captives with no contact from the group. Uruguayan officials and U.S. Ambassador Adair appealed for Mitrione's release as authorities tracked leaders Sendic and Bidgain Gressing.
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Uruguay
Dan A. Mitrione
U.S
Aloysio Mares Dias Gomide
Hero
Claude L. Fly
Tupamaros
Mitrione
Richmond
Ind
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Dias Gomide
Fly
Fort Collins
Colo
Charles W. Adair
Adair
Jorge Peirano Facio
Raul Sendic
Raul Bidgain Gressing
Coal Miners Headed For Clash Over Walkout in West Virginia
In Logan County West Virginia about 1800 miners packed the Logan Memorial Field House for a Sunday meeting as wildcat coal strike tensions rise. Local union reps reportedly favored a return to work Monday while Disabled Miners Association speakers warned of renewed picket lines. Earl Howell urged resumption of work but noted pension demands cannot be met immediately.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Wildcat
Logan County
Logan Memorial Field House
Logan
West, Virginia
Appalachia
Hubert Thompson
United Mine Workers Union
Man
The
Disabled Miners Association
Earl Howell
UMW District 17
Pec Oneration
Howell
Spanish Trains Crash Kills Forty Near Plencia
Two commuter trains collided near Plencia on Spain's Bay of Biscay as vacationers returned from beaches. At least 40 people died and more than 100 were injured, with hospitals in Bilbao overwhelmed. Some victims remained trapped in wreckage as rescuers used welders to reach bodies.
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Plencia
Spain
Bay of Biscay
Bilbao
Here
Civil Guard
Kentucky Little League team in crash heads home
A Kentucky Senior Little League team from Louisville and relatives, totaling 36, traveled on a second bus after a crash near Rainelle West Virginia. 18 people were injured while 15 others were OK. three seriously hospitalized. The team had just lost 4-2 to a Virginia club in Norfolk.
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W.va
Louisville
Montgomery General Hospital
Leona Beneck
Alice K. Cannon
Loriy W. Rousch
Virginia
Norfolk
Pat Thomas
U.S. 60
Rainelle
W. Va
Here
Ohio Man Killed On Turnpike Near Princeton
A Cleveland man Ray C. Davis aged 44 died after his car collided head on with a North Carolina vehicle near the West Virginia Turnpike toll booth in Princeton. His wife Rose Davis 41 is in critical condition at Princeton Memorial Hospital. The other driver Thomas Leroy Hunter 38 of Wilmington NC and his wife Sonja 34 are in serious condition. Their four children were unharmed.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Princeton
K. H. Ellis
Turnpike Patrol
Ray C. Davis
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Rose Davis
Ellis
Davis
Thomas Leroy Hunter
Wilmington
N.C
Hunter
Sonja Hunter
Civilian control of defense moves closer under Laird plan
A Nixon era proposal from a Blue Ribbon panel would strengthen civilian power over the military. Secretary Melvin Laird would be backed by three civilian deputy secretaries while Joint Chiefs lose operational command. The plan aims gradual unification and argues new weapons and tech drive needs.
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Melvin R. Laird
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Laird
Blue Ribbon Panel
Regench Rlstory Atso
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