Muskie Front-Runner Status Tested In New Hampshire
New Hampshire voters opened the 1972 primary season testing Senator Edmund Muskie as a front-runner for the Democratic nomination. He faced charges from Senator George McGovern over donor disclosure while McGovern cited a lengthy donor list and Muskie fought to secure a big vote in a tight race with other Democrats and a strong Republican showing anticipated in Dixville Notch and Manchester.
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New Hampshire
Edmund Muskie
Muskie
Maine
George McGovern
Paul McCloskey
California
John Ashbrook
Opin
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Nixon
Kong Snag
Myazor
Dixville Notch
South Dakota
Muskie Nixon
Govern
Los Angeles
Samuel Yorty
Seaplane Hijacked to Cuba After Shootout
Two men hijacked a seaplane in Miami after a shootout, forcing the pilot to fly to Havana with five passengers aboard. The FAA reported the craft landed in Havana around 1 15 am after the hijacking began near Miami. One pilot was injured and another passenger remained in critical condition as a police chase continued.
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New York
Miami
TWA
Los Angeles
Sitline
Ater
Federal Aviation Administration
Havana
Bimini
Bahamas
FAA
Bob Wallace
C. I. Reynolds
Reynolds
Ith
Pur‘auit
Medicare Fund Use Question
Federal auditors found misspent Medicare funds due to inefficiencies and excessive doctor payments. Read about specific overcharges, duplicate bills, and erroneous payments by Blue Cross plans, Aetna, Connecticut General, and other insurers from the 1960s and 1970s.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Florida
Colorado Medical Service Blue Shield
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Aetna Life Insurance Co
Dams Ordered Pumped Dry After West Virginia Floods
Gov Arch Moore ordered more than 100 coal refuse and hearthent dam impoundments in West Virginia pumped dry after the February flood disaster caused by a dam failure. He said 70 percent of the impoundments found so far are not being used in mining and that all impoundments used in active mining would be pumped dry with an engineering study of their stability to follow.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Arch Moore
Moore
Dogs Demonstrate Explosives Narcotics Detection
Dogs belonging to the Batice department demonstrated how they can be trained to detect explosives and narcotics, illustrating a security capability upgrade and practical response to threats.
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Batice Department
Petition Challenges Airport Bond Issue
A petition challenged Cedar Rapids airport improvement bonds, filed with the city clerk as officials awaited bids. The move questions a public sale, while state law requires a vote. the council weighs referendum and bond approval amid local concerns. Funeral services were pending for Helgerson after a high speed crash six miles north of town.
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Cedar
Rapids
Grameen
Ray to Solons Show Youth Serious on Adult Rights
Des Moines Gov Robert Ray urged a Republican legislature to set the adult rights age at 18 rather than 19 or 21. He said lawmakers should dispel hypocrisy by choosing 18 if needed to avoid no change. He indicated reluctant support for 18 if 19 fails.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Jon
Senate
House
Ford Clark
North Vietnam air battle headlines shift U S rights age
UPI report on a major air duel over North Vietnam notes Phantom jets downing three Mig-17s as U S policy debates drinking age, political figures Ray and Jepsen contest the Republican governor’s nomination amid war claims. Officials detail air strikes near Quang Lang airfield and a tense public rights dispute.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Hanoi
U.S
Quang Lang
Hanai
Tew
Cal
Phillip Stevens
Towa
Gur
North Vietgery Department
Theiamese Foreign Ministry
University of Town College
Condon
Chuckle On A Stitch In Time Surprise For Married Men
Cartoon caption about a surprised husband as a stitch in time causes an unexpected outcome. Coorrtsnt manager.
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Coorrtsnt
Death by own action letter calls for racial solution
In Flint Michigan a Beecher high school assistant principal Paul Cabell Jr 26 killed himself after writing a farewell letter urging students to resolve racial conflicts. The letters released by his widow describe his plea for society to work together across races and his frustration with ongoing white black tensions at the 1000 pupil school. Police reported he attempted to persuade his wife to intervene before his death.
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API
Paul Cabell, Jr
Carlot
Ta Cabell
Rte
Cabell
Beecher High School
Sali Cabell
Beecher
Fed
Bosecher
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