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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1972

Page

3

Humphrey Maintains Ohio Lead In Delayed Primary Victory

Associated Press reports Hubert Humphrey held a statewide Ohio lead in the delayed presidential primary with 38 at large delegates and 38 from eight districts as McGovern trailed. Indiana results gave Humphrey 55 delegates to McGovern’s 76, amid voting issues and legal challenges in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.

Sen Hubert H. Humphrey Ohio George McGovern Humphrey McGovern South Dakota Summit County Akron United Rubber Workers Union Hamilton County Cincinnati George Wallace Alabama Indiana U.S. District Court Cleveland Cuyahoga County Cuyahoga Muskie Jackson McCarthy

Climbers Die Returning From Manaslu Summit

Two Australian climbers N. D. Schlick aged 28 and Franz Jager aged 29 were killed in a snowstorm while descending from the Manaslu summit in Nepal. The Nepalese foreign ministry announced the deaths occurred the night of April 25.

Katmandu UPI Manaslu N. D. Schlick Franz Jager

Nixon leads tributes to J Edgar Hoover giant of law

President Nixon called J Edgar Hoover a giant and American institution as he delivered Hoover’s funeral eulogy at National Presbyterian Church. He said the FBI would stand as a living memorial and urged Americans to live by the law. Hoover died Tuesday after 48 years leading the bureau.

Washington Nixon J. Edgar Hoover FBI Hoover National Presbyterian Church Congress Dwight D. Eisenhower Spiro T. Agnew Edgar Hoover America Edward L. R. Elson U.S. Senate U.S. Army G. Barry Epperley Army White House L. Patrick Gray Federal Bureau of Investigation Gary Senate

Butz says food price freeze can be averted

Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz told reporters in Manhattan Kansas that a federal freeze on food prices would come "over my dead body" and that he is winning support for the view prices paid to farmers are not excessively high. He forecast farm income rising to 1.5 to 2 billion dollars this year.

Manhattan Kan Ear L. Butz Butz Kansas

Los Angeles Air Link May Close Over Noise Suits

Los Angeles City Attorney Roger Arnebergh warned that Los Angeles International Airport could close within 30 days if anti noise lawsuits are not covered by airlines or the federal government. He noted $4 billion in pending suits against the airport, now the fifth busiest in the world. Anti noise groups dismissed the threat as scare tactics.

Los Angeles Los Angeles International Roger Arnebergh California Supreme Court Santa Monica Arnebergh

Sickle Cell Bill Passed to Nixon for $115 Million

Congress sent to President Nixon a bill allocating 115 million dollars to fight sickle cell anemia. Hearings showed as many as 50,000 Black Americans affected, with the disease known in the U.S. for about 60 years.

Washington Congress Nixon House

Thieu Flies to Hue As Allies Attack Center Front

Thieu flies to Hue for urgent talks with military chiefs amid the Hue threat and Quang Tri defeats. South Vietnamese paratroopers launch a limited counterattack on Chu Pa Pass to stem the North Vietnamese offensive. U.S. advisers warn of potential enemy maneuvers while tanks arrive to replace losses in Da Nang.

Saigon Nguyen van Thieu Hue Quang Tri Chu Pa Highway 14 Kontum Pleiku U.S United States Japan da Nang

Viet Cong says Quang Tri forms revolutionary administration

In Saigon the Viet Cong broadcast that Quang Tri city in Annam province has been liberated and established a People's Revolutionary Committee to rule. It urged nullification of U S and Saigon authorities and called on secret agents to surrender arms and cooperate with the new administration.

Saigon Viet Cong Quang Tri South Vietnam Radio People’s Revolutionary Committee Quang Tri City United States

Talks break off again in Paris over Vietnam invasion scope

UPI reports United States abruptly ends Paris peace talks citing no progress after North Vietnam and the Viet Cong refuse to discuss halting their offensive. Porter blames lack of channels while Thuy and Binh denounce the move as a grave sabotage to the conference.

Paris UPI United States U.S William J. Porter North Vietnam South Vietnam Nixon Thuy Hanoi Porter Pham Dan Lam

Time Lag Cited in Casualty Discrepancy

U S command reports two Americans killed last week in Vietnam while official weekly totals show 15 deaths due to a time lag in Washington reporting. Pentagon states casualties are listed by name only after families are notified, with non hostile deaths added separately.

Saigon UPS U.S Washington Pentagon U.S. Command

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