McGovern Decries Nixon Neglect of Elderly Voters
McGovern assails the Nixon administration for neglecting older Americans except to win their votes. He calls the policy camouflage and a cover for bad deeds behind noble words as he tours flood ravaged eastern Pennsylvania and plans a stop with former President Johnson.
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Washington
George McGovern
McGovern
Pennsylvania
Texas
Johnson
Wilkes- Barre
Vietnam
Europe
Protesters Clash With GOP Backers at Florida Gala
Florida troopers and Miami Beach police dispersed antiwar demonstrators who blocked access to the Fontainebleau hotel as about 500 protesters clashed with revelers. Officers used riot sticks. no arrests or injuries were reported. Senator Strom Thurmond faced taunts before retreating with reporters.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Florida
Rocky Pomerance
Fontainebleau
Pomerance
Flamingo Park
Thurmond
Nixon Leads Nixon by Wide Margin in Gallup Poll
Gallup reports a 26 point Nixon lead over McGovern in a poll taken August 4 to 6 in Princeton New Jersey. Nixon 57 percent to McGovern 31 percent with a one percent drop for McGovern since the prior survey after Eagleton's resignation and Shriver's selection as McGovern's running mate.
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Princeton
N.J
Nixon
George McGovern
Gallup
McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Sen
Thomas F. Eagleton
Eagleton
Copernicus Telescope Satellite Lifts Off From Cape Kennedy
A 4900 pound US satellite named Copernicus, the heaviest science satellite to date, launched from Cape Kennedy atop an Atlas Centaur booster. It carries six telescopes to study star birth and X ray energy in deep space, aiming to illuminate stellar evolution and the universe’s origin. The main instrument is Princeton developed a 32 inch telescope studying ultraviolent light in young hot stars and it reached orbit about 400 miles high 20 minutes after launch.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Princeton University
Republicans Avert Floor Fight At 1976 Convention Start
Miami Beach AP report says Republicans opened with a scheduled convention program and welcoming speeches while aiming to prevent a floor clash on the 1976 platform. The abortion issue receded as Margaret Heckler noted no effort to push a statement on abortion from the platform committee.
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Miami Beach
Margaret Heckler
Massachusetts
Republican National Convention Tonight Schedule
Tonight at 7 30 Iowa time the convention opens with ceremonies and keynote speeches by Sen Edward Brooke from Massachusetts Mayor Richard Lugar of Indianapolis and Anne Armstrong co chair of the Republican National Committee A filmed tribute to Mrs Richard Nixon precedes adjournment at 9 30.
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Sen
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
Richard Lugar
Indianapolis
Anne Armstrong
Cochairman
Republican National Committee
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Republican Platform Highlights at 1972 GOP Convention
Delegates opened the Miami Beach gathering with key planks praising Nixon administration gains and endorsing Viet Nam war conditions, no amnesty for war resisters, and a tax reform agenda. The draft calls for ending wage price controls, curbing federal spending, opposing busing, and promoting women’s anti-discrimination.
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Miami Beach
Nixon
5000 U S Troops Threatened Near Da Nang in Que Son
U S air force crews report heavy weapons including Soviet 130 mm guns and tanks near the Que Son Valley about 35 miles south of Da Nang. South Vietnamese troops launch a drive to block a North Vietnamese division from pushing toward Da Nang, with U S pilots claiming hits on two guns and a tank formation as the battle tightens around Baldy firebase and Camp Ross.
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Saigon
Que Son
South Vietnam
da Nang
U. S
Camp Ross
Ross
Baldy
Oriskany
Ray Pushes Compromise Plan To Ease Delegates Split
Miami Beach Republican leaders led by Governor Ray press a “reasonable compromise” to assign extra delegates based on state support at polls. The plan aims to appease both majority and minority proposals before the rules committee while courting Sen. Dole and avoiding a floor fight. The White House remains hands off as tensions rise between northern and southern states over convention representation.
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Tor
Indo-China
Dole
Repub
Miami Beach
Iowa
Robert Ray
Ray
Robert Dole
Kansas
White House
Nixon
Convention Rules Committee Reopens With Delegate Apportionment Pending
Early Monday, supporters of the plan regrouped at dawn to rally backers. After a few hours rest, the rules committee resumed at 8 a.m. Iowa time, though no debate on delegate apportionment was planned until late in the day.
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Iowa
Convention Rules Committee
Ray
It Hurts To Be Anti-Pollution In Saltville Va
AP environmental writer surveys the forced shutdown of Olin Mathieson Solvay plant in Saltville Virginia amid stricter anti pollution rules. The yard shows 900 lost jobs in a town of 2500 as blue smoke and pollution decline amid a shift to Western salt supplies and declining plant profitability. Virginia cut salt discharge limits in July 1970 accelerating closure.
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Saltville, Va
Saltville
Olin- Mathieson Corp
Solvay
Holston River
James Sells
Olin
Virginia
Olin plant phased out after mercury ban and closures
Federal order halted mercury discharges that triggered a North Fork fishing ban. Sells notes no economic solution, leading to a phased plant shutdown. 1970 employment 881, later 748 by attrition, soda ash unit closed mid-1971, then chlorine and lye lines shut early this year. Air Force canceled rocket-fuel contract ended it. Saltville area lost about six million dollars.
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Olin
North Fork
Sells
Air Force
Saltville
Fischer Spassky Draw In 16th World Chess Championship
American challenger Fischer and Russian champion Spassky played to their third straight draw in Reykjavik. Fischer leads 9 1/2 to 6 1/2 and needs 1 2% points to clinch. Spassky must win multiple games to retain. The match continues with game 17 scheduled Tuesday as the title hangs in balance.
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Fischer
Spassky
Reykjavik
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
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